2 Corinthians 2:1-11
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For I made up my mind u not to make another painful visit to you.
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For v if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?
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And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, w for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.
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For x I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
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Now y if anyone has caused pain, z he has caused it not to me, but a in some measure - not to put it too severely - to all of you.
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For such a one, b this punishment by the majority is enough,
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so c you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
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So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him.
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For this is why I wrote, that I might d test you and know e whether you are obedient in everything.
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Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,
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so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for f we are not ignorant of his designs.
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2 Corinthians 1:23
But I call God to witness against me - it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.
2 Corinthians 12:20 - 21
For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish - that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.
2 Corinthians 13:10
For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.
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2 Corinthians 7:8
For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it - though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while.
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2 Corinthians 8:22
And with them we are sending our brother whom we have often tested and found earnest in many matters, but who is now more earnest than ever because of his great confidence in you.
Galatians 5:10
I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.
2 Thessalonians 3:4
And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command.
2 Corinthians 7:16
I rejoice, because I have perfect confidence in you.
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2 Corinthians 7:8
For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it - though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while.
2 Corinthians 7:12
So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.
Acts 20:19
Serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews.
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1 Corinthians 5:1 - 2
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife.
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Galatians 4:12
Brothers, I entreat you, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong.
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2 Corinthians 1:14
Just as you did partially acknowledge us - that on the day of our Lord Jesus you will boast of us as we will boast of you.
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1 Corinthians 5:4 - 5
When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians 7:11
For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.
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Galatians 6:1
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
Ephesians 4:32
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
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Philippians 2:22
But you know Timothy's proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
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2 Corinthians 7:15
And his affection for you is even greater, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling.
2 Corinthians 10:6
Being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
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1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
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