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Forgive the Offender

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.  
5 But aif anyone has caused grief, he has not bgrieved me, but all of you to some extent—not to be too severe.  
6 This punishment which was inflicted aby the majority is sufficient for such a man,  
7 aso that, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with too much sorrow.  
8 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him.
9 For to this end I also wrote, that I might put you to the test, whether you are aobedient in all things.  
10 Now whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For1 if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,  
11 lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

Triumph in Christ

12 Furthermore, awhen I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and ba door was opened to me by the Lord,  
13 aI had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I departed for Macedonia.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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2 Corinthians 2:5

grief . . . grieved—Translate as before, "sorrow . . . made sorry." The "any" is a delicate way of referring to the incestuous person.

not . . . me, but in part—He has grieved me only in part (compare II Corinthians 1:14; Romans 11:25), that is, I am not the sole party aggrieved; most of you, also, were aggrieved.

that I may not overcharge—that I may not unduly lay the weight of the charge on you all, which I should do, if I made myself to be the sole party aggrieved. ALFORD punctuates, "He hath not made sorry me, but in part (that I press not too heavily; namely, on him) you all." Thus "you all" is in contrast to "me"; and "in part" is explained in the parenthetical clause.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Corinthians 2:5:

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