2 Corinthians 2:3
and I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it behoved me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:21what do ye wish? with a rod shall I come unto you, or in love, with a spirit also of meekness?
2 Corinthians 7:6but He who is comforting the cast-down — God — He did comfort us in the presence of Titus;
2 Corinthians 7:12If, then, I also wrote to you — not for his cause who did wrong, nor for his cause who did suffer wrong, but for our diligence in your behalf being manifested unto you before God —
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool — boasting; ye — ye did compel me; for I ought by you to have been commended, for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles — even if I am nothing.
Galatians 5:10I have confidence in regard to you in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded; and he who is troubling you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
Philemon 1:21having been confident in thy obedience I did write to thee, having known that also above what I may say thou wilt do;
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 →