2 Corinthians 1:23
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23 I call on God as a witness,(A) on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.(B)
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2 Corinthians 2:1
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2 1 In fact, I made up my mind about this:[a] I would not come to you on another painful visit.[b]
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- 2 Corinthians 2:1 Lit I decided this for myself
- 2 Corinthians 2:1 Lit not again in sorrow to come to you
2 Corinthians 2:3
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3 I wrote this very thing so that when I came I wouldn’t have pain from those who ought to give me joy, because I am confident(A) about all of you that my joy will also be yours.
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2 Corinthians 12:20-21
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20 For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want;[a] there may be quarreling,(A) jealousy,(B) outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions,(C) slander,(D) gossip, arrogance, and disorder.(E) 21 I fear that when I come my God will again[b] humiliate me in your presence, and I will grieve for many who sinned before and have not repented(F) of the moral impurity, sexual immorality,(G) and promiscuity(H) they practiced.
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- 2 Corinthians 12:20 Lit be as you want
- 2 Corinthians 12:21 Or come again my God will
2 Corinthians 13:2
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2 I gave a warning when I was present the second time, and now I give a warning(A) while I am absent to those who sinned before and to all the rest: If I come again, I will not be lenient,
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2 Corinthians 13:10
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10 This is why I am writing these things while absent, that when I am there I will not use severity, in keeping with the authority the Lord gave me for building up(A) and not for tearing down.(B)
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