meant to charge them with mdifFerence. But to this it is ob- jected that to express this sense et /xrj, and not dAAa, would be required. " He hath not grieved me except in part." And secondly, that the idea thus expressed is not suited to the context. The main idea evidently is, ' He hath not grieved me but you.' The subordinate words and clauses therefore must be accommodated to that idea. Hence aSX airo [xepov^ must be connected with what follows, and Travra? v/xas with AeA.v7r7/K€v. Then the sense will be, ' He hath not grieved me, but in part, or, to a certain extent, (lest I should bear too hard oji him^) you all.' The design of the passage, according to this view, is to soften the charge against the penitent of- tender of having been the cause of sorrow. This the apostle does, first, by saying, " he did not grieve me," i. e. it was no personal oflence against me that he committed ; and second, that all the Corinthians were not afflicted, it was not a uni- versal sorrow that he caused. This substantially is the inter- pretation given by Calvin after Chrysostom, and is the one adopted by the great majority of modern commentators. It has thie advantage of being not only suited to the meaning of the words, but to the whole tone of the following context, which is eminently mild and conciliatory. The apostle's heart was overflowing with the tenderest feelings towards his Co- rinthian brethren, and he was evidently solicitous to heal the salutary wounds inflicted by his former letter. There is still another view of the jDassage which should be mentioned. It may be pointed so as to read thus : ' He hath not grieved me, but in part (that I may not overcharge all) you.' This, how- ever, unnaturally separates the words -n-avras v/ta?, yoif all.
6. Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which (was inflicted) of many.
I do not wish to be severe towards him, for the punish- ment which he has received is sufiicient. The word rj cVtTi/xta, rendered pimishment^ occurs only in Wisdom 3, 10 in this sense, and therefore many assume that it here does not mean punishment, but reproof. The word rendered sufficient., iKaj/w, is used substantively. " This punishment is a sulHciency, or a satisfaction." Comp. Matt. 6, 34 for a similar construction. Paul says the punishment or reproof was administered vtto rZiv -n-A-etdvcov, hy the majority., intimating that all did not concur in