2 Corinthians 2:7

New American Bible - revised edition

so that on the contrary you should forgive and encourage him instead, or else the person may be overwhelmed by excessive pain.

Cross References

Psalm 124:3

Then they would have swallowed us alive, for their fury blazed against us.

Psalm 21:9

Your hand will find all your enemies; your right hand will find your foes!

Psalm 57:3

I call to God Most High, to God who provides for me.

Proverbs 1:12

Let us swallow them alive, like Sheol, whole, like those who go down to the pit!

Proverbs 17:22

A joyful heart is the health of the body, but a depressed spirit dries up the bones.

Isaiah 28:7

But these also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priest and prophet stagger from strong drink, overpowered by wine; They are confused by strong drink, they stagger in their visions, they totter when giving judgment.

1 Corinthians 15:54

And when this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about: “Death is swallowed up in victory.

2 Corinthians 2:8

Therefore, I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

2 Corinthians 5:4

For while we are in this tent we groan and are weighed down, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow produces a salutary repentance without regret, but worldly sorrow produces death.

Ephesians 4:32

[And] be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.

Philippians 2:27

He was indeed ill, close to death; but God had mercy on him, not just on him but also on me, so that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

Colossians 3:13

bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

2 Thessalonians 3:6

We instruct you, brothers, in the name of [our] Lord Jesus Christ, to shun any brother who conducts himself in a disorderly way and not according to the tradition they received from us.