2 Corinthians 2:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And I wrote this to you so that when I come, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to bring me joy; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν τοῦτο αὐτὸ, ἵνα μὴ, ἐλθὼν λύπην ἔχω ἀφʼ ὧν ἔδει με χαίρειν· πεποιθὼς ἐπὶ πάντας ὑμᾶς, ὅτι ἡ ἐμὴ χαρὰ πάντων ὑμῶν ἐστιν.

Transliteration

And egrapsa to you touto auto, hina not, elthōn lypēn I echō from whom edei me to chairein; pepoithōs upon all you, that the my chara of all you estin.

Grammar Details

• *egrapsa*: aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I wrote
• *touto auto*: demonstrative pronoun, accusative neuter singular with intensive - this very thing
• *hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *elthōn*: aorist active participle, masculine nominative singular - having come
• *lypēn*: accusative feminine singular - sorrow
• *echō*: present active subjunctive, 1st person singular - I might have
• *edei*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - it was necessary
• *chairein*: present active infinitive - to rejoice
• *pepoithōs*: perfect active participle, masculine nominative singular - having trusted/confident
• *chara*: nominative feminine singular - joy
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is

Word Meanings

• *lypēn*: sorrow/grief/pain
• *chairein*: to rejoice/be glad
• *pepoithōs*: having trusted/being confident/relying
• *chara*: joy/gladness/delight

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I wrote this very thing to you so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to bring me joy. I have confidence in all of you, that my joy is your joy.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I wrote this very thing, {G5213} 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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And I wrote this same pistle vnto you lest yf I came I shuld take hevynes of them of whom I ought to reioyce. Certaynly this confidence have I in you all that my ioye is the ioye of you all.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the same haue I wrytten vnto you, lest wha I come, I shulde take heuynes of them, of whom I oughte to reioyse: for somoch as I haue this confidence in you all, that my ioye is the ioye of you all.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  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.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And I wrote this same vnto you, lest when I came, I shoulde take heauynesse of them of whom I ought to reioyce. This confidence haue I toward you all, that my ioy is the ioy of you all.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

• World English Bible (2000)

  And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

Referenced Verses

• Gal 5:10 : 10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will think no other way; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.
• 2 Cor 8:22 : 22 And we have sent with them our brother whom we have often tested and found diligent in many things, but now much more diligent because of the great confidence we have in you.
• Phlm 1:21 : 21 Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
• 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you. For in nothing am I behind the very chief apostles, though I am nothing.
• 2 Cor 12:21-13:2 : 21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall mourn for many who have sinned already and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. 1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established. 2 I told you before, and foretell now, as if I were present the second time; and being absent now I write to those who have sinned in the past, and to all others, that if I come again, I will not spare:
• 2 Thess 3:4 : 4 And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command you.
• 1 Cor 4:21-5:13 : 21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness? 1 It is commonly reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that a man has his father's wife. 2 And you are arrogant, and have not rather mourned, so that he who has done this deed might be removed from among you. 3 For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged him who has done this deed, as though I were present. 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 Deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Therefore, purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. 8 Therefore, let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 9 I wrote to you in a letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. 10 Yet not entirely with the sexually immoral of this world, or with the greedy, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone who is called a brother if he is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person. 12 For what do I have to do with judging those who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
• 2 Cor 1:15 : 15 And in this confidence, I intended to come to you before, that you might have a second benefit;
• 2 Cor 7:6 : 6 Nevertheless God, who comforts those who are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
• 2 Cor 7:8 : 8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though it was only for a season.
• 2 Cor 7:12 : 12 Therefore, though I wrote to you, I did not do it for the sake of him who had done the wrong, nor for the sake of him who suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you.