"But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all." — 2 Corinthians 2:5

2 Corinthians 2:5 · KJV

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

— 2 Corinthians 2:5

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.

Verse 6

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

2 Corinthians 2 — Context

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.

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.

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

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

So that contrariwise ye {ought} rather to forgive {him}, and comfort {him}, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 5:12-13

For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

Galatians 4:12

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I {am}; for I {am} as ye {are}: ye have not injured me at all.

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.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son {is} a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

1 Corinthians 5:1-5

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.