2 Corinthians 2:5

And if any one have caused grief, he hath not grieved me; but in part, that I may not burden you all.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 affliction and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not that you should be made sorrowful: but that you might know the charity I have more abundantly towards you.

6To him who is such a one, this rebuke is sufficient, which is given by many:

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Cross References

Proverbs 17:25A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.

1 Corinthians 5:12For what have I to do to judge them that are without ? Do not you judge them that are within ?

Galatians 5:10I have confidence in you in the Lord: that you will not be of another mind: but he that troubleth you, shall bear the judgment, whosoever he 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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