2 Corinthians 7:3
I do not speak for castigation: for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die with you and to live with you.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
2Receive us: we have injured no one, we have corrupted no one, we have defrauded no one.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:14I do not write these things shaming you, but admonishing you as my beloved children.
2 Corinthians 3:2You are our letter, having been written in our hearts, known and read of all men,
2 Corinthians 7:12Since then indeed I wrote to you, not on account of the one having done the wrong, nor on account of the one having suffered the wrong, but in order that your zeal, which is in our behalf to you before God, might be made manifest.
2 Corinthians 12:15But I will most delightfully spend and be spent for your souls. If the more abundantly I love you am I loved the less?
Philippians 1:8For God is my witness, how I long after you in the affections of Jesus Christ.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 7:2-5
Progressive Holiness. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. 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. 4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful… Read the whole commentary →