2 Corinthians 2:3

God's Word

This is the very reason I wrote to you. I didn’t want to visit you and be distressed by those who should make me happy. I’m confident about all of you that whatever makes me happy also makes you happy.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:21

When I come to visit you, would you prefer that I punish you or show you love and a gentle spirit?

2 Corinthians 1:15

Confident of this, I had previously wanted to visit you so that you could benefit twice.

2 Corinthians 1:23

I appeal to God as a witness on my behalf, that I stayed away from Corinth because I wanted to spare you.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become a fool. You forced me to be one. You should have recommended me to others. Even if I’m nothing, I wasn’t inferior in any way to your super-apostles.

2 Corinthians 12:21

I’m afraid that when I come to you again, my God may humble me. I may have to grieve over many who formerly led sinful lives and have not changed the way they think and act about the perversion, sexual sins, and promiscuity in which they have been involved.

2 Corinthians 13:10

That’s why I’m writing this letter while I’m not with you. When I am with you I don’t want to be harsh by using the authority that the Lord gave me. The Lord gave us this authority to help you, not to hurt you.

2 Corinthians 2:9

I had also written to you to test you. I wanted to see if you would be obedient in every way.

2 Corinthians 7:12

So, when I wrote to you, I didn’t write because of the man who did the wrong or the man who was hurt by it. Rather, I wrote because I wanted you to show your devotion to us in God’s sight.

2 Corinthians 7:16

I’m pleased that I can be confident about you in every way.

2 Corinthians 7:6

Yet God, who comforts those who are dejected, comforted us when Titus arrived.

2 Corinthians 7:8

If my letter made you uncomfortable, I’m not sorry. But since my letter did make you uncomfortable for a while, I was sorry.

2 Corinthians 8:22

We have also sent with them our Christian brother whom we have often tested in many ways and found to be a dedicated worker. We find that he is much more dedicated now than ever because he has so much confidence in you.

Galatians 5:10

The Lord gives me confidence that you will not disagree with this. However, the one who is confusing you will suffer God’s judgment regardless of who he is.

2 Thessalonians 3:4

The Lord gives us confidence that you are doing and will continue to do what we ordered you to do.

Philemon 1:21

I am confident as I write to you that you will do this. And I know that you will do even more than I ask.