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2 Corinthians 7:3

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2 Corinthians 7:3

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

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2 Corinthians 7:3

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

speak

To utter words; to say, declare, address, or communicate by speech.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

condemn

To pronounce guilty or wrong; to sentence, judge against, disapprove, or doom.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

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said

Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

before

Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

hearts

The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.

Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

live

Having life; having respiration and other organic functions in operation, or in a capacity to operate; not dead; Having vegetable life; to continue in constantly or habitually.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:11–12
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  2. Philippians 1:8–9
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  3. 1 Thessalonians 2:8
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  4. 2 Corinthians 12:15
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  5. Ruth 1:16–17
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