2 Corinthians 2:5

But if any one has grieved, he has grieved, not me, but in part (that I may not overcharge [you]) all of you.

Darby Translation

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 tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.

6Sufficient to such a one [is] this rebuke which [has been inflicted] by the many;

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Cross References

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

1 Corinthians 5:12For what have *I* [to do] with judging those outside also? *ye*, do not ye judge them that are within?

Galatians 5:10*I* have confidence as to you in [the] Lord, that ye will have no other mind; and he that is troubling you shall bear the guilt [of it], whosoever 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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