2 Corinthians 7:12 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹² So although I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong, nor on account of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your zeal for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² So although I did write to you [as I did], it was not for the sake and because of the one who did [the] wrong, nor on account of the one who suffered [the] wrong, but in order that you might realize before God [that your readiness to accept our authority revealed] how zealously you do care for us.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² So although I wrote unto you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be made manifest unto you in the sight of God.

Common English Bible

¹² So although I wrote to you, it wasn’t for the sake of the one who did wrong, or for the sake of the one who was wronged, but to show you your own enthusiasm for us in the sight of God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And so, though I wrote to you, it was not because of him who caused the injury, nor because of him who suffered from it, but so as to manifest our solicitude, which we have for you before God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

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2 Corinthians 11:11

And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

2 Corinthians 11:28

And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure upon me of my anxiety for all the churches.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word; but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:9

For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.

2 Corinthians 7:8

For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it (though I did regret it), for I see that letter grieved you, though only for a while.

1 Timothy 3:5

for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for God's church?