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John Gill's Exposition on 2 Corinthians 2:5
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But if any have caused grief, etc..] The incestuous person is here manifestly designed, though he is not named, who had been the cause and occasion of much grief and sorrow, both to himself and others; for the apostle is not to be understood, as though he doubted whether he had caused grief or not, but rather takes it for granted, as a certain point; “if”, seeing, or although he has caused grief: he hath not grieved me but in part; or in some measure; as it has reflected dishonour on God and his ways, truths and ordinances; and has brought trouble upon himself, and the church of which he is a member; for the apostle now rejoiced, that he was truly humbled for his sin, and sincerely, and in an evangelical manner, repented of it; his grief was over, and it was as if it was not; and the offence he took was now wholly removed: besides, though this man did grieve him, it was but in part; he was not the sole cause of his grief: they also greatly added to it by their unconcernedness of him, and negligence in reproving him, though he takes notice only of this single man: that I may not overcharge you all; bear hard upon them, aggravate their sin, and increase their trouble: or thus, that man has not grieved me only, but in some measure all of you; for the phrase “all you”, may be considered, not in connection with the word “overcharge”, but with the word “grieved”; and the reading and sense of the whole be this, “he hath not grieved me, but in part, or in some measure”; or as the Syriac reads it, ˆwklkl lylq ryxb, “almost all of you”: but this, as if he should say, I do but just mention, would not dwell upon it, “that I may not overcharge” him, or be thought to be overbearing, or should aggravate his sin and sorrow: for,
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