2 Corinthians 2:4-7 for out of much affliction and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears; not to make you uneasy, but to make you sensible of the overflowing tenderness which I have for you.

Mace⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ for out of much affliction and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears; not to make you uneasy, but to make you sensible of the overflowing tenderness which I have for you. ⁵ The affliction I have had, comes only from a particular quarter, so that my resentment does not affect the whole church. ⁶ the punishment, which was inflicted by the community, is sufficient on this occasion. ⁷ so that now you ought rather to forgive, and comfort him, for fear he should be overwhelm'd by an excess of sorrow.