2 Corinthians 2:5

And if any hath caused sorowe, the same hath not made mee sorie, but partly (lest I should more charge him) you all.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 in great affliction, and anguish of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares: not that yee should be made sorie, but that ye might perceiue the loue which I haue, specially vnto you.

6It is sufficient vnto the same man, that hee was rebuked of many.

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Cross References

Proverbs 17:25A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

1 Corinthians 5:12For what haue I to doe, to iudge them also which are without? doe ye not iudge them that are within?

Galatians 5:10I haue trust in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but hee that troubleth you, shall beare his condemnation, whosoeuer he 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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