2 Corinthians 7:7

οὐ μόνον δὲ κ. τ. λ.: and not by his coming only, but also (see reff. for constr.) by the comfort wherewith he was comforted in respect of you (cf. 1 Thessalonians 3:7 for constr.), i.e., “I was comforted, not only by his coming, but by the good news which he brought”; while he told us your longing, sc., to see me, your mourning, sc., at the rebuke which I sent you, your zeal on my behalf. ζῆλος may either mean “zeal,” in a good sense, as here (see reff.), or “jealousy,” in a bad sense (see reff. 2 Corinthians 12:20). ὥστε με μᾶλλον χαρῆναι : so that I rejoiced yet more, sc., than at the mere coming of Titus with his news (cf. 2 Corinthians 7:13).