What Does 2 Corinthians 2:10 Mean in the King James?
To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Forgiveness here is a shared release, freely given in Christ’s presence for the good of the whole community.
THE MEANING
When you release someone, that release does not remain yours alone; others join in it. The act serves the community in Christ’s presence.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that forgiveness is only a private act between the one who was harmed and the one who caused harm: here, release is shared for the community’s sake.
THE ROOT
χαρίζομαι
charizomai
GROWS FROM
χαρι-
charis word-family
Favor freely given; to grant freely.
“forgive / release” in this verse is charizomai. Alongside the sense of release, this Greek word keeps a gift-shaped motion visible: favor is freely bestowed. The same release passes between the community and Paul, held in Christ’s person for their sake.
ALSO GROWS
charis: favor
χάρις
This is the word-family behind the verb: forgiveness carries the sense of favor freely given.
charisma: gift, a freely given endowment
χάρισμα
The related word shows favor taking the shape of a gift, illuminating release as something freely granted.
charitoō: to favor, bestow favor
χαριτόω
This related verb makes the word-family’s movement explicit: favor is actively bestowed.
THE PATTERN
Release moves beyond the one who offers it: a burden is sent away, and forgiveness is extended between people and God.
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.THE THREAD
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.Both verses use χαρίζομαι (charizomai), the verb of freely granting favor, for forgiveness. Colossians makes the movement explicit in both directions: Christ releases you, and you release one another; 2 Corinthians shows that this shared release serves the community in Christ’s presence.
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