2 Corinthians 2

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1 For I decided not to come to you again in painful circumstances.	1 But I determined this within myself, not to return again to you in sorrow.
2 For if I inflict pain upon you, then who is there to cheer me except the one pained by me?	2 For if I make you sorrowful, then who is it that can make me glad, except the one who is made sorrowful by me?
3 And I wrote as I did so that when I came I might not be pained by those in whom I should have rejoiced, confident about all of you that my joy is that of all of you.	3 And so, I wrote this same thing to you, so that I might not, when I arrive, add sorrow to sorrow for those with whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you in all things, so that my joy may be entirely yours.
4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you might be pained but that you might know the abundant love I have for you.	4 For with much tribulation and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not so that you would be sorrowful, but so that you might know the charity that I have more abundantly toward you.
5 If anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure (not to exaggerate) to all of you.	5 But if anyone has brought sorrow, he has not sorrowed me. Yet, for my part, this is so that I might not burden all of you.
6 This punishment by the majority is enough for such a person,	6 Let this rebuke be sufficient for someone like this, for it has been brought by many.
7 so that on the contrary you should forgive and encourage him instead, or else the person may be overwhelmed by excessive pain.	7 So then, to the contrary, you should be more forgiving and consoling, lest perhaps someone like this may be overwhelmed with excessive sorrow.
8 Therefore, I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.	8 Because of this, I beg you to confirm your charity toward him.
9 For this is why I wrote, to know your proven character, whether you were obedient in everything.	9 It was for this reason, also, that I wrote, so that I might know, by testing you, whether you would be obedient in all things.
10 Whomever you forgive anything, so do I. For indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for you in the presence of Christ,	10 But anyone whom you have forgiven of anything, I also forgive. And then, too, anyone I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it was done in the person of Christ for your sakes,
11 so that we might not be taken advantage of by Satan, for we are not unaware of his purposes.	11 so that we would not be circumvented by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his intentions.
12 When I went to Troas for the gospel of Christ, although a door was opened for me in the Lord,	12 And when I had arrived at Troas, because of the Gospel of Christ, and a door had opened to me in the Lord,
13 I had no relief in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.	13 I had no rest within my spirit, because I was not able to find Titus, my brother. So, saying goodbye to them, I set out for Macedonia.
14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ and manifests through us the odor of the knowledge of him in every place.	14 But thanks be to God, who always brings triumph to us in Christ Jesus, and who manifests the fragrance of his knowledge through us in every place.
15 For we are the aroma of Christ for God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,	15 For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ for God, both with those who are being saved and with those who are perishing.
16 to the latter an odor of death that leads to death, to the former an odor of life that leads to life. Who is qualified for this?	16 To the one, certainly, the fragrance is of death unto death. But to the other, the fragrance is of life unto life. And concerning these things, who is so suitable?
17 For we are not like the many who trade on the word of God; but as out of sincerity, indeed as from God and in the presence of God, we speak in Christ.	17 For we are not like many others, adulterating the Word of God. But instead, we speak with sincerity: from God, before God, and in Christ.