ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 2 v4

AN ABUNDANT LOVE. AMBROSIASTER: It is obvious that when someone admonishes another and in the process he himself suffers more grief over it than the person being rebuked, he is not doing this in order to cause grief but to show what deep love he has for the other. Someone who rebukes another without feeling this way merely tramples on his feelings. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

WRONGDOING INFLICTED PAIN. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul shows here that he was not less affected than those who had sinned, but more. He could hardly bear the pain which the Corinthians’ wrongdoing was causing him. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 4.3.