# 2 Corinthians 2 ## 2 Corinthians 2:1 - [KJV] But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. - [ASV] But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow. - [YLT] And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you, ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:1 - ## 2 Corinthians 2:2 - [KJV] For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? - [ASV] For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad but he that is made sorry by me? - [YLT] for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me? ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:2 - ## 2 Corinthians 2:3 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] And I wrote this very thing, 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. - [YLT] and I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it behoved me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all, ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:3 - ## 2 Corinthians 2:4 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you. - [YLT] for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you. ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:4 - ## 2 Corinthians 2:5 - [KJV] But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. - [ASV] But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all. - [YLT] And if any one hath caused sorrow, he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all; ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:5 - ## 2 Corinthians 2:6 - [KJV] Sufficient to such a man *is* this punishment, which *was inflicted* of many. - [ASV] Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was *inflicted* by the many; - [YLT] sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that *is* by the more part, ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:6 - ## 2 Corinthians 2:7 - [KJV] So that contrariwise ye *ought* rather to forgive *him*, and comfort *him*, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. - [ASV] so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow. - [YLT] so that, on the contrary, *it is* rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up; ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:7 - ## 2 Corinthians 2:8 - [KJV] Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm *your* love toward him. - [ASV] Wherefore I beseech you to confirm *your* love toward him. - [YLT] wherefore, I call upon you to confirm love to him, ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:8 - ## 2 Corinthians 2:9 - [KJV] For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. - [ASV] For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things. - [YLT] for, for this also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether in regard to all things ye are obedient. ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:9 - ## 2 Corinthians 2:10 - [KJV] 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; - [ASV] But to whom ye forgive anything, I *forgive* also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes *have I forgiven it* in the presence of Christ; - [YLT] And to whom ye forgive anything -- I also; for I also, if I have forgiven anything, to whom I have forgiven *it*, because of you -- in the person of Christ -- *I forgive it,* ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:10 - ## 2 Corinthians 2:11 - [KJV] Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. - [ASV] that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices. - [YLT] that we may not be over-reached by the Adversary, for of his devices we are not ignorant. ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:11 - ## 2 Corinthians 2:12 - [KJV] Furthermore, when I came to Troas to *preach* Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, - [ASV] Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and when a door was opened unto me in the Lord, - [YLT] And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door to me having been opened in the Lord, ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:12 - ## 2 Corinthians 2:13 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia. - [YLT] I have not had rest to my spirit, on my not finding Titus my brother, but having taken leave of them, I went forth to Macedonia; ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:13 - ## 2 Corinthians 2:14 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place. - [YLT] and to God *are* thanks, who at all times is leading us in triumph in the Christ, and the fragrance of His knowledge He is manifesting through us in every place, ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:14 - ## 2 Corinthians 2:15 - [KJV] For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: - [ASV] For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish; - [YLT] because of Christ a sweet fragrance we are to God, in those being saved, and in those being lost; ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:15 - ## 2 Corinthians 2:16 - [KJV] 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? - [ASV] to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? - [YLT] to the one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and for these things who is sufficient? ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:16 - ## 2 Corinthians 2:17 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ. - [YLT] for we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity -- but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak. ### Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:17 -