2 Corinthians 2 – Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

1 But I determined ^G2919 this ^G3778 [fn]for my own ^G1683 sake ^G1683, that I would not come ^G2064 to you again ^G3825 in sorrow ^G3077. 2 For if ^G1487 I cause ^G3076 you sorrow ^G3076, who ^G5101 then ^G2532 makes ^G2165 me glad ^G2165 but the one whom I made ^G3076 sorrowful ^G3076? 3 And this ^G3778 is the very ^G846 thing ^G846 I wrote ^G1125 you, so ^G2443 G3361 that when I came ^G2064, I would not have ^G2192 sorrow ^G3077 from those who ^G3739 ought ^G1163 to make ^G5463 me rejoice ^G5463; having ^G3982 confidence ^G3982 in you all ^G3956 that my joy ^G5479 would be the joy of you all ^G3956. 4 For out of much ^G4183 affliction ^G2347 and anguish ^G4928 of heart ^G2588 I wrote ^G1125 to you with many ^G4183 tears ^G1144; not so ^G2443 that you would be made ^G3076 sorrowful ^G3076, but that you might know ^G1097 the love ^G26 which ^G3739 I have ^G2192 abundantly ^G4053 for you.

Forgive and Love the Sinner

5 But if ^G1487 any ^G5100 has caused ^G3076 sorrow ^G3076, he has caused ^G3076 sorrow ^G3076 not to me, but in some ^G3313 degree ^G3313—[fn]in ^G3313 order ^G2443 not to say ^G1912 too ^G1912 much ^G1912—to all ^G3956 of you.

6 Sufficient ^G2425 for such ^G5108 a ^G5108 one ^G5108 is this ^G3778 punishment ^G2009 which was inflicted by the majority ^G4183, 7 so ^G5620 that on the contrary ^G5121 you should rather ^G3123 graciously ^G5483 forgive ^G5483 and comfort ^G3870 him, lest ^G3381 such ^G5108 a ^G5108 one ^G5108 be swallowed ^G2666 up ^G2666 by excessive ^G4053 sorrow ^G3077. 8 Therefore ^G1352 I encourage ^G3870 you to reaffirm ^G2964 your love ^G26 for him. 9 For to this ^G3778 end also ^G2532 I wrote ^G1125, so ^G2443 that I might know ^G1097 your proven ^G1382 character ^G1382, whether ^G1487 you are obedient ^G5255 in all ^G3956 things ^G3956. 10 But one ^G5100 whom ^G3739 you graciously ^G5483 forgive ^G5483 anything ^G5100, I graciously forgive also ^G2532. For indeed ^G2532 what ^G3739 I have graciously ^G5483 forgiven ^G5483, if ^G1487 I have graciously ^G5483 forgiven ^G5483 anything ^G5100, I did it for your sakes ^G1223 in the presence ^G4383 of Christ ^G5547, 11 so ^G2443 that no ^G3361 advantage ^G4122 would be taken ^G4122 of us by Satan ^G4567, for we are not ignorant ^G50 of his schemes ^G3540.

12 Now ^G1161 when I came ^G2064 to Troas ^G5174 for the gospel ^G2098 of Christ ^G5547 and when a door ^G2374 was opened ^G455 for me in the Lord ^G2962, 13 I had ^G2192 no ^G3756 rest ^G425 for my spirit ^G4151, not finding ^G2147 Titus ^G5103 my brother ^G80. But saying ^G657 farewell ^G657 to them, I went ^G1831 on to Macedonia ^G3109.

14 But thanks ^G5485 be to God ^G2316, who always ^G3842 leads ^G2358 us in ^G2358 triumphal ^G2358 procession ^G2358 in Christ ^G5547, and manifests ^G5319 through ^G1223 us the aroma ^G3744 of the knowledge ^G1108 of Him in every ^G3956 place ^G5117. 15 For we are a fragrance ^G2175 of Christ ^G5547 to God ^G2316 among ^G1722 those ^G3588 who are being saved ^G4982 and among ^G1722 those ^G3588 who are perishing ^G622; 16 to the one ^G3739 G3303 an aroma ^G3744 from death ^G2288 to death ^G2288, to the other ^G3739 an aroma ^G3744 from life ^G2222 to life ^G2222. And who ^G5101 is sufficient ^G2425 for these ^G3778 things ^G3778? 17 For we are not like ^G5613 many ^G4183, [fn]peddling ^G2585 the word ^G3056 of God ^G2316, but as from sincerity ^G1505, but as from God ^G2316, in ^G2713 the ^G2713 sight ^G2713 of God ^G2316, we speak ^G2980 in Christ ^G5547.