I wrote this very thing (εγραψα τουτο αυτο). Is this (and εγραψα in verses 4,9,12) the epistolary aorist referring to the present …

And I wrote this same unto you. The words "this same" (touto auto) refer to what he had written to them in the former letter, par…

And I wrote this same unto you.—Here, again, we have to read between the lines. The pronoun, which does not refer to anyt…

In place of a second painful visit to Corinth, Paul wrote the Corinthians a letter that has come to be known as the “severe letter” (see the introd…

I had written to you. As he had said a little before, that he delayed coming to them so that he might not come a second time in sorrow…

And I wrote this same unto you
Not what he had written in the preceding verse, or in (2 Corinthians 1:23…

The apostle desired to have a cheerful meeting with them; he had written in confidence that they would do what was for their benefit and his comfor…

After giving a general reason for his delay in visiting the Corinthians, the Apostle now explains the specific cause of his delay and how he spared…