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.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Quoique je vous aie attristés par ma lettre, je ne m'en repens pas. Et, si je m'en suis repenti, -car je vois que cette lettre vous a attristés, bien que momentanément, -
KJV
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.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ill sometimes not shrink from bringing sorrow to those among whom he lives. Hence the Apostle says ( 2 Cor. 7:8 ): "Although I made you sorrowful by my epistle, I do not repent," and further on ( 2 Cor. 7:9 ), "I am glad; not because you were made sorrowful, but because you were…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 183 (Migne)
I, 5) : et Paulum quoque discipulos contristasse non piget, pro eo quod contristati sunt ad salutem (II Cor. VII, 8) . Non est talis tristitia hypocritarum: non in corde, sed in facie est. Exterminant enim facies suas. 5. Nota proinde quod non dixerit: Nolite esse sicut hypocr…
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