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2 Corinthians 2

Introduction

1  Having shown the reason why he came not to them,
6  he requires them to forgive and to comfort that excommunicated person,
10  even as himself also upon his true repentance had forgiven him;
12  declaring withal why he departed from Troas to Macedonia,
14  and the happy success which God gave to his preaching in all places.
Verse 1

But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
I determined
Ac:, 15:2,37, 1 Corinthians 2:2, 5:3, Titus 3:12
that
4, 1:23, 7:5-8, 12:20,21, 13:10, 1 Corinthians 4:21
Verse 2

For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
1:14, 11:29, Romans 12:15, 1 Corinthians 12:26
Verse 3

And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
I wrote
1 Corinthians 4:21, 5:1-13
lest
12:21, 13:1,2
I ought
12:11
having
1:15, 7:6, 8:22, Galatians 5:10, Philemon 1:21
Verse 4

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
out
Leviticus 19:17,18, Psalms 119:136, Proverbs 27:5,6, Jeremiah 13:15-17, Luke 19:41-44, Romans 9:2,3, Philippians 3:18
not
7:8,9,12, 12:15
that you might
11:2
Verse 5

But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
any
Proverbs 17:25, 1 Corinthians 5:1-5,12,13, Galatians 5:10
grieved
Galatians 4:12
Verse 6

Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
punishment
or, censure. which.
13:10, 1 Corinthians 5:4,5, 1 Timothy 5:20
Verse 7

So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
ye
Galatians 6:1,2, Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 3:13, 2 Thessalonians 3:6,14,15, Hebrews 12:12-15
swallowed
5:4, 2 Samuel 20:19,20, Psalms 21:9, 56:1,2, 57:3, 124:3, Proverbs 1:12, Isaiah 28:7, 1 Corinthians 15:54
overmuch
7:10, Proverbs 17:22, Philippians 2:27, 1 Thessalonians 4:13
Verse 8

Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
that
Galatians 5:13, 6:1,2,10, Jude 1:22,23
Verse 9

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
that
7:12-15, 8:24, Exodus 16:4, Deuteronomy 8:2,16, 13:3, Philippians 2:22
whether
7:15, 10:6, Philippians 2:12, 2 Thessalonians 3:14, Philemon 1:21
Verse 10

To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
whom ye
5:20, Matthew 18:18, John 20:23, 1 Corinthians 5:4
person
or, sight.
Verse 11

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
11:3,14, 1 Chronicles 21:1,2, Job 1:11, 2:3,5,9, Zechariah 3:1-4, Luke 22:31, John 13:2, Acts 1:25, 1 Corinthians 7:5, Ephesians 6:11,12, 2 Timothy 2:25, 1 Peter 5:8, Revelation 2:24, Revelation 12:9-11, 13:8
Verse 12

Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
when
Acts 16:8, 20:1-6,8
and a
Acts 14:27, 1 Corinthians 16:9, Colossians 4:3, Revelation 3:7,8
Verse 13

I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
no rest
7:5,6
Titus
8:6,16,23, 12:18, Galatians 2:1,3, 2 Timothy 4:10, Titus 1:4
I went
Acts 20:1,2
Verse 14

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
thanks
1:11, 8:16, 9:15, Ephesians 5:20, 1 Thessalonians 3:9, Revelation 7:12
which
Psalms 106:47, 148:14, Romans 8:37, 1 Corinthians 15:37
the savour
15,16, Song of Solomon 1:3, Romans 15:19, Colossians 1:6,23
Verse 15

For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
a sweet
Genesis 8:21, Exodus 29:18,25, Ezekiel 20:41, Ephesians 5:2, Philippians 4:18
in them
4:3,4, Isaiah 49:5,6, 1 Corinthians 1:18, 2 Thessalonians 2:10
Verse 16

To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
the savour of death
Luke 2:34, John 9:39, Acts 13:45-47, 20:26,27, 1 Peter 2:7,8
who
3:5,6, 12:11, 1 Corinthians 15:10
Verse 17

For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
which
4:2, 11:13-15, Jeremiah 5:31, 23:27-32, Matthew 24:24, 1 Timothy 1:19,20, 4:1-3, 2 Timothy 2:6-18, 4:3,4, Titus 1:11, 2 Peter 2:1-3, 1 John 4:1, 2 John 1:7-11, Jude 1:4, Revelation 2:14,15,20, 12:9, 19:20
corrupt
or, deal deceitfully with.
4:2
but as of sincerity
1:12, 4:2, Acts 20:20,27, Hebrews 11:27
in
or, of.

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