2 Corinthians 2:1-11 So I decided this in (or: for; by) myself: not to come (or: go) to you folks again in anxiety (or: grief; sorrow; sadness; = to make another painful visit).

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ So I decided this in (or: for; by) myself: not to come (or: go) to you folks again in anxiety (or: grief; sorrow; sadness; = to make another painful visit). ² For since (or: if) I, myself, continually cause you anxiety (sadness; sorrow; grief; pain), who (or: which one) [is] the person constantly putting me in a good frame of mind (habitually cheering me and putting my mind at ease), if not (or: except) the one being constantly made sorrowful, sad, upset and anxious by me? ³ And so I write (or: wrote) this very thing, so that in coming I may (or: should; would) not have anxiety, sadness or grief from those concerning whom it was being necessary and binding for me to unceasingly rejoice, having been persuaded and now placing trust and confidence upon you all, because my joy has its source in all of you folks (or: my joy exists being what pertains to all of your [situations]). ⁴ You see, I write (or: wrote) to you from out of the midst of much pressure (squeezing; affliction; tribulation; oppression) and compression (or: confinement) of heart – through many tears – not so that you may be made anxious or sad, but rather to the end that you can (or: may; should; would) experience intimate knowledge and personal insight of the love (the participating, unambiguous, accepting drive toward reunion) which I progressively possess and superabundantly hold [being directed] into the midst of you folks. ⁵ Now if anyone has been the cause anxiety, pain, distress, sorrow or sadness, he has not upset or distressed me, but rather all of you, to an extent – so that I should not continue to be adding weight upon [you folks] (or: but to the contrary, in part – not that I would now belabor [the point] – [it has been done to] you all). ⁶ This assessment (or: added evaluation) – the one [held; given] by the majority – [should be] sufficient (or: enough) for (or: with; to) such a person, ⁷ so that in its place – and to a greater degree – you folks are to extend grace and to perform as paracletes (call him alongside to give aid, relief, encouragement, comfort and consolation), lest somehow such a person may be swallowed up by more excessive anxiety (or: drunk down in, and to, more abundant sorrow, grief, pain, distress and sadness). ⁸ Therefore, I continue to call you folks alongside (I now act the paraclete, to encourage and entreat you) to affirm (make valid; ratify; authoritatively confirm) love unto him (into the midst of him), ⁹ for I write, also, into this [purpose], to the end that I can personally (intimately and experientially) come to know the proof (evidence) from your testing – whether you folks continue being those who submissively listen and pay attention unto all people (or: hear and obey as you proceed into all situations; or: humbly pay attention, with a view to all [that has been said]). ¹⁰ Now to whom you repeatedly extend grace or deal favorably [concerning] anything (or: for whom you constantly deal graciously or give forgiveness [in] anything), I also [do], for you see, in whatever I myself have also been extend grace, treated graciously or forgiven – since I have been extended grace, favor or forgiveness for something (or, as a middle: for what I myself have extended grace – if I have extended grace for anything) – [it is] on account of and for the sake of you folks, within the presence of Christ (or: in union with the face of the Anointing; = in sync with what the anointing looks like), ¹¹ to the end that we may (or: can; would) not at some point be held or possessed in more things or situations by the adversary (or: be made by satan to desire to have more than other folks; be overreached by the adversary so as to desire personal advantage), for we do not continue being without intimate and experiential knowledge (or: we are not still ignorant, unaware or without gnosis) of the effects and results from its directing our minds.