2 Corinthians 2:3
That's why I wrote what I did, so that I wouldn't be sad over those who should make me happy. I was so sure that all of you would share in my happiness.
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2For if I make you sad, who will be there to make me happy? It won't be those I've made sad!
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:21So what do you want? Shall I come with a stick to beat you, or in love and a gentle spirit?
2 Corinthians 7:6Even so, God who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us with Titus' arrival.
2 Corinthians 7:12So when I wrote to you, I wasn't writing about who did the wrong or who was wronged, but to show you how devoted you are to us in God's sight.
2 Corinthians 12:11I'm talking like a fool, but you made me do it! You should really have been speaking well of me, for in no way am I inferior to the super-apostles, even though I don't count for anything.
Galatians 5:10I'm confident in the Lord that you won't change the way you think, and that the one who is confusing you will face the consequences, whoever he is.
Philemon 1:21I'm writing about this to you because I'm convinced you'll do as I ask—in fact I know you'll do even more than I've asked!
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 →