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2 Corinthians 2:7

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So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
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  1. Ephesians 4:32Rank 1 from verse 7
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    32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

  2. Galatians 6:1–2Rank 2 from verse 7
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    1BRETHREN, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

    2Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

  3. Colossians 3:13Rank 3 from verse 7
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    13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

  4. Isaiah 28:7Rank 4 from verse 7
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    7¶ But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

  5. Proverbs 17:22Rank 5 from verse 7
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    22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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2 Corinthians 2:7

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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forgive

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To pardon an offence, remit a debt, or release from the penalty or resentment connected with it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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comfort

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Sense 1: Strength, relief, encouragement, or consolation in distress. Sense 2: To strengthen, encourage, or console.

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lest

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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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sorrow

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Sense 1: Grief, sadness, anguish, pain, regret, distress, trouble, or heaviness. Sense 2: To grieve or cause such pain.

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2:5But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

2:6Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

2:7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

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2:8Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

2:9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

2:10To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

2:11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

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