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2Co 2:1. Ἔκρινα δὲ ἐμαυτῷ, But I determined for myself) so far as I myself am concerned, for my own advantage. The antithesis is, to you in this ver.: comp. 2Co 1:23.-δὲ, but) This is an antithesis to not as yet, 2Co 1:23.-πάλιν, again) This is construed with come; not with, come in heaviness (sorrow): he had formerly written in heaviness, he had not come.-ἐν λύπῃ, in heaviness (sorrow) twofold; for there follows, for if I make you sorry, and, if any one have caused grief [sorrow, 2Co 2:5.] This repetition (anaphora[11]) forms two antithetic parts, the discussion of which elegantly corresponds to each respectively, I wrote that you might know [2Co 2:4]; I wrote that I might know, 2Co 2:9; [the joy] of you all; [overcharge] you all, 2Co 2:3; 2Co 2:5.
[11] See Append. The frequent repetition of the same word to mark the beginnings of sections.