But if any have caused grief, &c.— St. Paul being satisfied with the Corinthians for their ready compliance with his orders in his former letter to punish the fornicator, intercedes to have him restored; and to that end speaks of him as a penitent in milder terms. St. Chrysostom, the Syriac, and Arabic, render this verse thus: He has not grieved me, but (not to aggravate too much) in some sort all of you. Pere Simon has it, He has not only grieved me, but some of you. The following version of Dr. Heylin is paraphrastical, though expressive of the sense: "Whatever affliction I have had, I am not the only person concerned; so that I must not charge you all with what comes but from a part of you."
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2 Corinthians 2:5
5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.