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Paul’s Joy in the Corinthians

2 Corinthians 7:3

In 9 translations

BSB
I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.
KJV
I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
WEB
I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.
ASV
I say it not to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.
LSV
I do not say [it] to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and to live together;
YLT
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;
DBY
I do not speak for condemnation, for I have already said that ye are in our hearts, to die together, and live together.
DRC
I speak not this to your condemnation. For we have said before, that you are in our hearts, to die together, and to live together.
GNV
I speake it not to your condemnation: for I haue said before, that ye are in our hearts, to die and liue together.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place οὐ elsewhere in this verse.
  • Spelling of συζῆν: Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort: συνζῆν.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: πρὸς κατάκρισιν οὐ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πρὸς κατάκρισιν οὐ; Robinson–Pierpont read Οὐ πρὸς κατάκρισιν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
πρὸς κατάκρισιν οὐ λέγω, προείρηκα γὰρ ὅτι ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν ἐστε εἰς τὸ συναποθανεῖν καὶ συζῆν.
RP2018
Οὐ πρὸς κατάκρισιν λέγω· προείρηκα γάρ, ὅτι ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν ἐστὲ εἰς τὸ συναποθανεῖν καὶ συζῇν.
TR-Boyd
Οὐ πρὸς κατάκρισιν λέγω· προείρηκα γάρ, ὅτι ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν ἐστὲ εἰς τὸ συναποθανεῖν καὶ συζῇν.
SCR1894
ου προς κατακρισιν λεγω προειρηκα γαρ οτι εν ταις καρδιαις ημων εστε εις το συναποθανειν και συζην

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Philippians 1:8–9God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
  • 2 Corinthians 6:11–12We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide. It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained.
  • 2 Corinthians 12:15And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
  • Ruth 1:16–17But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Where you…
  • 1 Thessalonians 2:8We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.
  • 2 Corinthians 2:4–5For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you. Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some…
  • 2 Corinthians 13:10This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.
  • 2 Corinthians 7:12So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.
  • 1 Corinthians 4:14–15I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children. Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
  • 2 Corinthians 11:11Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
  • 2 Corinthians 3:2You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.

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