the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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2 Corinthians 2:2
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My goal is not scold, but to bring joy. If all I did was scold y'all, who would be able to bring me joy then? It's sure not going to be the one who just took a bad butt chewin'!
For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful?
For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful?
For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me?
For if *I* grieve you, who also [is] it that gladdens me, if not he that is grieved through me?
For if I cause you pain, then who will cheer me other than the one being hurt by me?
For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?
For if I grieve you, who is he that cheareth me, but he that is grieved by me?
For if I of all men give you pain, who then is there to gladden my heart, but the very persons to whom I give pain?
For if I make you sorie, who is hee then that maketh mee glad, but the same which is made sorie by me.
For if I grieve you, who yet will be making me glad, if not the one being grieved by me?
For yf I make you sory, who is it that shal make me glad, but the same which is made sory by me?
why should I make you uneasy, for who then could give me comfort, but those to whom I give uneasiness?
For if I cause you grief [by a well-deserved rebuke], who then provides me enjoyment but the very one whom I have made sad?
For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad but he that is made sorry by me?
For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?
For yf I make you sorye who is it that shuld make me glad but the same which is made sory by me?
For if I make you sorry, who then is he that makes me glad but he that is made sorry by me?
For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same who is made sorry by me?
for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?
If I make you sad, who will make me glad? Only you can make me glad—particularly the person whom I made sad.
For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad but the one I caused to be sad?
For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?
If I make you feel bad, who would be left to cheer me up, except the people I had made to feel bad?
For if I cause you pain, who is left to make me happy except the people I have pained?
For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?
For if I make you sorie, who is he then that shoulde make me glad, but ye same which is made sorie by me?
For if I make you sad, who can make me happy, but him whom I made sad?
For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?
After all, if I were to grieve you, who should make me happy but the person I am making sad?
For if I grieve you, who shall refresh me, but he whom I had grieved?
For if I should make you sad, who would make me joyful, unless he whom I had made sad?
For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me?
For if I cause you grief, who will make me glad? Certainly not someone I have grieved.
If I make you sad, who is going to make me happy? How can you make me happy if I make you sad?
For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad, but he that is made sorry by me?
For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?
For, if, I, grieve you, who then is he that is to gladden me, - save he who is being grieved through me;
For if I make you sorrowful, who is he then that can make me glad, but the same who is made sorrowful by me?
For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
For if I cause you sorrow, then who will make me glad except the one who is caused to be sad by me?
For if I make you sorie, who is he yt shoulde make me glad, but the same which is made sorie by me?
If I make you sad, then who will make me happy? Only you can make me happy—you, the ones I made sad.
For if I cause you sorrow, who then will be the one making me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me?
For if I were to make you sad, who would be left to cheer me up? Only the very persons I had made sad.
For if Y make you sori, who is he that gladith me, but he that is soreuful of me?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
2 Corinthians 1:14, 2 Corinthians 11:29, Romans 12:15, 1 Corinthians 12:26
Reciprocal: Mark 12:14 - we know 1 Corinthians 4:19 - I 2 Corinthians 7:8 - though I made Philemon 1:20 - let me
Cross-References
God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning— Day Six.
Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
"Work for six days and rest the seventh so your ox and donkey may rest and your servant and migrant workers may have time to get their needed rest.
"If you watch your step on the Sabbath and don't use my holy day for personal advantage, If you treat the Sabbath as a day of joy, God 's holy day as a celebration, If you honor it by refusing ‘business as usual,' making money, running here and there— Then you'll be free to enjoy God ! Oh, I'll make you ride high and soar above it all. I'll make you feast on the inheritance of your ancestor Jacob." Yes! God says so!
But Jesus defended himself. "My Father is working straight through, even on the Sabbath. So am I."
When the Promises Are Mixed with Faith For as long, then, as that promise of resting in him pulls us on to God's goal for us, we need to be careful that we're not disqualified. We received the same promises as those people in the wilderness, but the promises didn't do them a bit of good because they didn't receive the promises with faith. If we believe, though, we'll experience that state of resting. But not if we don't have faith. Remember that God said, Exasperated, I vowed, "They'll never get where they're going, never be able to sit down and rest." God made that vow, even though he'd finished his part before the foundation of the world. Somewhere it's written, "God rested the seventh day, having completed his work," but in this other text he says, "They'll never be able to sit down and rest." So this promise has not yet been fulfilled. Those earlier ones never did get to the place of rest because they were disobedient. God keeps renewing the promise and setting the date as today, just as he did in David's psalm, centuries later than the original invitation: Today, please listen, don't turn a deaf ear... And so this is still a live promise. It wasn't canceled at the time of Joshua; otherwise, God wouldn't keep renewing the appointment for "today." The promise of "arrival" and "rest" is still there for God's people. God himself is at rest. And at the end of the journey we'll surely rest with God. So let's keep at it and eventually arrive at the place of rest, not drop out through some sort of disobedience. God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon's scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey. Nothing and no one is impervious to God's Word. We can't get away from it—no matter what. Now that we know what we have—Jesus, this great High Priest with ready access to God—let's not let it slip through our fingers. We don't have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He's been through weakness and testing, experienced it all—all but the sin. So let's walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For if I make you sorry,.... That is, should he come among them, and be the means of fresh grief and sorrow:
who is he then that maketh me glad? such was his love and affection for them, and sympathy with them, that should they be grieved, he should grieve also; they were the only persons he could take any delight in at Corinth; wherefore should they be in heaviness, he would be so too, and then what pleasure would he have in being among them? since not a man of them would be in a condition and capacity to make him cheerful:
but the same which is made sorry by me. The Ethiopic version without any authority reads this clause, "except he whom I have made glad"; but the apostle is to be understood either of some particular man, the incestuous person, who had been made sorry, by that awful punishment of being delivered up to Satan, inflicted on him; or else the singular number being put for the plural collectively, is to be understood of all the members of the church at Corinth, who had been greatly grieved by the sharp reproofs he had given them; and therefore unless this trouble was removed, he could not expect to have much comfort and pleasure with them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For if I make you sorry - “If when I should come among you, I should be called on to inflict sorrow by punishing your offending brethren by an act of severe discipline as soon as I came, who would there be to give me comfort but those very persons whom I had affected with grief? How little prepared would they be to make me happy, and to comfort me, amidst the deep sorrow which I should have caused by an act of severe discipline. After such an act - an act that would spread sorrow through the whole church, how could I expect that comfort which I should desire to find among you. The whole church would be affected with grief; and though I might be sustained by the sound part of the church, yet my visit would be attended with painful circumstances. I resolved, therefore, to remove all cause of difficulty, if possible, before I came, that my visit might be pleasant to us all.” The idea is, that there was such a sympathy between him and them; that he was so attached to them, that he could not expect to be happy unless they were happy; that though he might be conscious he was only discharging a duty, and that God would sustain him in it, yet that it would mar the pleasure of his visit, and destroy all his anticipated happiness by the general grief.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Corinthians 2:2. For if I make you sorry — Should he have come and used his apostolical authority, in inflicting punishment upon the transgressors, this would have been a common cause of distress. And though he might expect that the sound part of the Church would be a cause of consolation to him, yet as all would be overwhelmed with trouble at the punishment of the transgressors, he could not rejoice to see those whom he loved in distress.
