2 Corinthians 2

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 But I determined this with myself, not to come to you again in sorrow.	1 For I decided not to come to you again in painful circumstances.
2 For if I make you sorrowful, who is he then that can make me glad, but the same who is made sorrowful by me?	2 For if I inflict pain upon you, then who is there to cheer me except the one pained by me?
3 And I wrote this same to you; that I may not, when I come, have sorrow upon sorrow, from them of whom I ought to rejoice: having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.	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.
4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not that you should be made sorrowful: but that you might know the charity I have more abundantly towards you.	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.
5 And if any one have caused grief, he hath not grieved me; but in part, that I may not burden you all.	5 If anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure (not to exaggerate) to all of you.
6 To him who is such a one, this rebuke is sufficient, which is given by many:	6 This punishment by the majority is enough for such a person,
7 So that on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.	7 so that on the contrary you should forgive and encourage him instead, or else the person may be overwhelmed by excessive pain.
8 Wherefore, I beseech you, that you would confirm your charity towards him.	8 Therefore, I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
9 For to this end also did I write, that I may know the experiment of you, whether you be obedient in all things.	9 For this is why I wrote, to know your proven character, whether you were obedient in everything.
10 And to whom you have pardoned any thing, I also. For, what I have pardoned, if I have pardoned any thing, for your sakes have I done it in the person of Christ.	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,
11 That we be not overreached by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his devices.	11 so that we might not be taken advantage of by Satan, for we are not unaware of his purposes.
12 And when I was come to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened unto me in the Lord,	12 When I went to Troas for the gospel of Christ, although a door was opened for me in the Lord,
13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but bidding them farewell, I went into Macedonia.	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.
14 Now thanks be to God, who always maketh us to triumph in Christ Jesus, and manifesteth the odour of his knowledge by us in every place.	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.
15 For we are the good odour of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish.	15 For we are the aroma of Christ for God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,
16 To the one indeed the odour of death unto death: but to the others the odour of life unto life. And for these things who is so sufficient?	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?
17 For we are not as many, adulterating the word of God; but with sincerity, but as from God, before God, in Christ we speak.	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.