2 CorinthiansChristianityAccepted ScriptureKoine GreekShare2 Corinthians 2Darby - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹2 Corinthians 12 Corinthians 22 Corinthians 32 Corinthians 42 Corinthians 52 Corinthians 62 Corinthians 72 Corinthians 82 Corinthians 92 Corinthians 102 Corinthians 112 Corinthians 122 Corinthians 13›2 Corinthians 2ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1But I have judged this with myself, not to come back to you in grief. 2For if I grieve you, who also [is] it that gladdens me, if not he that is grieved through me? 3And I have written this very [letter] [to you], that coming I may not have grief from those from whom I ought to have joy; trusting in you all that my joy is [that] of you all. 4For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you. 5But if any one has grieved, he has grieved, not me, but in part (that I may not overcharge [you]) all of you. 6Sufficient to such a one [is] this rebuke which [has been inflicted] by the many; 7so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief. 8Wherefore I exhort you to assure him of [your] love. 9For to this end also I have written, that I might know, by putting you to the test, if as to everything ye are obedient. 10But to whom ye forgive anything, I also; for I also, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, [it is] for your sakes in [the] person of Christ; 11that we might not have Satan get an advantage against us, for we are not ignorant of his thoughts. 12Now when I came to Troas for the [publication of the] glad tidings of the Christ, a door also being opened to me in [the] Lord, 13I had no rest in my spirit at not finding Titus my brother; but bidding them adieu, I came away to Macedonia. 14But thanks [be] toGod, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and makes manifest the odour of his knowledge through us in every place. 15For we are a sweet odour of Christ toGod, in the saved and in those that perish: 16to the one an odour from death unto death, but to the others an odour from life unto life; and who [is] sufficient for these things? 17For we do not, as the many, make a trade of the word ofGod; but as of sincerity, but as ofGod, beforeGod, we speak in Christ. ‹Previous chapter2 Corinthians 1Next chapter2 Corinthians 3›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Versions2 Corinthians 2 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain