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2 Corinthians 2:3-5
New American Standard Bible
2 Corinthians 2:3-5
New American Standard Bible
3 This is the very thing I (A)wrote you, so that (B)when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having (C)confidence in you all that my joy was the joy of you all. 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I (D)wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.
5 But (E)if anyone has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not for me, but in some degree—[a]not to say too much—for all of you.
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- 2 Corinthians 2:5 Lit so that I not be burdensome
2 Corinthians 2:3-5
New International Version
2 Corinthians 2:3-5
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3 I wrote as I did,(A) so that when I came I would not be distressed(B) by those who should have made me rejoice. I had confidence(C) in all of you, that you would all share my joy. 4 For I wrote you(D) out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.
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5 If anyone has caused grief,(E) he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of you to some extent—not to put it too severely.
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