2 Coríntios 2

Men jeg beslutte dette hos mig selv, at jeg vilde ikke atter komme til eder med Bedrøvelse.

Thi dersom jeg bedrøver eder, hvem er da den, som gør mig glad, uden den, som bedrøves af mig?

Og jeg skrev netop derfor, for at jeg ikke, når jeg kom, skulde have Bedrøvelse af dem, som jeg burde have Glæde af, idet jeg havde den Tillid til eder alle, at min Glæde deles af eder alle.

Thi ud af stor Hjertets Trængsel og Beklemthed skrev jeg eder til, under mange Tårer, ikke for at I skulde blive bedrøvede, men for at I skulde kende den Kærlighed, som jeg har særlig til eder.

Men dersom nogen har voldt Bedrøvelse, har han ikke bedrøvet mig, men til Dels, for ikke at sige det hårdere, eder alle.

Det er nok for ham med denne Straf, som han har fået af de fleste,

så at I tværtimod snarere skulle tilgive og trøste ham, for at han ikke skal drukne i den alt for store Bedrøvelse.

Derfor formaner jeg eder til at vedtage at vise ham Kærlighed.

Det var nemlig også derfor, at jeg skrev, for at erfare, hvor vidt I stå Prøve, om I ere lydige i alt.

Men hvem I tilgive noget, ham tilgiver også jeg; thi også hvad jeg selv har tilgivet, om jeg har tilgivet noget, det har jeg gjort for eders Skyld, for Kristi Åsyn,

for at vi ikke skulle bedrages af Satan; thi hans Anslag ere os ikke ubekendte.

Da jeg kom til Troas for at prædike Kristi Evangelium, og der var åbnet mig en Dør i Herren,

da havde jeg ingen Ro i min Ånd, fordi jeg ikke fandt Titus, min Broder; men jeg tog Afsked med dem og drog til Makedonien.

Men Gud ske Tak, som altid fører os i Sejrstog i Kristus og lader sin Kundskabs Duft blive kendelig ved os på ethvert Sted.

Thi en Kristi Vellugt ere vi for Gud, iblandt dem, som frelses, og iblandt dem, som fortabes,

for disse en Duft af Død til Død, for hine en Duft af Liv til Liv. Og hvem er dygtig dertil?

Thi vi ere ikke som de mange, at vi gøre en Forretning af Guds Ord, men som af Renhed, som af Gud tale vi for Guds Åsyn i Kristus.

But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?

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.

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.

But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

Sufficient to such a man {is} this punishment, which {was inflicted} of many. {punishment: or, censure}

So that contrariwise ye {ought} rather to forgive {him}, and comfort {him}, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm {your} love toward him.

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

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; {person: or, sight}

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

Furthermore, when I came to Troas to {preach} Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

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.

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.

For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

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?

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. {corrupt: or, deal deceitfully with} {in Christ: or, of Christ}