2 Corinthians · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
2 Corinthians 2 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Decidí, pues, no ir otra vez a ustedes con tristeza.
1 But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
2 Porque si yo los entristezco, ¿quién me alegrará, sino aquel a quien yo entristecí?
2 For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me?
3 Les escribí como lo hice para que, cuando vaya, no reciba tristeza de quienes deberían darme alegría. Confío en todos ustedes, sabiendo que mi gozo es también el gozo de todos ustedes.
3 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.
4 Porque les escribí con mucha aflicción y angustia de corazón, y con muchas lágrimas, no para entristecerlos, sino para que conozcan el gran amor que les tengo.
4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
5 Si alguien ha causado tristeza, no me la ha causado solo a mí, sino en cierta medida a todos ustedes; digo esto para no ser demasiado duro.
5 But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.
6 Para tal persona es suficiente el castigo que recibió de la mayoría.
6 This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;
7 Ahora, más bien, deben perdonarlo y consolarlo, para que no sea consumido por demasiada tristeza.
7 so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
8 Por eso les ruego que le confirmen su amor.
8 Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
9 También les escribí para ponerlos a prueba y saber si son obedientes en todo.
9 For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
10 A quien ustedes perdonan algo, yo también lo perdono. Porque lo que yo he perdonado, si algo he perdonado, lo hice por ustedes en presencia de Cristo,
10 Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
11 para que Satanás no gane ventaja sobre nosotros, pues no ignoramos sus planes.
11 that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
12 Cuando llegué a Troas para anunciar el evangelio de Cristo, se me abrió una puerta en el Señor.
12 Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
13 Pero no tuve descanso en mi espíritu, porque no encontré a mi hermano Tito. Así que me despedí de ellos y salí hacia Macedonia.
13 I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.
14 Pero gracias sean dadas a Dios, quien siempre nos lleva en triunfo en Cristo, y por medio de nosotros manifiesta en todo lugar el aroma de su conocimiento.
14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
15 Porque para Dios somos grato aroma de Cristo entre los que se salvan y entre los que se pierden.
15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God in those who are being saved and in those who perish:
16 Para unos somos olor de muerte para muerte; para otros, aroma de vida para vida. ¿Y quién es suficiente para estas cosas?
16 to the one a stench from death to death, to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
17 Porque no somos como muchos que comercian con la palabra de Dios. Al contrario, hablamos con sinceridad, como de parte de Dios, delante de Dios y en Cristo.
17 For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
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Titus
A Greek coworker of Paul, not compelled to be circumcised, who carried Paul's letters to Corinth, and whom Paul left in Crete to set things in order.
Cited in the guide: 2 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Corinthians 8:23; Galatians 2:3
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Corinthians 13:10; 2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 12:20–21; 2 Corinthians 2:4; 1 Corinthians 4:21
- 2 2 Corinthians 7:8; 1 Corinthians 12:26; Romans 12:15; 2 Corinthians 1:14; 2 Corinthians 11:29
- 3 Galatians 5:10; 2 Corinthians 8:22; Philemon 21; 2 Thessalonians 3:4; 2 Corinthians 7:12
- 4 2 Corinthians 7:12; Proverbs 27:5–6; Leviticus 19:17–18; Luke 19:41–44; 2 Corinthians 11:2
- 5 1 Corinthians 5:12–13; Galatians 4:12; Galatians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 5:1–5; Proverbs 17:25
- 6 1 Corinthians 5:4–5; 1 Timothy 5:20; 2 Corinthians 13:10; 2 Corinthians 7:11
- 7 Ephesians 4:32; Galatians 6:1–2; Colossians 3:13; Isaiah 28:7; Proverbs 17:22
- 8 Jude 22–23; Galatians 6:10; Galatians 5:13; Galatians 6:1–2
- 9 2 Corinthians 10:6; Philemon 21; Philippians 2:22; 2 Corinthians 7:12–15; 2 Corinthians 8:24
- 10 John 20:23; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Matthew 18:18; 1 Corinthians 5:4
- 11 1 Peter 5:8; Ephesians 6:11–12; 2 Corinthians 11:3; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Luke 22:31
- 12 Acts 16:8; Acts 14:27; Colossians 4:3; 1 Corinthians 16:9; Revelation 3:7–8
- 13 2 Corinthians 7:5–6; 2 Corinthians 12:18; Galatians 2:1; 2 Timothy 4:10; 2 Corinthians 8:6
- 14 Ephesians 5:2; Romans 8:37; 2 Corinthians 2:15–16; 2 Corinthians 9:15; Romans 6:17
- 15 Ephesians 5:2; 1 Corinthians 1:18; Ezekiel 20:41; Philippians 4:18; Genesis 8:21
- 16 2 Corinthians 3:5–6; John 9:39; 1 Peter 2:7–8; Luke 2:34; 1 Corinthians 15:10
- 17 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Peter 2:1–3; 2 Timothy 4:3–4; 1 Timothy 4:1–3
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
These words seem on the one hand to be unworthy of Paul, if because of a brother's absence he threw away so great an opportunity of saving; and on the other, to hang apart from the context. What then?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
… strain also the Apostle Paul, inasmuch as he had a good conscience, said to the Corinthians: "For we are not as many, who corrupt the Word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ;" "We have injured no man, corrupted no man, circumvented no man."
To the one we are the savor of life unto life, to the other the savor of death unto death: and who is sufficient for these things?" The lesson of the holy Gospel before us affords us the opportunity of so speaking of that savor, that we on our part may give worthy utterance, and you diligent heed, to what …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
Now if ye grieve at hearing these things, I thank you much, for "who is he that maketh me glad, but he which is made sorry by me?" Do not then ever cease to grieve and be vexed for them, for the sorrow that comes of such things will be to you a beginning of a change for the better.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Then on the nostrils; that receiving the sacred ointment ye may say, We are to God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)