2 Corinthians 7:2

2 Corinthians 7:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
• New International Version (NIV)Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Make room in your hearts for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Open your hearts to us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have cheated no one.

Context of 2 Corinthians 7:2

1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in God's fear. Receive us: we have injured no one, we have ruined no one, we have made gain of no one. 3I do not speak for condemnation, for I have already said that ye are in our hearts, to die together, and live together. 4Great [is] my boldness towards you, great my exulting in respect of you; I am filled with encouragement; I overabound in joy under all our affliction.

2 Corinthians 7:2 word by word

Χωρήσατε ἡμᾶς· οὐδένα ἠδικήσαμεν, οὐδένα ἐφθείραμεν, οὐδένα ἐπλεονεκτήσαμεν.Read the interlinear

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Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 7:2

• 2 Corinthians 11:16Again I say, Let not any one think me to be a fool; but if otherwise, receive me then even as a fool, that I also may boast myself some little.
• Matthew 10:14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
• Luke 10:8And into whatsoever city ye may enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you,
• Philippians 2:29Receive him therefore in [the] Lord with all joy, and hold such in honour;
• Colossians 4:10Aristarchus my fellow-captive salutes you, and Mark, Barnabas's cousin, concerning whom ye have received orders, (if he come to you, receive him,)
• Philemon 1:12whom I have sent back to thee: [but do thou receive] him, that is, my bowels:
• 2 John 1:10If any one come to you and bring not this doctrine, do not receive him into [the] house, and greet him not;
• 3 John 1:8We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.
• 2 Corinthians 1:12For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you.
• 2 Corinthians 4:2But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.
• 2 Corinthians 6:3giving no manner of offence in anything, that the ministry be not blamed;
• 2 Corinthians 11:9And being present with you and lacking, I did not lazily burden any one, (for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied what I lacked,) and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep myself.
• 2 Corinthians 12:14Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be in laziness a charge; for I do not seek yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
• Numbers 16:15Then Moses was very wroth, and said to Jehovah, Have no regard to their oblation: not one ass have I taken from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
• 1 Samuel 12:3Here I am: testify against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I injured? or of whose hand have I received any ransom and blinded mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it to you.
• Acts 20:33I have coveted [the] silver or gold or clothing of no one.

Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 7:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Receive us - ̔ . This address is variously understood. Receive us into your affections - love us as we love you. Receive us as your apostles and teachers; we have given you full proof that God hath both sent and owned us. Receive, comprehend, what we now say to you, and carefully mark it. We have wronged no man - We have never acted contrary to the strictest justice. We have corrupted no man - With any false doctrine or pernicious opinion. We have…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Receive us - Tyndale renders this: “understand us.” The word used here ( ́ chōrēsate) means properly, give space, place, or room; and it means here evidently, make place or room for us in your affections; that is, admit or receive us as your friends. It is an earnest entreaty that they would do what he had exhorted them to do in 2 Corinthians 6:13; see the note on that verse. From that he had digressed in the close of the last chapter. He here returns…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-4Make room for us in your hearts: Paul continues his request from 6:11–13 (see study note on 6:14–7:1). Paul cared deeply for the churches (11:28), seeking a strong fellowship bond. When misunderstood, he clarified his actions, as he does here. We have exploited no one: This means not taking their money.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Receive us--with enlarged hearts (2Co 6:13). we have wronged ... corrupter ... defrauded no man--(compare 2Co 7:9). This is the ground on which he asks their reception of (making room for) him in their hearts. We wronged none by an undue exercise of apostolic authority; 2Co 7:13 gives an instance in point. We have corrupted none, namely, by beguilements and flatteries, while preaching "another Gospel," as the false teachers did (2Co 11:3, 4). We have…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Corinthians 7:2

• Honesty
• Integrity
• Love
• Zeal, Religious

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Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings