Godbey - II Corinthians - 2

2:1  But I determined this to myself, not again to come unto you in sorrow.

2:2  For if I grieve you, who indeed is the one giving me joy, except the one being grieved by me?

2:3  And I wrote this same thing, in order that, having come, I may not have grief over those from whom it behooves me to rejoice; and having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

2:4  For out of much tribulation and anguish of heart, I wrote to you through many tears; not in order that you may be grieved, but that you may know the divine love which I have unto you exceedingly.

2:5  But if any one has grieved you all, he has not grieved me, but in part, that I may not burden you excessively.

2:6  This punishment which for many to such a one is sufficient;

2:7  so on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one may be swallowed up with excessive grief.

2:8  Therefore I exhort you to stir up your divine love for him:

2:9  for unto this also I wrote, in order that I may know your approval, if you are obedient in all things.

2:10  But to whom you forgive anything, I do also: for indeed whatsoever I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it is for your sakes in the face of Christ;

2:11  in order that we may not be gobbled up by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

2:12  And having come into Troas, for the gospel of Christ, and there being a door opened unto me in the Lord,

2:13  and I had no rest to my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus: but having bidden them adieu, I came away into Macedonia.

2:14  But thanks be unto God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and manifesting the fragrance of his knowledge through us in every place:

2:15  because we are a sweet savour of Christ unto God, among those who are saved, and among those who perish;

2:16  unto the latter a savour from death unto death; but unto the former a savour from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

2:17  For we are not as many, corrupting the word of God: but as of purity, but as from God, we speak in Christ, in the presence of God.