Verse 7
2 Corinthians 2:7
English Revised Version
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so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.
Original Language Text
greek
ὥστε τοὐναντίον ⸀μᾶλλον ὑμᾶς χαρίσασθαι καὶ παρακαλέσαι, μή πως τῇ περισσοτέρᾳ λύπῃ καταποθῇ ὁ τοιοῦτος.
English Translation
So that on the contrary, I may more gladly grant you grace and encourage you, lest anyone be overwhelmed by the excessive sorrow of such a person.
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Chapter 2 Context
1
But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.
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2
For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad, but he that is made sorry by me?
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3
And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to re...
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4
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should...
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5
But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too h...
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Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;
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7
so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one shou...
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For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all...
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9
But to whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven a...
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10
that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
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11
Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and when a door was opened unto me in the Lord,
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12
I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I...
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13
But thanks be unto God (Elohim), which always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest t...
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14
For we are a sweet savour of Christ unto God (Elohim), in them that are being saved, and in them tha...
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15
to the one a savour from death unto death; to the other a savour from life unto life. And who is suf...
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For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God (Elohim): but as of sincerity, but as of God...
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