2 Corinthians 2

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¹ For I decided not to come to you again in painful circumstances.	¹ For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit.
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 cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?
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 I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.
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 I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for 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 any one has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure--not to put it too severely-- to you all.
⁶ This punishment by the majority is enough for such a person,	⁶ For such a one this punishment by the majority is enough;
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 you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
⁸ Therefore, I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.	⁸ So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him.
⁹ For this is why I wrote, to know your proven character, whether you were obedient in everything.	⁹ For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.
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 Any one whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,
¹¹ so that we might not be taken advantage of by Satan, for we are not unaware of his purposes.	¹¹ to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
¹² When I went to Troas for the gospel of Christ, although a door was opened for me in the Lord,	¹² When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, a door was opened for 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 but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to 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 in Christ always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
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 aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among 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 one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
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 so many, peddlers of God's word; but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.