2 Corinthians 7:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 2:9 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.
  • 2 Cor 7:8 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 11:11 : 11 Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge.
  • 2 Cor 11:28 : 28 In addition to all the other things, there is that which comes on me every day, the care of all the churches.
  • 1 Tim 3:5 : 5 (For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
  • 1 Cor 5:1-2 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 2:3-4 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 7:11
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    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.

  • 2 Cor 12:13-14
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    78%

    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.

    14This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.

  • 2 Cor 7:7-9
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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.

  • 2 Cor 2:2-5
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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).

  • 2 Cor 7:13-16
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    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.

    14For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true.

    15And his love to you is the more increased by his memory of you all, how you gave way to his authority, and how you took him to your hearts with fear and honour.

    16It gives me great joy to see you answering to my good opinion of you in every way.

  • 2 Cor 7:2-4
    3 verses
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    2Let 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,

    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.

    4My 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.

  • 2 Cor 2:7-10
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    7So 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.

    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 12:17-19
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    17Did I make a profit out of you by any of those whom I sent to you?

    18I gave orders to Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus make any profit out of you? were we not guided by the same Spirit, in the same ways?

    19It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12We are not again requesting your approval, but we are giving you the chance of taking pride in us, so that you may be able to give an answer to those whose glory is in seeming, and not in the heart.

  • Phlm 1:7-8
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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 13:10
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    10For 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 1:12
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    12For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
    71%

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

  • 2 Cor 11:7
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    7Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward?

  • 2 Cor 11:11-12
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    11Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge.

    12But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.

  • 2 Cor 10:8-9
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    8For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:

    9That I may not seem to have the desire of causing you fear by my letters.

  • 2 Cor 8:20-21
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    20And so that no man might be able to say anything against us in the business of this giving which has been put into our hands:

    21For the business has been so ordered by us as to have the approval, not only of the Lord, but of men.

  • 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;

  • 2 Cor 8:24
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    24Make clear then to them, as representatives of the churches, the quality of your love, and that the things which we have said about you are true.

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

  • 1 Cor 6:7
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    7More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?

  • Gal 5:10
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    10I 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 1:23
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    23But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1But there is no need for me to say anything in my letter about the giving to the saints:

  • 2 Cor 13:7
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    7Now our prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that it may be put to our credit, but so that you may do what is right, whatever we may seem.

  • 2 Cor 8:8
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    8I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

  • Phil 1:7
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    7So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

  • Phil 4:10
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    10But I am very glad in the Lord that your care for me has come to life again; though you did in fact take thought for me, but you were not able to give effect to it.

  • 2 Thess 3:9
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    9Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

  • 2 Cor 8:16
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    16But praise be to God, who puts the same care for you into the heart of Titus.