2 Corinthians 2:3
And I wrote this same thing, in order that, having come, I may not have grief over those from whom it behooves me to rejoice; and having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
2For if I grieve you, who indeed is the one giving me joy, except the one being grieved by me?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:21What do you wish? must I come unto you with the rod, or in divine love and the spirit of meekness?
2 Corinthians 7:6But God, the one comforting the humble, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
2 Corinthians 7:12Since then indeed I wrote to you, not on account of the one having done the wrong, nor on account of the one having suffered the wrong, but in order that your zeal, which is in our behalf to you before God, might be made manifest.
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool: you did compel me. For I ought to be commended by you: for I am not inferior to the very chief of the apostles, if indeed I am nothing.
Galatians 5:10I have confidence in reference to you in the Lord, that you shall be none otherwise minded: but the one troubling you shall bear the judgment, whosoever he may be.
Philemon 1:21Having confidence in your obedience I have written to you, knowing that you will do even more than those things which I say.
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 →