Chapter 2
1 But I determined this for myself , that I would not come to you again in sorrow .
2 For if I make you grieve , then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me ?
3 And 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 .
4 For 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 .
5 But if any has caused sorrow , he has caused sorrow not to me , but in part ( that I not press too heavily) to you all .
6 This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one ;
7 so 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 .
8 Therefore I beg you to confirm your love towards him .
9 For to this end I also wrote , that I might know the proof of you , whether you are obedient in all things .
10 Now 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 ,
11 that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan , for we are not ignorant of his schemes .
12 Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ , and when a door was opened to me in the Lord ,
13 I 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 .
14 Now 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 .
15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God in those who are being saved and in those who perish:
16 to the one a stench from death to death , to the other a sweet aroma from life to life . Who is sufficient for these things ?
17 For 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 .