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2 Corinthians 12:16-21

16But be that as it may, I 1did not burdenG2599 you myselfG1473; neverthelessG235, deviousG3835 personG3835 that I am, I 2tookG2983 you in by deceitG1388. 173Certainly I have not takenG4122 advantageG4122 of you throughG1223 anyG5100 of those whomG3739 I have sentG649 to you, have I? 18I 4urgedG3870 5TitusG5103 to go, and I sentG4882 6the brotherG80 with him. TitusG5103 did not takeG4122 anyG4122 advantageG4122 of you, did he? Did we not 7conductG4043 ourselves 8in the sameG846 9spiritG4151 and walk 10in the sameG846 stepsG2487?

19AllG3819 thisG3819 timeG3819 11you have been thinkingG1380 that we are defendingG626 ourselves to you. Actually, 12it is inG2713 theG2713 sightG2713 of GodG2316 that we have been speakingG2980 in ChristG5547; and 13allG3956 for buildingG3619 you upG3619, 14belovedG27. 20For I amG5399 afraidG5399 that perhapsG4458 15when I comeG2064 I may findG2147 you to be not whatG3634 I wishG2309, and may be foundG2147 by you to be not whatG3634 you wishG2309; that perhapsG4458 there will be 16strifeG2054, jealousyG2205, 17angryG2372 tempersG2372, 18selfishnessG2052, 19slandersG2636, 20gossipG5587, 21arroganceG5450, 22disturbancesG181; 21I am afraid that when I comeG2064 againG3825 my GodG2316 may humiliateG5013 me beforeG4314 you, and I may mournG3996 over manyG4183 of thoseG3588 who have 23sinnedG4258 inG4258 theG4258 pastG4258 and not repentedG3340 of the 24impurityG167, sexualG4202 immoralityG4202, and indecentG766 behaviorG766 whichG3739 they have practicedG4238.

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  1. 1. 2 Corinthians 12:16 2 Cor 11:9 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Corinthians 12:16 2 Cor 11:20 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Corinthians 12:17 2 Cor 9:5 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Corinthians 12:18 2 Cor 8:6 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Corinthians 12:18 2 Cor 2:13 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Corinthians 12:18 2 Cor 8:18 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Corinthians 12:18 Lit walk ↩
  8. 8. 2 Corinthians 12:18 Or by the same Spirit ↩
  9. 9. 2 Corinthians 12:18 1 Cor 4:21 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Corinthians 12:18 Rom 4:12 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Corinthians 12:19 Or have you been thinking...? ↩
  12. 12. 2 Corinthians 12:19 Rom 9:1; 2 Cor 2:17 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Corinthians 12:19 Rom 14:19; 2 Cor 10:8; 1 Thess 5:11 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Corinthians 12:19 Heb 6:9 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Corinthians 12:20 1 Cor 4:21; 2 Cor 2:1-4 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Corinthians 12:20 1 Cor 1:11; 3:3 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Corinthians 12:20 Gal 5:20 ↩
  18. 18. 2 Corinthians 12:20 Rom 2:8; 1 Cor 11:19 ↩
  19. 19. 2 Corinthians 12:20 Rom 1:30; James 4:11; 1 Pet 2:1 ↩
  20. 20. 2 Corinthians 12:20 Rom 1:29 ↩
  21. 21. 2 Corinthians 12:20 1 Cor 4:6, 18; 5:2 ↩
  22. 22. 2 Corinthians 12:20 1 Cor 14:33 ↩
  23. 23. 2 Corinthians 12:21 2 Cor 13:2 ↩
  24. 24. 2 Corinthians 12:21 1 Cor 6:9, 18; Gal 5:19; Col 3:5 ↩

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