2 Corinthians 7:3 “I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occup…”

2 Corinthians 7:3

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.

American Standard Version

I say it not to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.

Geneva Bible 1599

I speake it not to your condemnation: for I haue said before, that ye are in our hearts, to die and liue together.

Darby Translation

I do not speak for condemnation, for I have already said that ye are in our hearts, to die together, and live together.

Young's Literal Translation

not to condemn you do I say [it], for I have said before that in our hearts ye are to die with and to live with;

Bible in Basic English

It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.

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Cross references

“to condemn”

2 Corinthians 7:12 2 Corinthians 13:10 2 Corinthians 2:4 2 Corinthians 2:5 1 Corinthians 4:14 1 Corinthians 4:15

2 Corinthians 7:12 · BSB

So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 13:10 · BSB

This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.

2 Corinthians 2:4 · BSB

For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.

2 Corinthians 2:5 · BSB

Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.

1 Corinthians 4:14 · BSB

I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

1 Corinthians 4:15 · BSB

Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

“for”

2 Corinthians 6:11 2 Corinthians 6:12

2 Corinthians 6:11 · BSB

We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide.

2 Corinthians 6:12 · BSB

It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained.

“ye”

2 Corinthians 12:15 2 Corinthians 3:2 2 Corinthians 11:11 Philippians 1:8 Philippians 1:9

2 Corinthians 12:15 · BSB

And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?

2 Corinthians 3:2 · BSB

You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.

2 Corinthians 11:11 · BSB

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

Philippians 1:8 · BSB

God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:9 · BSB

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

“to die”

1 Thessalonians 2:8 Ruth 1:16 Ruth 1:17

1 Thessalonians 2:8 · BSB

We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.

Ruth 1:16 · BSB

But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

Ruth 1:17 · BSB

Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.

4Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.

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