New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Corinthians 2:1-11
1But I decided this 1for my own sake, that I 2would not come to you in sorrow again. 2For if I 3cause you sorrow, who then will be the one making me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me? 3This is the very thing I 4wrote you, so that 5when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having 6confidence in you all that my joy was the joy of you all. 4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I 7wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.
5But 8if anyone has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not for me, but in some degree--9not to say too much--for all of you. 6Sufficient for such a person is 10this punishment which was imposed by the majority, 7so that on the other hand, you should rather 11forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a person might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. 9For to this end 12I also wrote, so that I might 1314put you to the test, whether you are 15obedient in all things. 10But one whom you forgive anything, I also forgive; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did so for your sakes 16in the presence of Christ, 11so that no advantage would be taken of us by 17Satan, for 18we are not ignorant of his schemes.
Notes
- 1. 2 Corinthians 2:1 Or as far as I am concerned ↩
- 2. 2 Corinthians 2:1 1 Cor 4:21; 2 Cor 12:21 ↩
- 3. 2 Corinthians 2:2 2 Cor 7:8 ↩
- 4. 2 Corinthians 2:3 2 Cor 2:9; 7:8, 12 ↩
- 5. 2 Corinthians 2:3 1 Cor 4:21; 2 Cor 12:21 ↩
- 6. 2 Corinthians 2:3 Gal 5:10; 2 Thess 3:4; Philem 21 ↩
- 7. 2 Corinthians 2:4 2 Cor 2:9; 7:8, 12 ↩
- 8. 2 Corinthians 2:5 1 Cor 5:1f ↩
- 9. 2 Corinthians 2:5 Lit so that I not be burdensome ↩
- 10. 2 Corinthians 2:6 1 Cor 5:4f; 2 Cor 7:11 ↩
- 11. 2 Corinthians 2:7 Gal 6:1; Eph 4:32 ↩
- 12. 2 Corinthians 2:9 2 Cor 2:3f ↩
- 13. 2 Corinthians 2:9 Lit know the proof of you ↩
- 14. 2 Corinthians 2:9 2 Cor 8:2; Phil 2:22 ↩
- 15. 2 Corinthians 2:9 2 Cor 7:15; 10:6 ↩
- 16. 2 Corinthians 2:10 1 Cor 5:4; 2 Cor 4:6 ↩
- 17. 2 Corinthians 2:11 Matt 4:10 ↩
- 18. 2 Corinthians 2:11 Luke 22:31; 2 Cor 4:4; 1 Pet 5:8 ↩
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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