For his cause that had done the wrong.. for his cause that suffered wrong] The reference, of course, was obvious to the readers without particulars; but we are ignorant of some of the facts. It would seem that on the occasion of his brief visit St. Paul had been attacked and denounced by some leader of the disaffection in the Church, or else that Timothy on the occasion of his visit had been the object of vituperation; and that in either case St. Paul had insisted upon the punishment of the offender. This had now. been done. The doer of the wrong here is this leader of rebellion, and the sufferer either St. Paul or Timothy. This seems the most probable solution of the problem from the knowledge we possess. Our care for you] RV 'your earnest care for us.' The reading of RV is best attested by the MSS, and is more in harmony with the train of thought in 2 Corinthians 7:11. His letter was written to let them see the real feelings they had towards him, which were concealed for the moment by their irritation.

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