2 Corinthians 7:3
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I speak not this to your condemnation. For we have said before that you are in our hearts: to die together and to live together.

to condemn.

2 Corinthians 7:12 Wherefore although I wrote to you, it was not for his sake that did the wrong, nor for him that suffered it: but to manifest our carefulness that we have for you

2 Corinthians 2:4,5 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not that you should be made sorrowful: but that you might know the charity I have more abundantly towards you. . . .

2 Corinthians 13:10 Therefore I write these things, being absent, that, being present, I may not deal more severely, according to the power which the Lord hath given me unto edification and not unto destruction.

1 Corinthians 4:14,15 I write not these things to confound you: but I admonish you as my dearest children. . . .

for.

2 Corinthians 6:11,12 Our mouth is open to you, O ye Corinthians: our heart is enlarged. . . .

ye.

2 Corinthians 3:2 You are our epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read by all men:

2 Corinthians 11:11 Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth it.

2 Corinthians 12:15 But I most gladly will spend and be spent myself for your souls: although loving you more, I be loved less.

Philippians 1:8,9 For God is my witness how I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. . . .

to die.

Ruth 1:16,17 She answered: Be not against me, to desire that I should leave thee and depart: for whithersoever thou shalt go, I will go: and where thou shalt dwell, I also will dwell. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. . . .

1 Thessalonians 2:8 So desirous of you, we would gladly impart unto you not only the gospel of God but also our own souls: because you were become most dear unto us.

Context
Paul's Joy in the Corinthians
2Receive us. We have injured no man: we have corrupted no man: we have overreached no man. 3I speak not this to your condemnation. For we have said before that you are in our hearts: to die together and to live together. 4Great is my confidence for you: great is my glorying for you. I am filled with comfort: I exceedingly abound with joy in all our tribulation.…
Cross References
2 Corinthians 6:11
Our mouth is open to you, O ye Corinthians: our heart is enlarged.

Philippians 1:7
As it is meet for me to think this for you all, for that I have you in my heart; and that, in my bands and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of my joy.

Lexicon
I do not say this
λέγω (legō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

condemn [you].
κατάκρισιν (katakrisin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2633: Condemnation, censure. From katakrino; sentencing adversely.

I have said before
προείρηκα (proeirēka)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4302: To tell (say) beforehand, forewarn, declare, tell plainly. From pro and lego; to say beforehand, i.e. Predict, forewarn.

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

you {so} occupy
ἐστε (este)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

hearts
καρδίαις (kardiais)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 2588: Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle.

that
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

we live
συζῆν (syzēn)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 4800: To live together with. From sun and zao; to continue to live in common with, i.e. Co-survive.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

die together [with you].
συναποθανεῖν (synapothanein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 4880: To die together with. From sun and apothnesko; to decease in company with, or, similarly to.


Additional Translations
I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.

I do not speak for condemnation; for I have before said that you are in our hearts for us to die together and to live together.

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

I say it not to condemn you : for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.

I do not speak for condemnation, for I have already said that ye are in our hearts, to die together, and live together.

I say it not to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.

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

I do not say this to imply blame, for, as I have already said, you have such a place in our hearts that we would die with you or live with you.

I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.

not to condemn you do I say it, for I have said before that in our hearts ye are to die with and to live with;
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