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2 Corinthians 2:3-5
New King James Version
2 Corinthians 2:3-5
New King James Version
Forgive the Offender
3 And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, (A)I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, (B)having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all. 4 For out of much [a]affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, (C)not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you.
5 But (D)if anyone has caused grief, he has not (E)grieved me, but all of you to some extent—not to be too severe.
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2 Corinthians 2:3-5
New International Version
2 Corinthians 2:3-5
New International Version
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.
Forgiveness for the Offender
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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