2 Corinthians 2 (NET)

2 Corinthians 2:1¹So I made up my own mind not to pay you another painful visit.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 1:232 Cor 13:102 Cor 12:20-211 Cor 4:212 Cor 2:41 Cor 2:21 Cor 5:32 Cor 1:15-172 Cor 7:5-8Acts 11:29

2 Corinthians 2:2²For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad but the one I caused to be sad?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 7:81 Cor 12:262 Cor 1:14Rom 12:152 Cor 11:29

2 Corinthians 2:3³And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 5:102 Cor 8:22Phlm 1:212 Thess 3:42 Cor 7:121 Cor 4:21-5:132 Cor 1:152 Cor 12:112 Cor 12:21-13:22 Cor 7:6

2 Corinthians 2:4⁴For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 7:12Prov 27:5-6Lev 19:17-18Luke 19:41-442 Cor 11:22 Cor 7:8-9Phil 3:18Ps 119:1362 Cor 12:15Jer 13:15-17

2 Corinthians 2:5⁵But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent (not to exaggerate) he has saddened all of you as well.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 5:12-131 Cor 5:1-5Gal 4:12Gal 5:10Prov 17:25

2 Corinthians 2:6⁶This punishment on such an individual by the majority is enough for him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 5:4-51 Tim 5:202 Cor 13:102 Cor 7:11

2 Corinthians 2:7⁷so that now instead you should rather forgive and comfort him. This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 4:32Gal 6:1-2Col 3:13Isa 28:7Prov 17:221 Cor 15:541 Thess 4:132 Cor 5:42 Cor 7:102 Sam 20:19-20

2 Corinthians 2:8⁸Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jude 1:22-23Gal 5:13Gal 6:10Gal 6:1-2

2 Corinthians 2:9⁹For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 10:6Phlm 1:212 Cor 7:12-15Phil 2:222 Cor 8:242 Thess 3:14Deut 13:3Deut 8:16Deut 8:2Exod 16:4

2 Corinthians 2:10¹⁰If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him—for indeed what I have forgiven (if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 20:232 Cor 5:201 Cor 5:4Matt 18:18

2 Corinthians 2:11¹¹so that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:8Eph 6:11-122 Cor 11:32 Cor 4:4Luke 22:31Rev 12:9-112 Cor 11:14Matt 4:101 Cor 7:51 Chr 21:1-2

2 Corinthians 2:12¹²Now when I arrived in Troas to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened a door of opportunity for me,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 16:8Acts 14:27Col 4:31 Cor 16:9Rev 3:7-8Acts 20:1-6Acts 20:8Rom 1:1

2 Corinthians 2:13¹³I had no relief in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and set out for Macedonia.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 12:182 Cor 7:5-62 Cor 8:162 Cor 8:232 Cor 8:62 Tim 4:10Gal 2:1Gal 2:3Titus 1:42 Cor 7:13

2 Corinthians 2:14¹⁴But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 5:2Rom 8:372 Cor 2:15-162 Cor 9:15Rom 6:17Col 2:15Ps 106:47Song 1:3Col 1:232 Cor 1:11

2 Corinthians 2:15¹⁵For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 5:21 Cor 1:18Ezek 20:41Phil 4:18Gen 8:212 Thess 2:10Exod 29:182 Cor 4:3-4Exod 29:25Isa 49:5-6

2 Corinthians 2:16¹⁶to the latter an odor from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 3:5-61 Pet 2:7-8John 9:39Luke 2:341 Cor 15:10Acts 13:45-47Acts 20:26-272 Cor 12:11

2 Corinthians 2:17¹⁷For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 4:22 Cor 1:122 Pet 2:1-32 Tim 4:3-41 Tim 4:1-3Matt 24:241 Cor 5:8Jer 23:27-32Jer 5:31Jude 1:4