2 Corinthians 2:3
And I have written unto you for this very purpose, that I might not, when I come to you, have sorrow from those in whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2For if I make you sorry, who is he that maketh me glad, but he that is made sorrowful by me?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:21What is your wish? That I should come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
2 Corinthians 7:6But God that comforteth the lowly comforted us by the coming of Titus:
2 Corinthians 7:12And indeed though I wrote unto you, I did it not merely for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause who had suffered the injury, but that our diligent attention for you might be more abundantly manifested to you in the presence of God.
2 Corinthians 12:11Have I become a fool in boasting? ye have compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing have I been inferior to the very chief apostles, though I be nothing.
Galatians 5:10I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be no otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear condign punishment whosoever he be.
Philemon 1:21Having confidence in thy obedience, I have written unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do more than 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 →