2 Korintus 7:8
Konteks7:8 For even if I made you sad 1 by my letter, 2 I do not regret having written it 3 (even though I did regret it, 4 for 5 I see that my letter made you sad, 6 though only for a short time).
2 Korintus 11:23
Konteks11:23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.
2 Korintus 12:7
Konteks12:7 even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, 7 so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble 8 me – so that I would not become arrogant. 9
[7:8] 1 tn Grk “if I grieved you.”
[7:8] 2 sn My letter. Paul is referring to the “severe” letter mentioned in 2 Cor 2:4.
[7:8] 3 tn Grk “I do not regret”; direct objects in Greek must often be supplied from the context. Here one could simply supply “it,” but since Paul is referring to the effects of his previous letter, clarity is improved if “having written it” is supplied.
[7:8] 4 tn Grk “I did regret”; the direct object “it” must be supplied from the context.
[7:8] 5 tc A few important
[7:8] 6 tn Grk “my letter grieved you.”
[12:7] 7 tc Most
[12:7] 9 tn The phrase “so that I might not become arrogant” is repeated here because it occurs in the Greek text two times in the verse. Although redundant, it is repeated because of the emphatic nature of its affirmation.