2 Corinthians 2:3
1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
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.
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.
5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- And I wrote this very thing, 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.
- DARBY
- And I have written this very [letter] [to you], that coming I may not have grief from those from whom I ought to have joy; trusting in you all that my joy is [that] of you all.
- BLB
- And I wrote this same thing so that, having come, I might not have grief from [those] for whom it was necessary for me to rejoice, having been confident in you⁺ all, that my joy is of all of you⁺.
- ÅB
- Og just i det øyemed skrev jeg, for at jeg ikke, når jeg kom, skulle få sorg av dem som jeg burde ha glede av, idet jeg har den tillit til dere alle at min glede er deres alles glede.
- OTB
- Dette er nettopp det jeg skrev til dere, slik at når jeg kom, ville jeg ikke ha sorg fra dem som burde gi meg glede; i tillit til dere alle at min glede ville bli delt av dere alle.
- B1930
- Og just i det øiemed skrev jeg, forat jeg ikke, når jeg kom, skulde få sorg av dem som jeg burde ha glede av, idet jeg har den tillit til eder alle at min glede er eders alles glede.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 5:10
I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:22
And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.
Read in contextPhilemon 1:21
Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 3:4
And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:12
Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:21–13:2
And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:11
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:6
Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
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