2 Corinthians 7:3

Love for others

¹ Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

² Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

⁴ Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

⁵ For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.
KJV: I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
WEB: I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.
ASV: I say it not to condemn [you]: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.
DARBY: I do not speak for condemnation, for I have already said that ye are in our hearts, to die together, and live together.
BLB: I do not speak for condemnation; for I have before said that you⁺ are in our hearts for [us] to die together and to live together.

ÅB: Dette sier jeg ikke for å fordømme dere; jeg har jo før sagt at dere er i våre hjerter for å dø med oss og leve med oss.
OTB: Jeg sier ikke dette for å fordømme dere, for jeg har nevnt tidligere at dere er i våre hjerter, for å dele både død og liv sammen.
B1930: Dette sier jeg ikke for å fordømme eder; jeg har jo før sagt at I er i våre hjerter for å dø med oss og leve med oss.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Philippians 1:8–9
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
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2 Corinthians 6:11–12
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
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Ruth 1:16–17
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
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1 Thessalonians 2:8
So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
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2 Corinthians 12:15
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
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2 Corinthians 11:11
Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
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2 Corinthians 3:2
Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
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2 Corinthians 7:12
Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
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