Discovery Box2 Corinthians 1:7 
Context1:7 And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in 1 our sufferings, so also you will share in 2 our comfort.
2 Corinthians 2:7
Context2:7 so that now instead 3 you should rather forgive and comfort him. 4 This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair. 5
1 tn Grk “as you are sharers in.”
2 tn Grk “will be sharers in.”
3 tn Grk “so that on the other hand.”
4 tn The word “him” is not in the Greek text but is supplied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted and must be supplied from the context.
5 tn Grk “comfort him, lest somehow such a person be swallowed up by excessive grief,” an idiom for a person being so overcome with grief as to despair or give up completely (L&N 25.285). In this context of excessive grief or regret for past sins, “overwhelmed” is a good translation since contemporary English idiom speaks of someone “overwhelmed by grief.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence and the difficulty of expressing a negative purpose/result clause in English, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
