2 Corinthians 7:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort wherewith he was comforted in you, while he told us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced yet more.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

and 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

[Yes] and not only by his coming but also by [his account of] the comfort with which he was encouraged and refreshed and cheered as to you, while he told us of your yearning affection, of how sorry you were [for me] and how eagerly you took my part, so that I rejoiced still more.

American Standard Version (1901)

and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort wherewith he was comforted in you, while he told us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced yet more.

Common English Bible

We weren’t comforted only by his arrival but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your desire to see me, how you were sorry, and about your concern for me, so that I was even happier.

Catholic Public Domain Version

and not only by his arrival, but also by the consolation with which he was consoled among you. For he brought to us your desire, your weeping, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And not by his coming only, but also by the consolation, wherewith he was comforted in you, relating to us your desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced the more.

2 Corinthians 7:7 Cross References

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

Psalm 30:5

For his anger is but for a moment; In his favour is life: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy cometh in the morning.

Psalm 38:18

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

Psalm 51:1

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness; According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Matthew 26:75

And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Luke 22:44

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.

Acts 11:23

who, when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and he exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord:

Romans 1:12

that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.

1 Corinthians 5:2

And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he that had done this deed might be taken away from among you.

2 Corinthians 1:14

as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that we are your glorying, even as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

2 Corinthians 1:4

who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

2 Corinthians 2:9

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

2 Corinthians 5:2

For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:

2 Corinthians 7:6

Nevertheless he that comforteth the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

2 Corinthians 7:8

For though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it, though I did regret; for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season.

2 Corinthians 8:16

But thanks be to God, which putteth the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

Philippians 1:20

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

Colossians 2:5

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

1 Thessalonians 3:6

But when Timothy came even now unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also to see you;

1 Thessalonians 3:8

for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.

James 5:17

Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.

2 John 1:4

I rejoice greatly that I have found certain of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.

Jude 1:3

Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.