2 Corinthians 2:5

3. The case of the incestuous, now penitent, 2 Corinthians 2:5-11.

5. But if any Any one. A very delicate introduction of the offender, whose crime Paul now avoids even to name.

He… all The literal rendering is: He hath grieved, not me, but partially that I may not press too heavily you all. The only difficulty is in the apologetic phrase that… heavily. We understand that Paul therein declines the arrogance of claiming the whole offence as being committed against himself. The grieved feelings of others, namely, the Corinthian saints, are to be taken into view. The offender has wounded not me alone; and I say this to avoid the arrogance of seeming to regard myself solely.