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Certainly not someone I have grieved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_corinthians/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_corinthians/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For if I grieve you again, who is making me glad, except the <i>one</i> being grieved by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_corinthians/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For if I cause you sorrow, who then <i>will be</i> the one making me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_corinthians/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_corinthians/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_corinthians/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For if I cause you grief [by a well-deserved rebuke], who then provides me enjoyment but the very one whom I have made sad?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_corinthians/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For if I cause you pain, then who will cheer me other than the one being hurt by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_corinthians/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For if I cause you pain, then who will cheer me other than the one being hurt by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_corinthians/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad but he that is made sorry by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_corinthians/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If I make you feel bad, who would be left to cheer me up, except the people I had made to feel bad? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_corinthians/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad, but he that is made sorry by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_corinthians/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />After all, if I had made you uncomfortable, how could you have cheered me up when you were uncomfortable?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_corinthians/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />For if I were to make you sad, who would be left to cheer me up? Only the very persons I had made sad. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_corinthians/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />After all, if I were to grieve you, who should make me happy but the person I am making sad? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_corinthians/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad but the one I caused to be sad?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_corinthians/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_corinthians/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same who is made sorry by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_corinthians/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For if I of all men give you pain, who then is there to gladden my heart, but the very persons to whom I give pain?<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_corinthians/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_corinthians/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_corinthians/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_corinthians/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For if I grieve you again, who is making me glad, except the <i>one</i> being grieved by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_corinthians/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_corinthians/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For if I grieve you, and who is he making me glad, except he being grieved by me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_corinthians/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For if I make you sorrowful, who is he then that can make me glad, but the same who is made sorrowful by me? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_corinthians/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For if I make you sorrowful, then who is it that can make me glad, except the one who is made sorrowful by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_corinthians/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For if I inflict pain upon you, then who is there to cheer me except the one pained by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_corinthians/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_corinthians/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For if I make you sad, who can make me happy, but him whom I made sad?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_corinthians/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />For if I sadden you, who will gladden me, if not the one whom I sadden?<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/2_corinthians/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />for if I cause you to grieve, who is he that makes me glad, but he that is made sorry by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/2_corinthians/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />For if I grieve you, who indeed is the one giving me joy, except the one being grieved by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/2_corinthians/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />For if I make you sorry, who is he that maketh me glad, but he that is made sorrowful by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/2_corinthians/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />why should I make you uneasy, for who then could give me comfort, but those to whom I give uneasiness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_corinthians/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For if I of all men give you pain, who then is there to gladden my heart, but the very persons to whom I give pain?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/2_corinthians/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />For, if I make you sorry, who, indeed, is he that makes me glad, but he that is made sorry by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/2_corinthians/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />for if I grieve you, who is it that maketh me glad, but he that is grieved by me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/2-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddheG4hMg28?start=257" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/2.htm">Reaffirm Your Love</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">if</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: egō (PPro-N1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">I</a> <a href="/greek/3076.htm" title="3076: lypō (V-PIA-1S) -- To pain, grieve, vex. From lupe; to distress; reflexively or passively, to be sad.">grieve</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymas (PPro-A2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/5101.htm" title="5101: tis (IPro-NMS) -- Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.">who</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">is left</a> <a href="/greek/2165.htm" title="2165: euphrainōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- From eu and phren; to put in a good frame of mind, i.e. Rejoice.">to cheer</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: me (PPro-A1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">me</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">but</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">those whom</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ex (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out."></a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: emou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">I</a> <a href="/greek/3076.htm" title="3076: lypoumenos (V-PPM/P-NMS) -- To pain, grieve, vex. From lupe; to distress; reflexively or passively, to be sad.">have grieved?</a> </span> <span class="reftext">3</span>I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-8.htm">2 Corinthians 7:8-9</a></span><br />Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it—for I see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time— / yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-21.htm">1 Corinthians 4:21</a></span><br />Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-2.htm">1 Corinthians 5:2</a></span><br />And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-6.htm">1 Corinthians 5:6</a></span><br />Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-13.htm">1 Corinthians 5:13</a></span><br />God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-23.htm">2 Corinthians 1:23-24</a></span><br />I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. / Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">2 Corinthians 7:5-7</a></span><br />For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within. / But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus, / and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-12.htm">2 Corinthians 7:12</a></span><br />So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-19.htm">Galatians 4:19-20</a></span><br />My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you, / how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/2-2.htm">Philippians 2:2</a></span><br />then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/2-27.htm">Philippians 2:27-28</a></span><br />He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. / Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:7-9</a></span><br />For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and persecution, we have been reassured about you, because of your faith. / For now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord. / How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-2.htm">Romans 9:2</a></span><br />I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-15.htm">Romans 12:15</a></span><br />Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-32.htm">Romans 15:32</a></span><br />so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For if I make you sorry, who is he then that makes me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/1-14.htm">2 Corinthians 1:14</a></b></br> As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also <i>are</i> ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/11-29.htm">2 Corinthians 11:29</a></b></br> Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/12-15.htm">Romans 12:15</a></b></br> Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_corinthians/16-18.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-36.htm">Except</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/16-17.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-30.htm">Gladden</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-19.htm">Gladdens</a> <a href="/john/16-20.htm">Grieve</a> <a href="/romans/14-15.htm">Grieved</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-25.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-21.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-13.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-21.htm">Making</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-23.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/romans/14-15.htm">Pained</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-11.htm">Persons</a> <a href="/acts/20-38.htm">Sad</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-1.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/john/16-20.htm">Sorrowful</a> <a href="/luke/17-4.htm">Sorry</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_corinthians/2-4.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-1.htm">Except</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-12.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-5.htm">Gladden</a> <a href="/psalms/104-15.htm">Gladdens</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-4.htm">Grieve</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-4.htm">Grieved</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-4.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-14.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-14.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-18.htm">Making</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-3.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-8.htm">Pained</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-9.htm">Persons</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-10.htm">Sad</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-3.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-4.htm">Sorrowful</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-4.htm">Sorry</a><div class="vheading2">2 Corinthians 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-1.htm">Having shown the reason why he came not to them,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-6.htm">he requires them to forgive and to comfort that excommunicated person,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-10.htm">even as he himself upon true repentance had forgiven him;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-12.htm">declaring why he departed from Troas to Macedonia,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-14.htm">and the happy success which God gave to his preaching in all places.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_corinthians/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_corinthians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_corinthians/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For if I grieve you</b><br>Paul is addressing the Corinthian church, expressing his concern about causing them sorrow. This reflects his pastoral heart and the delicate balance he seeks between correction and encouragement. The context is his previous letter, which was stern and corrective (1 Corinthians). Paul’s intention was not to cause unnecessary pain but to lead them to repentance and spiritual growth. This phrase highlights the relational dynamics between a spiritual leader and their congregation, emphasizing the importance of love and sensitivity in leadership.<p><b>who is left to cheer me</b><br>Paul acknowledges his emotional connection to the Corinthian believers. His joy is intertwined with their spiritual well-being. This reflects the mutual dependency within the body of Christ, where leaders and followers support and uplift each other. The phrase underscores the principle found in <a href="/romans/12-15.htm">Romans 12:15</a>, "Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn," illustrating the interconnectedness of believers.<p><b>but those whom I have grieved?</b><br>Paul points out the irony that those he has caused sorrow are also his source of comfort. This highlights the transformative power of Christian relationships, where even difficult interactions can lead to deeper bonds and mutual encouragement. It also reflects the redemptive nature of God’s work in the church, where conflict and correction can lead to growth and unity. This is reminiscent of <a href="/proverbs/27-6.htm">Proverbs 27:6</a>, "Wounds from a friend can be trusted," emphasizing the value of honest and loving correction.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a></b><br>The apostle who authored the letter to the Corinthians. He is addressing the church in Corinth, expressing his concern about causing them grief.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/corinth.htm">Corinth</a></b><br>A major city in ancient Greece, known for its wealth and immorality. The church in Corinth faced many challenges, including divisions and moral issues.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_corinthian_church.htm">The Corinthian Church</a></b><br>The recipients of Paul's letter. They were dealing with internal conflicts and needed guidance and correction from Paul.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/previous_letter.htm">Previous Letter</a></b><br>Paul refers to a previous letter (often thought to be 1 Corinthians) where he addressed issues within the church, which may have caused them sorrow.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/grief_and_comfort.htm">Grief and Comfort</a></b><br>The emotional dynamics between Paul and the Corinthians, highlighting the mutual need for encouragement and reconciliation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_godly_sorrow.htm">The Role of Godly Sorrow</a></b><br>Godly sorrow can lead to repentance and restoration. It is important to address sin and conflict within the church, even if it causes temporary grief.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/mutual_encouragement_in_the_body_of_christ.htm">Mutual Encouragement in the Body of Christ</a></b><br>Believers are called to encourage and build each other up. When one member is grieved, the whole body is affected, highlighting the need for mutual support.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_balance_of_truth_and_love.htm">The Balance of Truth and Love</a></b><br>Speaking the truth in love is crucial. Paul demonstrates that correction should be done with a heart of love and a desire for reconciliation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_reconciliation.htm">The Importance of Reconciliation</a></b><br>Reconciliation is a key theme in Paul's letters. The goal of addressing issues is to restore relationships and unity within the church.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_forgiveness.htm">The Power of Forgiveness</a></b><br>Forgiveness is essential for healing and unity. Paul later urges the Corinthians to forgive and comfort the one who caused grief, reflecting Christ's forgiveness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_corinthians_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Corinthians 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_paul_avoid_a_painful_visit.htm">In 2 Corinthians 2:1, how can Paul justify avoiding another painful visit if decisive church discipline was necessary? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_paul_reconcile_boasting.htm">How can Paul's admonition against boasting in 2 Corinthians 10:13-15 be reconciled with similar exhortations in other epistles where he appears to boast about his hardships?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_emphasize_cheerful_giving_over_tithing.htm">Why does 2 Corinthians 9:7 emphasize cheerful giving if Old Testament laws (e.g., tithing in Malachi 3:10) demand mandatory giving?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_paul's_plans_in_corinthians_differ_from_acts.htm">In 2 Corinthians 1:15-17, Paul explains changes to his travel plans--why do these details seem at odds with the account in Acts, suggesting possible inconsistencies?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_corinthians/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Who is he then that maketh me glad?</span>--The force of the "for," with which the verse opens, lies below the surface. He had wished to avoid a visit that would cause sorrow to himself and others, and events had shown that he was right. But it might be said, perhaps had been said, that he didn't seem to care about giving pain when he wrote, as, <span class= "ital">e.g.,</span> in <a href="/1_corinthians/4-18.htm" title="Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.">1Corinthians 4:18</a>; <a href="/context/1_corinthians/5-2.htm" title="And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that has done this deed might be taken away from among you.">1Corinthians 5:2-7</a>; <a href="/context/1_corinthians/6-5.htm" title="I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brothers?">1Corinthians 6:5-8</a>. "Yes," is his answer; "but then the pain which <span class= "ital">I</span> inflict" (the pronoun is emphatic) "gives to him who suffers it the power of giving me joy, and so works out an ample compensation;" a thought to which he returns in <a href="/2_corinthians/7-8.htm" title="For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same letter has made you sorry, though it were but for a season.">2Corinthians 7:8</a>. The abruptness of the question and the use of the singular number shows that he has the one great offender, the incestuous adulterer of <a href="/1_corinthians/5-1.htm" title="It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.">1Corinthians 5:1</a>, before his mind's eye. He sees him, as it were, and can point to him as showing how well the course he had taken had answered.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_corinthians/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For if I make you sorry.</span> 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 "<span class="accented">I"</span> being expressed in the original, is emphatic, and the verse has none of the strange selfish meaning which has been assigned to <span class="accented">it</span>, 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 gladdened him, and therefore would not pay them a visit which could only be <span class="accented">painful</span> on both sides, when the normal relation between them should be one of <span class="accented">joy</span> on both sides, as he has already said (<a href="/2_corinthians/1-24.htm">2 Corinthians 1:24</a>). The singular, "he who is being pained by me<span class="accented"></span>," does not refer to the offender, but to the Corinthians collectively. <span class="cmt_word">Who is he then,</span> etc.? The "then" in the original is classically and elegantly expressed by <span class="greek">καὶ</span>, <span class="accented">and</span> (comp. <a href="/james/2-4.htm">James 2:4</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_corinthians/2-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="grk">γὰρ</span> <span class="translit">(gar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> </span><span class="str2">For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="grk">εἰ</span> <span class="translit">(ei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> </span><span class="str2">If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐγὼ</span> <span class="translit">(egō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> </span><span class="str2">I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">grieve</span><br /><span class="grk">λυπῶ</span> <span class="translit">(lypō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3076.htm">Strong's 3076: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pain, grieve, vex. From lupe; to distress; reflexively or passively, to be sad.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you,</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμᾶς</span> <span class="translit">(hymas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="grk">τίς</span> <span class="translit">(tis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5101.htm">Strong's 5101: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[is left]</span><br /><span class="grk">ὁ</span> <span class="translit">(ho)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to cheer</span><br /><span class="grk">εὐφραίνων</span> <span class="translit">(euphrainōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2165.htm">Strong's 2165: </a> </span><span class="str2">From eu and phren; to put in a good frame of mind, i.e. Rejoice.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me</span><br /><span class="grk">με</span> <span class="translit">(me)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> </span><span class="str2">I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but</span><br /><span class="grk">εἰ</span> <span class="translit">(ei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> </span><span class="str2">If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">those [whom]</span><br /><span class="grk">ὁ</span> <span class="translit">(ho)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐμοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(emou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> </span><span class="str2">I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have grieved?</span><br /><span class="grk">λυπούμενος</span> <span class="translit">(lypoumenos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3076.htm">Strong's 3076: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pain, grieve, vex. 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