Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
with a letter—Greek, "in the letter" namely, the first Epistle to the Corinthians.
I do not repent, though I did repent—Translate, "I do not regret it, though I did regret it." The Greek words for regret and repent are distinct. Paul was almost regretting, through parental tenderness, his having used rebukes calculated to grieve the Corinthians; but now that he has learned from Titus the salutary effect produced on them, he no longer regrets it.
for I perceive, etc.—This is explanatory of "I did repent" or "regret it," and is parenthetical ("for I perceive that that Epistle did make you sorry, though it was but for a season").
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Corinthians 7:8:
1 Corinthians 5:9
2 Corinthians 7:12
2 Corinthians 12:18
2 Corinthians 13:11
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