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2 Corinthians 7:15–16

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And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.
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From verse 15

  1. Philippians 2:12Rank 1 from verse 15
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    12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

  2. 1 John 3:17Rank 2 from verse 15
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    17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

  3. 2 Corinthians 2:9Rank 3 from verse 15
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    9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

  4. Isaiah 66:2Rank 4 from verse 15
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    2For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

  5. Psalms 119:120Rank 5 from verse 15
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    120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

From verse 16

  1. 2 Corinthians 2:3Rank 1 from verse 16
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    3And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

  2. Philemon 1:21Rank 2 from verse 16
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    21Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

  3. Philemon 1:8Rank 3 from verse 16
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    8Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,

  4. 2 Thessalonians 3:4Rank 4 from verse 16
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    4And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.

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2 Corinthians 7:15

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inward

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1. Within or toward the inside. 2. Belonging to the inner person. 3. Intimate or close.

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abundant

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Plentiful, ample, or exceeding in quantity or degree; more than sufficient.

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

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toward

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1. In the direction of or in relation to. 2. Approaching. 3. Inclined or ready.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

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

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fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

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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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received

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Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).

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2 Corinthians 7:16

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rejoice

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1. To be glad, take joy, delight, or exult; to express gladness. 2. To make glad or cause to rejoice.

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COMBINED MEANING

confidence

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Sense 1: Trust, assurance, boldness, or settled reliance. Sense 2: The person or thing in which trust is placed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

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

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7:2Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

7:3I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

7:4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

7:5For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

7:6Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

7:7And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

7:8For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

7:9Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

7:10For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

7:11For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

7:12Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

7:13Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

7:14For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.

7:15And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

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7:16I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.

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