Wherefore, though I wrote so severely to you It was not only or chiefly for the sake of the incestuous person, or his father; but to show my care over you; in the sight of God Who hath committed you to me to be instructed and directed. Therefore we were comforted in your comfort In hearing you were made happy by my care of you; and exceedingly the more for the joy ye gave to Titus, because his spirit was refreshed When ye received him with affection, and read my letter with due submission. If I have boasted any thing Concerning you; to him That I was confident the converts at Corinth would approve themselves worthy of the esteem in which I held them; I am not ashamed Of that boasting; but as we spake all things to you in truth When addressing ourselves to you; so our boasting Of you to Titus, concerning your good disposition and proper behaviour, has been verified to our great satisfaction. And Or so that; his inward affection Greek, τα σπλαγχνα αυτου, his bowels, or tender affection; is more abundant toward you Than it had been before; while he remembers the obedience Of the generality of you to those apostolical injunctions which I sent you by him; how ye received him As my messenger; with fear and trembling With great solicitude, that there might be nothing in or among you which it might grieve him to observe, or me to hear reported. I rejoice therefore that your behaviour has been such as to give me reason to rely on your ready obedience in all things. Œcumenius has observed, that the apostle, in this part of his epistle, expressed his good opinion of the Corinthians, and mentioned his having praised them to Titus, to prepare them for his exhortations in the two following Chapter s concerning the collection for the saints in Judea. His address, therefore, in this part of his letter is admirable, especially as, in commending the Corinthians, he expressed himself quite agreeably to the good opinion which he now entertained of them.
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2 Corinthians 7:12-16
12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.