2 Corinthians 2:2

1 But I determined this within myself, ^athat I would not come again to you in sorrow.

2 For if I make you ^asorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me?

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3 And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, ^aI should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, ^bhaving confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.

4 For out of much¹ affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, ^anot that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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2 Corinthians 2:2

For if I make you sorry - Should he have come and used his apostolical authority, in inflicting punishment upon the transgressors, this would have been a common cause of distress. And though he might expect that the sound part of the Church would be a cause of consolation to him, yet as all would be overwhelmed with trouble at the punishment of the transgressors, he could not rejoice to see those whom he loved in distress.

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