2 Corinthians 2:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Eph 4:32 : 32 And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.
  • Phil 2:27 : 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.
  • Col 3:13 : 13 Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:
  • 1 Thess 4:13 : 13 But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.
  • 2 Thess 3:6 : 6 Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.
  • 2 Thess 3:14-15 : 14 And if any man does not give attention to what we have said in this letter, take note of that man, and keep away from him, so that he may be shamed. 15 Have no feeling of hate for him, but take him in hand seriously as a brother.
  • Heb 12:12-15 : 12 For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong, 13 And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong. 14 Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord; 15 Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;
  • 2 Sam 20:19-20 : 19 Your purpose is the destruction of a mother-town in Israel: why would you put an end to the heritage of the Lord? 20 And Joab, answering her, said, Far, far be it from me to be a cause of death or destruction;
  • Ps 21:9 : 9 You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.
  • Ps 56:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Jonath elem rehokim. Of David. Michtam. When the Philistines took him in Gath.> Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me. 2 My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.
  • Ps 57:3 : 3 He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.
  • Ps 124:3 : 3 They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:
  • Prov 1:12 : 12 Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;
  • Prov 17:22 : 22 A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.
  • Isa 28:7 : 7 And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions.
  • 1 Cor 15:54 : 54 But when this has taken place, then that which was said in the Writings will come true, Death is overcome by life.
  • 2 Cor 5:4 : 4 For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.
  • Gal 6:1-2 : 1 Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested. 2 Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

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  • 2 Cor 2:2-6
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    2For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me?

    3And 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.

    4For 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.

    5But 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).

    6Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;

  • 2 Cor 2:8-10
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    8For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts.

    9And 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.

    10But 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;

  • 2 Cor 7:7-13
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    7And 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.

    8For 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.

    9Now 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.

    10For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.

    11For 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.

    12So 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.

    13So 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.

  • Col 3:13
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    13Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:

  • Phil 2:27-28
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    27For 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.

    28I 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.

  • Luke 17:2-4
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    2It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

    3Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

    4And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.

  • 2 Thess 3:14-15
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    14And if any man does not give attention to what we have said in this letter, take note of that man, and keep away from him, so that he may be shamed.

    15Have no feeling of hate for him, but take him in hand seriously as a brother.

  • Gal 6:1-2
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    1Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

    2Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

  • Eph 4:32
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    32And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

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    2And 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.

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

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

  • 2 Cor 1:4-7
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    4Who 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.

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

    6But 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:

    7And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.

  • Acts 8:22
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    22Let your heart be changed, and make prayer to God that you may have forgiveness for your evil thoughts.

  • Phil 2:1
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    1If 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 Thess 2:17
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    17Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For 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.

  • 2 Cor 11:20
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    20You 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.

  • Matt 18:35
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    35So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.

  • 2 Cor 7:3
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    3It 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.

  • Matt 18:33
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    33Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?

  • Heb 13:19
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    19I make this request more strongly, in the hope of coming back to you more quickly.

  • 2 Tim 2:25
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    25Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,

  • 1 Thess 5:11
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    11So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.

  • 1 Thess 3:7
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    7For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;

  • Luke 6:37
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    37Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:

  • Rom 12:15
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    15Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.

  • 1 Thess 4:18
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    18So then, give comfort to one another with these words.

  • Lam 3:32
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    32For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.

  • 1 Thess 5:14
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    14And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.