2 Corinthians 2:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

And I wrote this same thing vnto you, lest when I came, I should take heauines of them, of whom I ought to reioyce: this confidence haue I in you all, that my ioye is the ioye of you all.

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  • Gal 5:10 : 10 I haue trust in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but hee that troubleth you, shal beare his condemnation, whosoeuer he be.
  • 2 Cor 8:22 : 22 And we haue sent with them our brother, whom we haue oft times prooued to be diligent in many thinges, but nowe much more diligent, for the great confidence, which I haue in you.
  • Phlm 1:21 : 21 Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing that thou wilt do eue more then I say.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee nothing.
  • 2 Cor 12:21-13:2 : 21 I feare least when I come againe, my God abase me among you, and I shall bewaile many of them which haue sinned already, and haue not repented of the vncleannesse, and fornication, and wantonnesse which they haue committed. 1 Lo this is the thirde time that I come vnto you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall euery worde stand 2 I tolde you before, and tell you before: as though I had bene present the seconde time, so write I nowe being absent to them which heretofore haue sinned and to all others, that if I come againe, I will not spare,
  • 2 Thess 3:4 : 4 And we are perswaded of you through the Lord, that ye both doe, & will doe the things which we warne you of.
  • 1 Cor 4:21-5:13 : 21 What will ye? shall I come vnto you with a rod, or in loue, & in ye spirite of meekenes? 1 It is heard certainely that there is fornication among you: and such fornication as is not once named among the Gentiles, that one should haue his fathers wife. 2 And ye are puffed vp and haue not rather sorowed, that he which hath done this deede, might be put from among you. 3 For I verely as absent in bodie, but present in spirit, haue determined already as though I were present, that he that hath thus done this thing, 4 When ye are gathered together, and my spirit, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that such one, I say, by the power of our Lord Iesus Christ, 5 Be deliuered vnto Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saued in the day of the Lord Iesus. 6 Your reioycing is not good: knowe ye not that a litle leauen, leaueneth ye whole lumpe? 7 Purge out therefore the olde leauen, that ye may be a newe lumpe, as ye are vnleauened: for Christ our Passeouer is sacrificed for vs. 8 Therefore let vs keepe the feast, not with olde leauen, neither in the leauen of maliciousnes and wickednesse: but with the vnleauened bread of synceritie and trueth. 9 I wrote vnto you in an Epistle, that ye should not companie together with fornicatours, 10 And not altogether with the fornicatours of this world, or with the couetous, or with extorsioners, or with idolaters: for then ye must goe out of the world. 11 But nowe I haue written vnto you, that ye companie not together: if any that is called a brother, be a fornicatour, or couetous, or an idolater, or a rayler, or a drunkard, or an extorsioner, with such one eate not. 12 For what haue I to doe, to iudge them also which are without? doe ye not iudge them that are within? 13 But God iudgeth them that are without. Put away therefore from among your selues that wicked man.
  • 2 Cor 1:15 : 15 And in this confidence was I minded first to come vnto you, that ye might haue had a double grace,
  • 2 Cor 7:6 : 6 But God, that comforteth the abiect, comforted vs at the comming of Titus:
  • 2 Cor 7:8 : 8 For though I made you sorie with a letter, I repent not, though I did repent: for I perceiue that the same epistle made you sorie, though it were but for a season.
  • 2 Cor 7:12 : 12 Wherefore, though I wrote vnto you, I did not it for his cause that had done the wrong, neither for his cause that had the iniurie, but that our care toward you in the sight of God might appeare vnto you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 2:1-2
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    1Bvt I determined thus in my selfe, that I would not come againe to you in heauinesse.

    2For if I make you sorie, who is he then that shoulde make me glad, but ye same which is made sorie by me?

  • 2 Cor 2:4-5
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    4For in great affliction, & anguish of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares: not that yee should be made sorie, but that ye might perceiue the loue which I haue, specially vnto you.

    5And if any hath caused sorowe, the same hath not made mee sorie, but partly (lest I should more charge him ) you all.

  • Phil 2:17-19
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    17Yea, and though I bee offered vp vpon the sacrifice, and seruice of your faith, I am glad, and reioyce with you all.

    18For the same cause also be ye glad, and reioyce with me.

    19And I trust in the Lorde Iesus, to sende Timotheus shortly vnto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I knowe your state.

  • Phil 1:25-26
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    25And this am I sure of, that I shal abide, and with you all continue, for your furtherance and ioy of your faith,

    26That ye may more aboundantly reioyce in Iesvs Christ for me, by my comming to you againe.

  • 2 Cor 7:16
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    16I reioyce therefore that I may put my confidence in you in all things.

  • Phil 2:26-28
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    26For he longed after all you, and was full of heauinesse, because yee had heard that hee had beene sicke.

    27And no doubt he was sicke, very neere vnto death: but God had mercie on him, and not on him onely, but on me also, least I should haue sorowe vpon sorowe.

    28I sent him therefore the more diligently, that when yee shoulde see him againe, yee might reioyce, and I might be the lesse sorowfull.

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12Although I had many things to write vnto you, yet I woulde not write with paper & ynke: but I trust to come vnto you, & speake mouth to mouth, that our ioy may be full.

  • 2 Cor 7:3-4
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    3I speake it not to your condemnation: for I haue said before, that ye are in our hearts, to die and liue together.

    4I vse great boldnesse of speach toward you: I reioyce greatly in you: I am filled with comfort, and am exceeding ioyous in all our tribulation.

  • 2 Cor 1:15-16
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    15And in this confidence was I minded first to come vnto you, that ye might haue had a double grace,

    16And to passe by you into Macedonia, and to come againe out of Macedonia vnto you, and to be led foorth towarde Iudea of you.

  • Rom 15:32
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    32That I may come vnto you with ioy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

  • Phlm 1:7-8
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    7For we haue great ioy and consolation in thy loue, because by thee, brother, the Saintes bowels are comforted.

    8Wherefore, though I bee very bolde in Christ to commaunde thee that which is conuenient,

  • 1 Thess 2:19-20
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    19For what is our hope or ioye, or crowne of reioycing? are not euen you it in the presence of our Lord Iesus Christ at his comming?

    20Yes, ye are our glory and ioy.

  • 2 Cor 7:7-9
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    7And not by his comming onely, but also by the consolation wherewith he was comforted of you, when he tolde vs your great desire, your mourning, your feruent minde to me warde, so that I reioyced much more.

    8For though I made you sorie with a letter, I repent not, though I did repent: for I perceiue that the same epistle made you sorie, though it were but for a season.

    9I nowe reioyce, not that ye were sorie, but that ye sorowed to repentance: for ye sorowed godly, so that in nothing ye were hurt by vs.

  • Phlm 1:20-21
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    20Yea, brother, let mee obteine this pleasure of thee in the Lorde: comfort my bowels in the Lorde.

    21Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing that thou wilt do eue more then I say.

  • Rom 1:12
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    12That is, that I might be comforted together with you, through our mutuall faith, both yours and mine.

  • 2 Cor 7:12-13
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    12Wherefore, though I wrote vnto you, I did not it for his cause that had done the wrong, neither for his cause that had the iniurie, but that our care toward you in the sight of God might appeare vnto you.

    13Therefore we were comforted, because ye were comforted: but rather we reioyced much more for the ioye of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

  • Phil 3:1
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    1Moreouer, my brethren, reioyce in the Lord. It grieueth mee not to write the same things to you, and for you it is a sure thing.

  • Phil 2:2
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    2Fulfill my ioye, that ye be like minded, hauing the same loue, being of one accorde, and of one iudgement,

  • 2 Cor 2:9
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    9For this cause also did I write, that I might knowe the proofe of you, whether yee would be obedient in all things.

  • Phil 1:7-8
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    7As it becommeth me so to iudge of you all, because I haue you in remembrance that both in my bands, and in my defence, & confirmation of the Gospell you all were partakers of my grace.

    8For God is my recorde, howe I long after you all from the very heart roote in Iesus Christ.

  • Phil 1:18
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    18What then? yet Christ is preached all maner wayes, whether it be vnder a pretence, or syncerely: and I therein ioye: yea and will ioye.

  • 1 Thess 3:9
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    9For what thankes can wee recompense to God againe for you, for all the ioy wherewith we reioyce for your sakes before our God,

  • 1 John 1:4
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    4And these thinges write we vnto you, that that your ioy may be full.

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4Desiring to see thee, mindefull of thy teares, that I may be filled with ioy:

  • John 15:11
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    11These things haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remaine in you, and that your ioy might be full.

  • Col 2:5
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    5For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, reioycing & beholding your order, and your stedfast faith in Christ.

  • Phil 1:4
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    4(Alwayes in all my praiers for all you, praying with gladnesse)

  • 2 Cor 9:4
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    4Lest if they of Macedonia come with me, and finde you vnprepared, we (that wee may not say, you) should be ashamed in this my constant boasting.

  • Rom 9:2
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    2That I haue great heauinesse, and continuall sorow in mine heart.

  • 1 Thess 3:7
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    7Therefore, brethren, we had consolation in you, in all our affliction and necessitie through your faith.

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13Whom I woulde haue reteined with mee, that in thy steade he might haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospel.

  • 3 John 1:3-4
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    3For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came, and testified of the trueth that is in thee, how thou walkest in the trueth.

    4I haue no greater ioy then these, that is, to heare that my sonnes walke in veritie.

  • Phil 4:10
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    10Nowe I reioyce also in the Lord greatly, that nowe at the last your care for mee springeth afresh, wherein notwithstanding ye were careful, but yee lacked opportunitie.