“For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.”
Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it — I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while — Paul's severe letter caused lypē (sorrow), which he initially regretted but now affirms. The pain was temporary (pros hōran, for a moment) and redemptive.
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