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King James Bible
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Websters 1833 Bible
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2:1 |
But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. |
But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. |
2:2 |
For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? |
For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same who is made sorry by me? |
2:3 |
And 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. |
And I wrote this same to you, lest, coming I should have sorrow from them by whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. |
2:4 |
For 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. |
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly to you. |
2:5 |
But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. |
But if any hath caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. |
2:6 |
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. |
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted by many. |
2:7 |
So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. |
So that on the other hand, ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such one should be swallowed up with excessive sorrow. |
2:8 |
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. |
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love towards him. |
2:9 |
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. |
For to this end also I wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things. |
2:10 |
To 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; |
To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes I forgave it, in the person of Christ; |
2:11 |
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. |
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. |
2:12 |
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, |
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to me by the Lord, |
2:13 |
I 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. |
I 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. |
2:14 |
Now 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. |
Now thanks be to God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place. |
2:15 |
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: |
For we are to God a sweet savor of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: |
2:16 |
To 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? |
To the one we are the savor of death to death; and to the other the savor of life to life. And who is sufficient for these things? |
2:17 |
For 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. |
For we are not as many, who corrupt the word of God: but as from sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ. |