2 Corinthians 2:3
And I wrote to you this very thing, that, on coming to you, I might not have sorrow from those from whom I ought to receive joy; because I have confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2for if I cause you to grieve, who is he that makes me glad, but he that is made sorry by me?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:21What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of gentleness?
2 Corinthians 7:6But God, who comforts those who are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
2 Corinthians 7:12Therefore, though I wrote to you, it was not on account of him who did the wrong, nor on account of him who received the wrong; but that our diligent care for you, in the sight of God, might be made manifest to you.
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become of no understanding; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you: I am in no respect inferior to the very greatest of the apostles, although I am nothing.
Galatians 5:10I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will cultivate no other disposition: but he that troubles you, who ever he may be, shall bear his condemnation.
Philemon 1:21Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
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 →