2 Corintios 2:5

5 Que si alguno me contristó, no me contristó a mí, sino en parte, para no cargaros, a todos vosotros

2 Corintios 2:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:5

But if any have caused grief
The incestuous person is here manifestly designed, though he is not named, who had been the cause and occasion of much grief and sorrow, both to himself and others; for the apostle is not to be understood, as though he doubted whether he had caused grief or not, but rather takes it for granted, as a certain point; "if", seeing, or although he has caused grief:

he hath not grieved me but in part;
or in some measure; as it has reflected dishonour on God and his ways, truths and ordinances; and has brought trouble upon himself, and the church of which he is a member; for the apostle now rejoiced, that he was truly humbled for his sin, and sincerely, and in an evangelical manner, repented of it; his grief was over, and it was as if it was not; and the offence he took was now wholly removed: besides, though this man did grieve him, it was but in part; he was not the sole cause of his grief: they also greatly added to it by their unconcernedness of him, and negligence in reproving him, though he takes notice only of this single man:

that I may not overcharge you all;
bear hard upon them, aggravate their sin, and increase their trouble: or thus, that man has not grieved me only, but in some measure all of you; for the phrase "all you", may be considered, not in connection with the word "overcharge", but with the word "grieved"; and the reading and sense of the whole be this, "he hath not grieved me, but in part, or in some measure"; or as the Syriac reads it, (Nwklkl lylq ryub) , "almost all of you": but this, as if he should say, I do but just mention, would not dwell upon it, "that I may not overcharge" him, or be thought to be overbearing, or should aggravate his sin and sorrow: for,

2 Corintios 2:5 In-Context

3 Y esto mismo os escribí, para que cuando llegare no tenga tristeza de los que me debiera gozar; confiando en todos vosotros que mi gozo es el de todos vosotros

4 Porque por la mucha tribulación y angustia del corazón os escribí con muchas lágrimas; no para que fuerais contristados, sino para que conocieseis cuánta más caridad tengo para con vosotros

5 Que si alguno me contristó, no me contristó a mí, sino en parte, para no cargaros, a todos vosotros

6 Bástale al tal esta reprensión hecha por muchos

7 para que, al contrario, vosotros más bien lo perdonéis y consoléis, porque por ventura no sea el tal consumido con demasiada tristeza