2 Corinthians 7:12

“Wherefore, though l wrote unto you, etc..] Meaning in his former epistle, with so much sharpness and severity, and as may have been thought too much: I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong; not for the sake of the incestuous person only and chiefly, not merely for his correction and restoration; though these things were intended, and earnestly desired by the apostle: nor for his cause that suffered wrong: that is, the father of the incestuous person, who had been injured by this wicked action; it was not only or merely out of favour and respect to him, and that some compensation should be made to him in a church way, by detesting the crime, casting out the offender, and declaring…”

“though I wrote unto you--"making you sorry with my letter" (Co2 7:8). his cause that suffered wrong--the father of the incestuous person who had his father's wife (Co1 5:1). The father, thus it seems, was alive. that our care for you, &c.--Some of the oldest manuscripts read thus, "That YOUR care for us might be made manifest unto you," &c. But the words, "unto you," thus, would be rather obscure; still the obscurity of the genuine reading may have been the very reason for the change being made by correctors into the reading of English Version. ALFORD explains the reading: "He wrote in order to bring out their zeal on his behalf (that is, to obey his command), and make it manifest to…”

“Wherefore, though I wrote unto you ... - In this verse Paul states the main reason why he had written to them on the subject. It was not principally on account of the man who had done the wrong, or of him who had been injured; but it was from tender anxiety for the whole church, and in order to show the deep interest which he had in their welfare. Not for his cause that had done the wrong - Not mainly, or principally on account of the incestuous person; 1 Corinthians 5:1. It was not primarily with reference to him as an individual that I wrote, but from a regard to the whole church. Nor for his cause that suffered wrong - Not merely that the wrong which he had suffered might be rectified,…”

“It was not only, or chiefly, for the sake of the incestuous person, or of his father; but to show my care over you. Next: 2 Corinthians Chapter 8”

“I did: Co2 2:9; Co1 5:1 that our: Co2 2:4, Co2 2:17, Co2 11:11, Co2 11:28; Ti1 3:5 2 Corinthians 7:13”