2 Corinthians 7:8

that if also I-grieve you in to{the send-upon[i.e. communication]}, I-am_not_being-changed-concern/care if also I-have-been-changing-concern/care, for I-am-viewing that the send-upon[i.e. communication], the-there, if also toward [an] hour grieves you

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

In Context

7Moreover, not only in to{the presence} of{same}; contrariwise, also in to{the call-aside-sis[i.e. state of calling aside], which} he-is-called-aside upon to{you}, messaging-anew to{us} the whence-upon/longing-sis[i.e. state of longing] of{you}, the bewailing[noun] of{you}, the zeal of{you}, over/for-the-sake of{emphatically-me}, such-as me more to-be-joyed,

9now, I-am-joying not that you-are-grieved; contrariwise, that you-are-grieved into change-of-mind/thinking, for you-are-grieved according-to God, in-which-place you-may-be-penalized out of{us} in to{nothing},

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Cross References

Matthew 26:21and of{same eating} says, "Amen I-am-saying to{you} that one out of{you} will-give-aside/deliver me,"

John 16:6Contrariwise, that I-have-spoken the-same to{you} the grief has-filled-full the heart of{you}.

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

2 Corinthians 7:11for behold same, the-same, the according-to God you to-be-grieved, work-izes-self-down/according-to how-much expedience to{you}, contrariwise defense, contrariwise irritate-sis[i.e. state of being irritated], contrariwise fear, contrariwise whence-upon/longing-sis[i.e. state of longing], contrariwise zeal, contrariwise out-justice/vindication; in to{every[thing]} you-stand-together sameselves pure/innocent to-be-being in to{the practice-effect}.

Revelation 3:19I, as-many-as if-supposing I-may-be-being-fond-of, am-confuting and am-child-ing/disciplining/instructing/educating. So, zeal[verb imperative] and change[your]mind/thinking.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 7:6-12

Various Exhortations. ( a. d. 57.) 5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. 6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more. 8 For though I made you sorry with a letter,… Read the whole commentary →

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