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2 Corinthians

Paul defends his apostleship and teaches on the power of God in weakness and the importance of generous giving.

Chapter 2

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

Geneva: Bvt I determined thus in my selfe, that I would not come againe to you in heauinesse.

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

Geneva: For if I make you sorie, who is he then that shoulde make me glad, but ye same which is made sorie by me?

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.

Geneva: And I wrote this same thing vnto you, lest when I came, I should take heauines of them, of whom I ought to reioyce: this confidence haue I in you all, that my ioye is the ioye of you all.

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.

Geneva: For in great affliction, & anguish of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares: not that yee should be made sorie, but that ye might perceiue the loue which I haue, specially vnto you.

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

Geneva: And if any hath caused sorowe, the same hath not made mee sorie, but partly (lest I should more charge him ) you all.

KJV: Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

Geneva: It is sufficient vnto the same man, that hee was rebuked of many.

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.

Geneva: So that nowe contrariwise yee ought rather to forgiue him, and comfort him, lest the same shoulde bee swalowed vp with ouermuch heauinesse.

KJV: Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

Geneva: Wherefore, I pray you, that you woulde confirme your loue towards him.

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

Geneva: For this cause also did I write, that I might knowe the proofe of you, whether yee would be obedient in all things.

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;

Geneva: To whome yee forgiue any thing, I forgiue also: for verely if I forgaue any thing, to whome I forgaue it, for your sakes forgaue I it in the sight of Christ,

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

Geneva: Lest Satan should circumuent vs: for we are not ignorant of his enterprises.

KJV: Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

Geneva: Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christs Gospell, and a doore was opened vnto me of the Lord,

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.

Geneva: I had no rest in my spirit, because I founde not Titus my brother, but tooke my leaue of them, and went away into Macedonia.

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.

Geneva: Now thankes be vnto God, which alwaies maketh vs to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the sauour of his knowledge by vs in euery place.

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

Geneva: For wee are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them which perish.

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?

Geneva: To the one we are the sauour of death, vnto death, and to the other the sauour of life, vnto life: and who is sufficient for these things?

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.

Geneva: For wee are not as many, which make marchandise of the woorde of God: but as of sinceritie, but as of God in ye sight of God speake we in Christ.