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2 Corinthians 2:6 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 2 · verse 6
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.2 Corinthians 2:6 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 2:6 in context
4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
5But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
6Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
8Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Sufficienthikanossufficient, many enough, enough, sufficient in abilityG2425 →
- manypleiōngreater in quantity, the more part, very many, greater in quality, superior, more…G4119 →
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In these verses the apostle treats concerning the incestuous person who had been excommunicated, which seems to be one principal cause of his writing this epistle. Here observe, 1. He tells them that the crime of that person had grieved him in part;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-11