2 Corinthians 2:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

So that contrariwise ye [ought] rather to forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

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  • Eph 4:32 : 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
  • Phil 2:27 : 27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
  • Col 3:13 : 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.
  • 1 Thess 4:13 : 13 ¶ But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
  • 2 Thess 3:6 : 6 ¶ Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
  • 2 Thess 3:14-15 : 14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. 15 Yet count [him] not as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.
  • Heb 12:12-15 : 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. 14 Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;
  • 2 Sam 20:19-20 : 19 I [am one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? 20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
  • Ps 21:9 : 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
  • Ps 56:1-2 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. 2 Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many that fight against me, O thou most High.
  • Ps 57:3 : 3 He shall send from heaven, and save me [from] the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
  • Ps 124:3 : 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
  • Prov 1:12 : 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
  • Prov 17:22 : 22 ¶ A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
  • Isa 28:7 : 7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment.
  • 1 Cor 15:54 : 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
  • 2 Cor 5:4 : 4 For we that are in [this] tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
  • Gal 6:1-2 : 1 ¶ Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

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  • 2 Cor 2:2-6
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    2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?

    3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.

    4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

    5 ¶ But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

    6 Sufficient to such a man [is] this punishment, which [was inflicted] of many.

  • 2 Cor 2:8-10
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    8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm [your] love toward him.

    9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

    10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I [forgive] also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave [it], for your sakes [forgave I it] in the person of Christ;

  • 2 Cor 7:7-13
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    7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

    8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though [it were] but for a season.

    9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

    10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

    11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, [what] clearing of yourselves, yea, [what] indignation, yea, [what] fear, yea, [what] vehement desire, yea, [what] zeal, yea, [what] revenge! In all [things] ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

    12 ¶ Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, [I did it] not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

    13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

  • Col 3:13
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    13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.

  • Phil 2:27-28
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    27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

    28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

  • Luke 17:2-4
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    2 ‹It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.›

    3 ‹Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.›

    4 ‹And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.›

  • 2 Thess 3:14-15
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    14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

    15 Yet count [him] not as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.

  • Gal 6:1-2
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    1 ¶ Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

    2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

  • Eph 4:32
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    32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

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    2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

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    7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

    8 ¶ Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,

  • 2 Cor 1:4-7
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    4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

    5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

    6 And whether we be afflicted, [it is] for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, [it is] for your consolation and salvation.

    7 ¶ And our hope of you [is] stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so [shall ye be] also of the consolation.

  • Acts 8:22
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    22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

  • Phil 2:1
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    1 ¶ If [there be] therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

  • 2 Thess 2:17
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    17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except [it be] that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

  • 2 Cor 11:20
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    20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour [you], if a man take [of you], if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

  • Matt 18:35
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    35 ‹So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.›

  • 2 Cor 7:3
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    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].

  • Matt 18:33
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    33 ‹Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?›

  • Heb 13:19
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    19 But I beseech [you] the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

  • 2 Tim 2:25
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    25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

  • 1 Thess 5:11
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    11 ¶ Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

  • 1 Thess 3:7
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    7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:

  • Luke 6:37
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    37 ¶ ‹Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:›

  • Rom 12:15
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    15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

  • 1 Thess 4:18
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    18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

  • Lam 3:32
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    32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

  • 1 Thess 5:14
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    14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all [men].