2 Corinthians 7:8
“For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For though I made you sorry with a letter,.... His former epistle, relating to the incestuous person:
I do not repent,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
For though I made you sorry ... - That is, in the First Epistle which he had sent to them. In that Epistle he had felt…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
I do not repent, though I did repent - Though I had many doubts in my mind concerning the success of my letter; and…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Corinthians 7:5-11
There seems to be a connection between Co2 2:13 (where the apostle said he had no rest in his spirit when he found not…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
with a letter Rather, by the letter, i.e. the First Epistle.
though I did repent "There was a moment in the Apostle's…
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