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2 Corinthians 2

17 aligned verses; 17 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse KJV King James Version YLT Young's Literal Translation
But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you,
For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who 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 .
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 ,
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.
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.
But if any have caused grief , he hath not grieved me, but in part : that I may not overcharge you all .
And if any one hath caused sorrow , he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part , that I may not burden you all ;
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that `is' by the more part,
So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him , lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
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 ;
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him .
wherefore , I call upon you to confirm love to him ,
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
for , for this also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether in regard to all things ye are obedient .
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 ;
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,'
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
that we may not be over-reached by the Adversary, for of his devices we are not ignorant .
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel , and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ , and a door to me having been opened in 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 .
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 ;
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 .
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 ,
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ , in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
because of Christ a sweet fragrance we are to God, in those being saved, and in those being lost;
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?
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 ?
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.
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 .

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