Verse 3

I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 6:11-12 : 11 We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide to you. 12 Our affection for you is not restricted, but you are restricted in your affections for us.
  • 2 Cor 7:12 : 12 So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf before God.
  • 2 Cor 11:11 : 11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
  • 2 Cor 13:10 : 10 Because of this I am writing these things while absent, so that when I arrive I may not have to deal harshly with you by using my authority– the Lord gave it to me for building up, not for tearing down!
  • Phil 1:8-9 : 8 For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9 And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight
  • 1 Thess 2:8 : 8 with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.
  • Ruth 1:16-17 : 16 But Ruth replied,“Stop urging me to abandon you! For wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you live, I will live. Your people will become my people, and your God will become my God. 17 Wherever you die, I will die– and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me severely if I do not keep my promise! Only death will be able to separate me from you!”
  • 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 A Father’s Warning I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children. 15 For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
  • 2 Cor 2:4-5 : 4 For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you. 5 But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent(not to exaggerate) he has saddened all of you as well.
  • 2 Cor 3:2 : 2 You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,