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debates

Meaning of “debates”

Strifes or contentions.

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KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604
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First occurrence: 2 Corinthians 12:20

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2 Corinthians 12:20
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 12:20 · retained source text

For I feare lest when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall bee found vnto you such as ye would not, lest there bee debates, enuyings, wraths, strifes, backebitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults,

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