2 Corinthians 2:1 — Meaning and Application

2 Corinthians 2:2

"For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?"

2 Corinthians 2:3

"And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is {the joy} of you all."

2 Corinthians 2:4

"For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you."

2 Corinthians 2:5

"But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all."

2 Corinthians 2:6

"Sufficient to such a man {is} this punishment, which {was inflicted} of many. {punishment: or, censure}"