2 Corinthians 2:3

Bible › 2 Corinthians › Chapter 2 › Verse 3

And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.

‹ 2 Corinthians 2:2 2 Corinthians 2 in context 2 Corinthians 2:4 ›

In other translations

Greek words

καὶkaiAndG2532ἔγραψαegrapsaI wroteG1125ὑμῖνhuminto youG4771τοῦτοtoutothisG3778αὐτό,autosame thing,G846ἵναinaso thatG2443μὴmēnotG3361ἐλθὼνelthōnhaving comeG2064λύπηνlupēngriefG3077σχῶschōI may haveG2192ἀφ᾽aph᾽from [those]G575ὧνhōnof whomG3739ἔδειedeiit was necessaryG1163μεmemeG3165χαίρεινchaireinto rejoiceG5463πεποιθὼςpepoithōshaving trustedG3982ἐπὶepiinG1909πάνταςpantasallG3956ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771ὅτιhotithatG3754ἡhē<the>G3588ἐμὴemēmyG1473χαρὰcharajoyG5479πάντωνpantōnof allG3956ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771ἐστιν.estinis.G1510

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Greek New Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Words marked TR or NA appear in only one of the two main Greek texts.

Related verses

Galatians 5:10
I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
Philemon 1:21
Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
2 Corinthians 8:22
And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.And we are sending along with them our brother whose earnestness has been proven many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.
2 Thessalonians 3:4
And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.And we have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command.
2 Corinthians 7:12
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.So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
1 Corinthians 4:21-5:13
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
2 Corinthians 7:6
Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
2 Corinthians 1:15
And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.
2 Corinthians 7:8
For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it, I now see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.