2 Corinthians 2:7

Webster's Bible (1833)

so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

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  • Eph 4:32 : 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
  • Phil 2:27 : 27 For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.
  • Col 3:13 : 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
  • 1 Thess 4:13 : 13 But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
  • 2 Thess 3:6 : 6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.
  • 2 Thess 3:14-15 : 14 If any man doesn't obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed. 15 Don't count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
  • Heb 12:12-15 : 12 Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed. 14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord, 15 looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled;
  • 2 Sam 20:19-20 : 19 I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel: you seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why will you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh? 20 Joab answered, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
  • Ps 21:9 : 9 You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.
  • Ps 56:1-2 : 1 > Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me. 2 My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.
  • Ps 57:3 : 3 He will send from heaven, and save me, He rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.
  • Ps 124:3 : 3 Then they would have swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
  • Prov 1:12 : 12 Let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down into the pit.
  • Prov 17:22 : 22 A cheerful heart makes good medicine, But a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
  • Isa 28:7 : 7 Even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
  • 1 Cor 15:54 : 54 But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory."
  • 2 Cor 5:4 : 4 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.
  • Gal 6:1-2 : 1 Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted. 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

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

    3 And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

    4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

    5 But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.

    6 Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;

  • 2 Cor 2:8-10
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    8 Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

    9 For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

    10 Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

  • 2 Cor 7:7-13
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    7 and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced still more.

    8 For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you sorry, though just for a while.

    9 I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.

    10 For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.

    11 For behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.

    12 So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.

    13 Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

  • Col 3:13
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    13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

  • Phil 2:27-28
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    27 For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.

    28 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

  • Luke 17:2-4
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    2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

    3 Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

    4 If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."

  • 2 Thess 3:14-15
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    14 If any man doesn't obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

    15 Don't count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

  • Gal 6:1-2
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    1 Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted.

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

  • Eph 4:32
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    32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

  • 1 Cor 5:2
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    2 You are puffed up, and didn't rather mourn, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you.

  • Phlm 1:7-8
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    7 For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

    8 Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

  • 2 Cor 1:4-7
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    4 who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

    5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.

    6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

    7 Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so also are you of the comfort.

  • Acts 8:22
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    22 Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

  • Phil 2:1
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    1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

  • 2 Thess 2:17
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    17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13 For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.

  • 2 Cor 11:20
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    20 For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he strikes you on the face.

  • Matt 18:35
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    35 So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."

  • 2 Cor 7:3
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    3 I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.

  • Matt 18:33
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    33 Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'

  • Heb 13:19
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    19 I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner.

  • 2 Tim 2:25
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    25 in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

  • 1 Thess 5:11
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    11 Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

  • 1 Thess 3:7
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    7 for this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.

  • Luke 6:37
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    37 Don't judge, And you won't be judged. Don't condemn, And you won't be condemned. Set free, And you will be set free.

  • Rom 12:15
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    15 Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

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

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

  • 1 Thess 5:14
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    14 We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.

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