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.