2 Corinthians 2:5

But if any man has caused sadness, he has not caused me sadness, but in part (that I may not bear down) you all.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4For out of much stress and dismay of heart, through many tears, I wrote to you, not that ye would be grieved, but that ye might know the love that I have so much more for you.

6Sufficient to such a man is this punishment by the many,

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Cross References

Proverbs 17:25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

1 Corinthians 5:12For what is in me to also judge those outside? Do ye not judge those inside?

Galatians 5:10I have confidence toward you in Lord, that ye will think no other thing. But the man who troubles you will bear the verdict, whoever he may be.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 2:2-5

Paul Expresses His Affection. ( a. d. 57.) 1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. 2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? 3 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. 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be… Read the whole commentary →

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