2 Corinthians 2:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you (I say this that I may not be over-hard on you).

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 5:12-13 : 12 For it is no business of mine to be judging those who are outside; but it is yours to be judging those who are among you; 13 As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.
  • Gal 4:12 : 12 My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;
  • Gal 5:10 : 10 I am certain about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you will have his punishment, whoever he is.
  • Prov 17:25 : 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
  • 1 Cor 5:1-5 : 1 It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife. 2 And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you. 3 For I myself, being present in spirit though not in body, have come to a decision about him who has done this thing; 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5 That this man is to be handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may have forgiveness in the day of the Lord Jesus.

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  • 2 Cor 2:1-4
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    1 But it was my decision for myself, not to come again to you with sorrow.

    2 For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me?

    3 And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

    4 For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.

  • 2 Cor 2:6-7
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    6 Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;

    7 So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.

  • 2 Cor 7:7-9
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    7 And not by his coming only, but by the comfort which he had in you, while he gave us word of your desire, your sorrow, your care for me; so that I was still more glad.

    8 For though my letter gave you pain, I have no regret for it now, though I had before; for I see that the letter gave you pain, but only for a time.

    9 Now I am glad, not that you had sorrow, but that your sorrow was the cause of a change of heart; for yours was a holy sorrow so that you might undergo no loss by us in anything.

  • 2 Cor 7:11-13
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    11 For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.

    12 So though I sent you a letter, it was not only because of the man who did the wrong, or because of him to whom the wrong was done, but so that your true care for us might be made clear in the eyes of God.

    13 So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.

  • Phil 2:26-28
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    26 Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:

    27 For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.

    28 I have sent him, then, the more gladly, so that when you see him again, you may be happy and I may have the less sorrow.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13 For what is there in which you were made less than the other churches, but in the one thing that I was not a trouble to you? Let me have forgiveness for this wrong.

  • Rom 9:2
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    2 That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13 And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:

  • Gal 5:10
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    10 I am certain about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you will have his punishment, whoever he is.

  • 2 Cor 7:2-4
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    2 Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,

    3 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.

    4 My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

  • Phlm 1:18-20
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    18 If he has done you any wrong or is in debt to you for anything, put it to my account.

    19 I, Paul, writing this myself, say, I will make payment to you: and I do not say to you that you are in debt to me even for your life.

    20 So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.

  • 1 Cor 5:2
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    2 And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.

  • Phil 2:18
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    18 And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.

  • 2 Cor 12:16-17
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    16 But let it be so, that I was not a trouble to you myself; but (someone may say) being false, I took you with deceit.

    17 Did I make a profit out of you by any of those whom I sent to you?

  • Phil 2:1
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    1 If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,

  • 2 Cor 2:9-10
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    9 And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.

    10 But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;

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    32 For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.

  • Phlm 1:7-8
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    7 For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

    8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • 2 Cor 1:4-6
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    4 Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

    5 For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.

    6 But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13 Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

  • 2 Cor 13:10
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    10 For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.

  • 2 Cor 11:20
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    20 You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.

  • 2 Cor 11:9
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    9 And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.

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    16 These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:

  • Gal 4:15
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    15 Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me.

  • Phil 2:20
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    20 For I have no man of like mind who will truly have care for you.

  • 2 Cor 11:29
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    29 Who is feeble and I am not feeble? who is in danger of falling, and I am not angry?

  • Col 1:24
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    24 Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

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    2 I said before, and still say it before I come, as being present for the second time, though I am still away from you, to those who have done wrong before, and to all the others, that if I come again I will not have pity;

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    12 If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.

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    12 My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;