2 Corinthians 2
New International Version
2 1 So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you.(A) 2 For if I grieve you,(B) who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved? 3 I wrote as I did,(C) so that when I came I would not be distressed(D) by those who should have made me rejoice. I had confidence(E) in all of you, that you would all share my joy. 4 For I wrote you(F) out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.
Forgiveness for the Offender
5 If anyone has caused grief,(G) he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of you to some extent—not to put it too severely. 6 The punishment(H) inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient. 7 Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him,(I) so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8 I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him. 9 Another reason I wrote you(J) was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.(K) 10 Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, 11 in order that Satan(L) might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.(M)
Ministers of the New Covenant
12 Now when I went to Troas(N) to preach the gospel of Christ(O) and found that the Lord had opened a door(P) for me, 13 I still had no peace of mind,(Q) because I did not find my brother Titus(R) there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.(S)
14 But thanks be to God,(T) who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma(U) of the knowledge(V) of him everywhere. 15 For we are to God the pleasing aroma(W) of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.(X) 16 To the one we are an aroma that brings death;(Y) to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task?(Z) 17 Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit.(AA) On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity,(AB) as those sent from God.(AC)
2 Corinthians 2
English Standard Version
2 For I made up my mind (A)not to make another painful visit to you. 2 For (B)if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? 3 And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, (C)for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. 4 For (D)I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
Forgive the Sinner
5 Now (E)if anyone has caused pain, (F)he has caused it not to me, but (G)in some measure—not to put it too severely—to all of you. 6 For such a one, (H)this punishment by the majority is enough, 7 so (I)you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8 So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. 9 For this is why I wrote, that I might (J)test you and know (K)whether you are obedient in everything. 10 Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, 11 so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for (L)we are not ignorant of his designs.
Triumph in Christ
12 When (M)I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though (N)a door was opened for me in the Lord, 13 my spirit (O)was not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.
14 But (P)thanks be to God, who in Christ always (Q)leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads (R)the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among (S)those who are being saved and among (T)those who are perishing, 16 (U)to one a fragrance from death to death, (V)to the other a fragrance from life to life. (W)Who is sufficient for these things? 17 For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
2 Korinthierbrevet 2
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
2 Nej, sa jag till mig själv, jag ska inte göra det. Jag ska inte plåga dem med ännu ett smärtsamt besök.
2 För om jag gör er ledsna, vem ska då göra mig glad? Det är ni som ska göra det, och hur skulle ni kunna det om jag gör er sorgsna?
3 Därför skrev jag till er som jag gjorde i mitt sista brev, för att ni skulle kunna reda upp problemen innan jag kommer. När jag sedan äntligen kommer, så behöver jag inte bli ledsen för deras skull som egentligen borde ge mig den största glädjen. Jag var övertygad om att er lycka var så sammankopplad med min, att inte heller ni skulle vara lyckliga, om jag inte kom med glädje.
4 Ni kan inte ana hur svårt det var för mig att skriva det förra brevet! Det krossade nästan mitt hjärta, och jag säger er uppriktigt att jag grät över det. Jag ville inte göra er illa, men jag var tvungen att visa hur mycket jag älskar er och bryr mig om vad som händer med er.
Förlåt den som har felat
5-6 Kom ihåg att den man som jag skrev om, han som orsakade alla svårigheterna, inte har bedrövat mig i samma utsträckning som han har vållat alla er smärta, även om jag upplevt min del i det också. Jag vill inte vara hårdare mot honom än jag behöver vara. Han har blivit tillräckligt straffad genom ert gemensamma avståndstagande.
7 Nu är det dags att förlåta honom och trösta honom, annars blir han kanske så bitter och modlös att han inte kan repa sig.
8 Var nu snälla och visa honom att ni fortfarande älskar honom varmt.
9 Jag skrev till er som jag gjorde, också för att få reda på hur långt ni var villiga att lyda.
10 När ni förlåter någon, så gör jag det också, och vad jag har förlåtit (i den utsträckning det har berört också mig) har jag förlåtit med Kristi auktoritet och för ert eget bästa.
11 Ännu ett skäl att förlåta är att ni därigenom undviker att bli överlistade av Satan, för vi vet vad han är ute efter.
12 När jag kom till staden Troas, gav Herren mig fantastiska möjligheter att predika evangeliet.
13 Men Titus, min käre broder, var inte där för att möta mig, och jag kunde inte känna mig riktigt lugn, för jag undrade var han var och vad som hade hänt honom. Därför tog jag farväl av vännerna och åkte genom hela Makedonien för att försöka hitta honom.
Seger på grund av Kristus
14 Men Gud vare tack som har vunnit seger genom vad Kristus gjorde. Vi får gå med i hans triumftåg och berätta för andra om Herren och sprida det glada budskapet som en välluktande doft.
15 Våra liv har nämligen en ljuvlig och livgivande doft på grund av vår gemenskap med Gud. Det är kristuslivets blomdoft inom oss, som både de kristna och de som inte är kristna runt omkring oss känner.
16 För dem som inte tror tycks detta vara en skrämmande påminnelse om död och dom, men för dem som känner Kristus är vi en livets doft. Men vilka är vuxna en sådan uppgift som denna?
17 Bara de som likt oss själva är helhjärtade människor och som är sända av Gud och inför honom talar i Kristi kraft. Vi är inte som dessa många brödpredikanter, som gör affär av Guds ord och bara predikar för att få sitt levebröd.
2 Corinthians 2
King James Version
2 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
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