2 Corinthians 2:5

Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.

Majority Standard Bible

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 through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.

6The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.

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Cross References

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

1 Corinthians 5:12What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?

Galatians 5:10I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, 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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