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2 Corinthians 2:3 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 2 · verse 3 · King James Version
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.2 Corinthians 2:3 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 2:3 in context
1But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
2For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
3And 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.
4For 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.
5But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
Key words (Strong's)
- confidencepeithōpersuade, to persuadeG3982 →
- rejoicechairōto rejoice, be glad, to rejoice exceedingly, to be well, thrive, in salutations, hail!…G5463 →
- sorrowlypēsorrow, pain, grief, annoyance, affliction, of persons mourningG3077 →
- wrotegraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- oughtdeiit is necessary, there is need of, it behooves, is right and proper, necessity lying in…G1163 →
- lesthina mēlest, that... notG3363 →
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