2 Corinthians 2:5

“But if anyone has caused grief, he has grieved not me but in some measure —so that I do not lay it on too heavily— all of you.”

2 Corinthians 2:5 · direct translation from the Greek
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2 Corinthians 2:5, word by word

has caused griefλελύπηκενlelypēken

grieve

Make sad; be sad, grieve.

Where else “lelypēken” appears
in some measureμέρουςmerous

part

A piece of a whole, or what falls to each one.

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lay it on too heavily—ἐπιβαρῶepibarō

overstate

To state things more harshly than they are.

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The context

4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not so that you would be grieved but so that you would know the love that I have especially for you.

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6Sufficient for such a one is this punishment inflicted by the majority,

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