2:1   But I determined this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again.

2:2   For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful?

2:3   This very thing I wrote you, so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would radiate to you all.

2:4   For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would sorrow, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.

2:5   But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in some degree--in order not to say too much--to all of you.

2:6   Sufficient for such a one do we regard this punishment which the majority inflicted,

2:7  so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a one might succumb to excessive sorrow.

2:8   Wherefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

2:9   For to this end also I wrote, so that I might put you to the test, whether you obey in all things.

2:10   But one whom you forgive anything, I forgive also; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

2:11   so that no one would take advantage of us by Satan, for we have no ignorance of his schemes.

2:12   Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ and when a door opened for me in the Lord,

2:13   I had no rest for my spirit, not finding Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went on to Macedonia.

2:14   But I thank God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.

2:15   For have become a fragrance of Christ to God among those who receive salvation and among those who perish;

2:16   to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life And who proves adequate for these things?

2:17   For we do not like many, peddle the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God.