2 Corinthians 2:10
8 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
9 My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,
11 in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
12 Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,
- KJV
- 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;
- WEB
- Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
- ASV
- But to whom ye forgive anything, I [forgive] also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes [have I forgiven it] in the presence of Christ;
- DARBY
- But to whom ye forgive anything, *I* also; for I also, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, [it is] for your sakes in [the] person of Christ;
- BLB
- Now to whomever you⁺ forgive anything, I also do; and indeed to whom I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, [it is] on account of you⁺ in the face of Christ,
- ÅB
- Men den som dere tilgir noe, ham tilgir og jeg; for det jeg har tilgitt - om jeg har hatt noe å tilgi - det har jeg gjort for deres skyld, for Kristi åsyn, for at vi ikke skal dåres av Satan;
- OTB
- Men hvem dere tilgir, tilgir også jeg; for det jeg har tilgitt, hvis jeg har tilgitt noe, gjorde jeg det for deres skyld i Kristi nærvær,
- B1930
- Men den som I tilgir noget, ham tilgir og jeg; for det jeg har tilgitt - om jeg har hatt noget å tilgi - det har jeg gjort for eders skyld, for Kristi åsyn, forat vi ikke skal dåres av Satan;
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Original text and word study
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John 20:23
If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:20
Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
Read in contextMatthew 18:18
Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
Read in context1 Corinthians 5:4
When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,
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