2 Corinthiens 2
Nouvelle Edition de Genève – NEG1979
2 Je résolus donc en moi-même de ne pas retourner chez vous dans la tristesse. 2 Car si je vous attriste, qui peut me réjouir, sinon celui qui est attristé par moi? 3 J’ai écrit comme je l’ai fait pour ne pas éprouver, à mon arrivée, de la tristesse de la part de ceux qui devaient me donner de la joie, ayant en vous tous cette confiance que ma joie est la vôtre à tous. 4 C’est dans une grande affliction, le cœur angoissé, et avec beaucoup de larmes, que je vous ai écrit, non pas afin que vous soyez attristés, mais afin que vous connaissiez l’amour extrême que j’ai pour vous.
Le coupable pardonné
5 Si quelqu’un a été une cause de tristesse, ce n’est pas moi qu’il a attristé, c’est vous tous, du moins en partie, pour ne rien exagérer. 6 Il suffit pour cet homme du châtiment qui lui a été infligé par le plus grand nombre, 7 en sorte que vous devez bien plutôt lui pardonner et le consoler, de peur qu’il ne soit accablé par une tristesse excessive. 8 Je vous exhorte donc à faire acte de charité envers lui; 9 car je vous ai écrit aussi dans le but de connaître, en vous mettant à l’épreuve, si vous êtes obéissants en toutes choses. 10 Or, à qui vous pardonnez, je pardonne aussi; et ce que j’ai pardonné, si j’ai pardonné quelque chose, c’est à cause de vous, en présence de Christ, 11 afin de ne pas laisser à Satan l’avantage sur nous, car nous n’ignorons pas ses desseins.
12 Au reste, lorsque je fus arrivé à Troas pour l’Evangile de Christ, quoique le Seigneur m’y ait ouvert une porte, je n’eus point de repos d’esprit, parce que je ne trouvai pas Tite, mon frère; 13 c’est pourquoi, ayant pris congé d’eux, je partis pour la Macédoine.
Victoire en Christ
14 Grâces soient rendues à Dieu, qui nous fait toujours triompher[a] en Christ, et qui répand par nous en tout lieu l’odeur de sa connaissance! 15 Nous sommes, en effet, pour Dieu le parfum de Christ, parmi ceux qui sont sauvés et parmi ceux qui périssent: 16 aux uns, une odeur de mort, donnant la mort; aux autres, une odeur de vie, donnant la vie. – Et qui est suffisant pour ces choses? – 17 Car nous ne falsifions point la parole de Dieu, comme font plusieurs; mais c’est avec sincérité, mais c’est de la part de Dieu, que nous parlons en Christ devant Dieu.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthiens 2:14 Qui nous fait toujours triompher, litt. qui nous emmène toujours au triomphe; ou qui triomphe toujours de nous
2 Corinthians 2
World English Bible
2 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 toward 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 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.
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)
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