2 Corinthians 2:3

and I-write to{you} the-same same, in-which-place, not come[ing], I-may-have grief from of{whom[plural]} it-has-been-necessitating me to-be-joying, having-persuaded upon you all that the my joy is-being of{you all},

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2for if I am-grieving you also who[?] is-being the gladdening me if not the being-grieved out of{emphatically-me}[?],

4for out of{much pressure/constriction/oppression} and of{hold-together[noun]} of{heart} I-write to{you} through of{many tears}, not in-which-place you-may-be-grieved; contrariwise, the love, in-which-place you-may-know what I-am-having more-excessively into you.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:21What[?] you-are-willing[?] I-may-come in to{staff} toward you, or in to{love}, besides to{spirit} of{meekness}.

2 Corinthians 7:6Contrariwise, the calling-aside the[plural] humble, the God, calls-aside us in to{the presence} of{Titus}.

2 Corinthians 7:12Consequently, if also I-write to{you} not because of{the do[ing]-injustice/injure[ing]}, nor because of{the done-injustice-to/injured}, contrariwise because of{the} to-be-revealed, the expedience of{you}, the over/for-the-sake of{us} toward you in-sight of{the God}.

2 Corinthians 12:11I-have-become imprudent. You compel me, for I have-been-owing under of{you} to-be-being-stood-together, for I-deficient/lack nothing of{the very-over[i.e. exalted] sent-off[one]s} if also I-am-being nothing.

Galatians 5:10I have-persuaded into you in to{[the] Lord} that you-will-consider/deem nothing other; moreover, the disturbing you will-bear the judge-effect/judgment, the-who if-supposing may-be-being.

Philemon 1:21Having-had-confidence to{the hearken-under[noun]} of{you} I-write to{you}, having-beheld that also over which I-am-saying you-will-do.

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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