New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Corinthians 7:1-8

1Therefore, having these promises, 1beloved, 2let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

2 3Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. 3I do not speak to condemn you, for I have said 4before that you are 5in our hearts, to die together and to live together. 4My 6confidence 7in you is great; my 8boasting in your behalf is great. I am filled with 9comfort; I am overflowing with 10joy in all our affliction.

5For even when we came into 11Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were 12afflicted on every side: 13conflicts on the outside, fears inside. 6But 14God, who comforts the 15discouraged, 16comforted us by the arrival of 17Titus; 7and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted among you, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced even more. 8For though I 18caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it--for I see that that letter caused you sorrow, though only for a while--

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Notes

1. 2 Corinthians 7:1 Heb 6:9 ↩
2. 2 Corinthians 7:1 1 Pet 1:15f ↩
3. 2 Corinthians 7:2 2 Cor 6:12f; 12:15 ↩
4. 2 Corinthians 7:3 2 Cor 6:11f ↩
5. 2 Corinthians 7:3 Phil 1:7 ↩
6. 2 Corinthians 7:4 2 Cor 3:12 ↩
7. 2 Corinthians 7:4 Lit toward ↩
8. 2 Corinthians 7:4 2 Cor 7:14; 8:24; 9:2f; 10:8; Phil 1:26; 2 Thess 1:4 ↩
9. 2 Corinthians 7:4 2 Cor 1:4 ↩
10. 2 Corinthians 7:4 2 Cor 6:10 ↩
11. 2 Corinthians 7:5 Rom 15:26; 2 Cor 2:13 ↩
12. 2 Corinthians 7:5 2 Cor 4:8 ↩
13. 2 Corinthians 7:5 Deut 32:25 ↩
14. 2 Corinthians 7:6 2 Cor 1:3f ↩
15. 2 Corinthians 7:6 Or lowly ↩
16. 2 Corinthians 7:6 2 Cor 7:13 ↩
17. 2 Corinthians 7:6 2 Cor 2:13; 7:13f ↩
18. 2 Corinthians 7:8 2 Cor 2:2 ↩

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