2 Corinthians 2:3
And I wrote this same thing to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; for I had confidence in all of you, that my joy would be the joy of all of you.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2For if I make you sorrowful, who will there be to make me glad, but the same one I made sorrowful?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:21What do you wish? shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in a spirit of gentleness?
2 Corinthians 7:6But God, who comforts those who are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
2 Corinthians 7:12Therefore, though I wrote to you, I did not do it because of the one who committed the wrong, nor because of the one who suffered the wrong, but that your zeal for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 12:11I have made a fool of myself; you have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you: for in nothing am I behind these superlative apostles, though I am nothing.
Galatians 5:10I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will take no other view: but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he may be.
Philemon 1:21Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even 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 →