2 Corinthians 2, side by side

¹But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.

¹But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

²For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me?

²For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?

³And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

³And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

⁴For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

⁴For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

⁵But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.

⁵But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

⁶This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;

⁶Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

⁷so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

⁷So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

⁸Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

⁸Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

⁹For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

⁹For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

¹⁰Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

¹⁰To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

¹¹that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

¹¹Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

¹²Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,

¹²Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

¹³I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

¹³I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

¹⁴Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

¹⁴Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

¹⁵For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved and in those who perish:

¹⁵For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

¹⁶to the one a stench from death to death, to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?

¹⁶To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

¹⁷For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

¹⁷For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.