2 Corinthians 7:3
“I speake not this to condemne you: for I haue said before, that you are in our hearts to die and liue with you.”
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2 Corinthians 7:3 Context
1Hauing therefore these promises (dearely beloued) let vs cleanse our selues from all filthines of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holinesse in the feare of God. 2Receiue vs, we haue wronged no man, wee haue corrupted no man, wee haue defrauded no man. 3I speake not this to condemne you: for I haue said before, that you are in our hearts to die and liue with you. 4Great is my boldnesse of speach toward you, great is my glorying of you, I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding ioyfull in all our tribulation. 5For when wee were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on euery side; without were fightings, within were feares.
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Other Translations for 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].
- King James Version
I do not speak to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and to live together.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
I say it not to condemn `you': for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
I do not speak for condemnation, for I have already said that ye are in our hearts, to die together, and live together.
- Darby Bible
I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
- Webster's Bible
I do not say this to imply blame, for, as I have already said, you have such a place in our hearts that we would die with you or live with you.
- Weymouth 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.
- World English Bible
Y seie not to youre condempnyng; for Y seide bifor, that ye ben in youre hertis, to die togidere and to lyue togidere.
- Wycliffe Bible
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;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Corinthians 7:3
7:3 I speak not to condemn you - Not as if I accused you of laying this to my charge. I am so far from thinking so unkindly of you, that ye are in our hearts, to live and die with you - That is, I could rejoice to spend all my days with you.
People's Bible Notes for 2 Corinthians 7:3
2Co 7:3 I speak not [this] to condemn [you]. I do not accuse you of making these charges against me. Yet he knew well that they had been made by Judaizers and others at Corinth. I have said before. See 2Co 6:11,12. What follows is an expression of undying affection.