2 Corinthians 2:5

Now I want to write about the man who caused all this anguish. What he did was very wrong, but I know that it has caused you much more sorrow than it has caused me, because what he did has affected all of you to some extent. I say, “to some extent,” because I do not want to say that he has done more harm than he really has done.

Translation for Translators

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

4I wrote to you the way I did because I felt very troubled and distressed about you. I was even crying very much as I wrote. My purpose in writing was not in order to make you feel bad, but, instead, in order that you might know how deeply/much I love you.

6Since he has now stopped sinning in that way, the punishment that nearly all of you decided was right for him has continued long enough.

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Cross References

Proverbs 17:25Children who are foolish cause their father to be sad and also cause their mother to be very sorrowful.

1 Corinthians 5:12It is certainly not [RHQ] my business to judge people who are not believers and who do not belong to Christian congregations. But it certainly is [RHQ] your business to judge those who are in your congregation!

Galatians 5:10Nevertheless, because of my relationship with the Lord, I am certain that you will think only as I do about forcing people to obey rules and rituals. Furthermore, God will punish anyone who is confusing you by teaching this false message, even if he is an important person.

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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