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King James Bible
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Youngs Literal Translation
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2:1 |
But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. |
And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you, |
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, then who is he who is making me glad, except he 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 to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it behoved me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is 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 tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you. |
2:5 |
But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. |
And if any one hath caused sorrow, he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all; |
2:6 |
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. |
sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that `is' by the more part, |
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 contrary, `it is' rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up; |
2:8 |
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. |
wherefore, I call upon you to confirm love to 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, for this also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether in regard to all things ye are obedient. |
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; |
And to whom ye forgive anything -- I also; for I also, if I have forgiven anything, to whom I have forgiven `it', because of you -- in the person of Christ -- `I forgive it,' |
2:11 |
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. |
that we may not be over-reached by the Adversary, for of his devices we are not ignorant. |
2:12 |
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, |
And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door to me having been opened in 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 have not had rest to my spirit, on my not finding Titus my brother, but having taken leave of them, I went forth to 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. |
and to God `are' thanks, who at all times is leading us in triumph in the Christ, and the fragrance of His knowledge He is manifesting through 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: |
because of Christ a sweet fragrance we are to God, in those being saved, and in those being lost; |
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, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and for these things who is sufficient? |
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 the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity -- but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak. |