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2 Corinthians 2:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be shared by all of you. "

2 Corinthians 2:3

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1 But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.

2 For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me?

3 And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be shared by all of you.

4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

5 But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.

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2 Corinthians 2:1

"But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow."

2 Corinthians 2:2

"For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me?"

2 Corinthians 2:4

"For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you."

2 Corinthians 2:5

"But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all."

2 Corinthians 2:6

"This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;"

2 Corinthians 2:7

"so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow."

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