2 Corinthians 7:12

A Conservative Version

And so then although I wrote to you, it was not because of the man who did wrong, nor because of the man who was wronged, but in order to reveal to you your eagerness for us in the sight of God.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 2:9

For I also wrote for this, so that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

1 Timothy 3:5

(but if any man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of a congregation of God?),

2 Corinthians 11:28

Besides the external things, crowding upon me daily is the care of all the congregations.

2 Corinthians 11:11

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows.

2 Corinthians 7:8

Because even though I grieved you in the letter, I am not remorseful (even though I was remorseful), for I perceive that that letter grieved you, even though for an hour.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not as other men, huckstering the word of God, but as from purity. But we speak in Christ as from God in the sight of God.