I do not speak to condemn you, for I have said (A)before that you are (B)in our hearts to die together and to live together. Great is my (C)confidence [a]in you; great is my (D)boasting on your behalf. I am filled with (E)comfort; I am overflowing with (F)joy in all our affliction.

For even when we came into (G)Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were (H)afflicted on every side: (I)conflicts without, fears within.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 7:4 Lit toward

I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you have such a place in our hearts(A) that we would live or die with you. I have spoken to you with great frankness; I take great pride in you.(B) I am greatly encouraged;(C) in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds.(D)

For when we came into Macedonia,(E) we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn(F)—conflicts on the outside, fears within.(G)

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