哥林多後書 2:2-3 RCUVTS

For if I make you sorry. The verse may be rendered. "For if I pain you, who then is it that gladdens me except he who is being pained by me?" The " I " being expressed in the original, is emphatic, and the verse has none of the strange selfish meaning which has been assigned to it, namely, that St. Paul thought "the grief which he had caused to be amply compensated for by the pleasure he received from that grief." It has the much simpler meaning that he was unwilling to pain those who... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:3

And I wrote this same unto you. And I wrote . He meets the tacit objection. If you shrink from causing us pain, why then did you write to us in terms so severe? The "I wrote" may be what is called the epistolary aorist, and will then be equivalent to our "I write:" "What I write to you now has the very object of sparing you a painful visit." If the aorist has its more ordinary sense, it refers to the First, and not to the present Epistle; and this seems the better view, for the "I... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:3-4

Sympathy in grief and joy. How far from a formal or mechanical ministry was that of the apostle! He entered into the circumstances and the feelings of those for whom he had laboured. Nothing which affected their interests was indifferent to him. Some in his position would have said, "We have done our duty; it is no affair of ours how they act; why should we trouble ourselves regarding them?" Not so St. Paul. When the Corinthians acted unworthily, his sensitive heart was distressed; when... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 2:2

For if I make you sorry - “If when I should come among you, I should be called on to inflict sorrow by punishing your offending brethren by an act of severe discipline as soon as I came, who would there be to give me comfort but those very persons whom I had affected with grief? How little prepared would they be to make me happy, and to comfort me, amidst the deep sorrow which I should have caused by an act of severe discipline. After such an act - an act that would spread sorrow through the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 2:3

And I wrote this same unto you - The words “this same” (τοῦτο αὐτὸ (touto auto) refer to what he had written to them in the former Epistle, particularly to what he had written in regard to the incestuous person, requiring them to excommunicate him. Probably the expression also includes the commands in his former Epistle to reform their conduct in general, and to put away the abuses and evil practices which prevailed in the church there.Lest when I came ... - Lest I should be obliged if I... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 2:1-3

2 Corinthians 2:1-3. But I, &c. The apostle proceeds with his apology, begun in the preceding chapter, for delaying his visit to the Corinthians, and signifies that he had deferred it because he had determined with himself not to come among them with sorrow, by punishing the guilty, if he could by any means avoid it; and therefore, instead of coming to punish them, he had written to them, that he might have joy from their repentance: and in excuse for the severity of his first letter,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:1-4

1:12-2:17 PAUL EXPLAINS HIS RECENT ACTIONSReasons for changing his plans (1:12-2:4)Certain people in Corinth had accused Paul of insincerity. According to them, Paul tried to give the impression through his conduct and his letters that he felt in a certain way, when he did not feel that way at all. Paul denies this. In all his behaviour, whether in dealing with people in general or in dealing with the Corinthians in particular, he has been sincere and straightforward. The same is true of his... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Corinthians 2:2

if . Greek. ei. App-118 . make . . . sorry = grieve. Greek. lupeo , trenel. "grieve", or "cause grief" in verses: 2Co 2:2 , 2 Corinthians 2:4 , a. Out of twenty-six occurrences, twelve are in this Epistle. maketh. . . glad. Greek. euphraind. See Acts 2:26 (rejoice). but . = except. Greek. ei me . by . Greek. ek . App-104 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Corinthians 2:3

unto you . The texts omit. lest = in order that (Greek. hina) not (Greek. me) , sorrow . See 2 Corinthians 2:1 . from. Greek. apo . App-104 . having confidence = trusting. Greek. peitho. App-150 . in = upon. Greek. epi . App-104 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:2