2 Corinthians 7:3

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Summary

2 Corinthians 7:3

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

To condemn

For

2 Corinthians 6:11

Ye

To die

1 Thessalonians 2:8

Bible References

To condemn

Wherefore if I wrote in such a manner to you, it was not merely on his account who had done the wrong, nor for his sake who had been injured; but that our care for you in the sight of God might be manifested among you.

For through much affliction and distress of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that ye might be grieved, but that ye might know the love with which I abound towards you.

Therefore I write these things while absent, that when present I may not use severity, according to the power which the Lord hath given me for edification, and not for destruction.

I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I admonish you:

For

O Corinthians, our mouth is opened unto you, our heart is enlarged:

Ye

Ye are our epistle, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by all men:

Wherefore? because I love you not?

And I will with the greatest pleasure spend and be spent for your souls; even though the more I love you, the less I should be loved.

For God is my witness, how much I long for you all, as with the bowels of Jesus Christ.

To die

so we, being affectionately desirous of you, were willing to impart to you, not only the gospel of God, but even our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.