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THE MESSAGE
2 Corinthians 7:2
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Make room for us in your hearts; we wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we took advantage of no one.
Make room for us in your hearts. We wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we took advantage of no one.
I'm going to ask y'all again, open your hearts to us! We've done no wrong to anyone. We haven't talked anyone into doing something they shouldn't or cheated anyone out of something they have.
Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,
Receive us: we have injured no one, we have ruined no one, we have made gain of no one.
Accept us. We have wronged no one, corrupted no one, defrauded no one.
Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.
Receive us. We have hurt no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
Make room for us in your hearts. There is not one of you whom we have wronged, not one to whom we have done harm, not one over whom we have gained any selfish advantage.
Receiue vs, we haue wronged no man, wee haue corrupted no man, wee haue defrauded no man.
Make room for us. We wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we overreached no one.
Vnderstode vs right. We haue hurte no ma, we haue corrupte no man, we haue defrauded no man.
Receive me as one who has wronged no man, who has corrupted no man, who has defrauded no man.
Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have cheated no one.
Open your hearts to us: we wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we took advantage of no man.
Open your hearts to us; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.
Vnderstonde vs. we have hurte no man: we have corrupte no man: we have defrauded no man.
Open your hearts to us: we wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we took advantage of no man.
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
receive us; no one did we wrong; no one did we waste; no one did we defraud;
Open your hearts to us. We have not done wrong to anyone, we have not ruined the faith of anyone, and we have not cheated anyone.
Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.
Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
Make a place for us in your hearts! We haven't mistreated or hurt anyone. We haven't cheated anyone.
Make room for us in your hearts — we haven't wronged anyone, we haven't corrupted anyone, we haven't exploited anyone.
Make room in your hearts for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.
Receiue vs: we haue done wrong to no man: we haue corrupted no man: we haue defrauded no man.
Be patient; my brethren, we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.
Make room for us in your hearts!in your hearts">[fn] We have not treated anyone unjustly, harmed anyone, or cheated anyone.Acts 20:33; 2 Corinthians 12:17;">[xr]
Bear with us, my brethren; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have injured no man.
Bear with us, my brethren; we have done evil to no one; we have corrupted no one; we have wronged no one.
Open your hearts to us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have cheated no one.
Please open your hearts to us. We have not done wrong to anyone, nor led anyone astray, nor taken advantage of anyone.
Receive us into your hearts. We have done no wrong to anyone. We have not led anyone in the wrong way. We have not used anyone for our good.
Open your hearts to us: we wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we took advantage of no man.
Make room in your hearts for us; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.
Give place to us! no one, have we wronged, no one, have we corrupted, no one, have we defrauded.
Receive us. We have injured no man: we have corrupted no man: we have overreached no man.
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have defrauded no one.
Understande vs, we haue wronged no man, we haue corrupt no man, we haue defrauded no man.
Open your hearts to us. We have not done wrong to anyone or caused harm to anyone. And we have not cheated anyone.
Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.
Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one; we have ruined no one, nor tried to take advantage of anyone.
Take ye vs; we han hirt no man, we han apeirid no man, we han bigilid no man.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Receive: 2 Corinthians 11:16, Matthew 10:14, Matthew 10:40, Luke 10:8, Philippians 2:29, Colossians 4:10, Philemon 1:12, Philemon 1:17, 2 John 1:10, 3 John 1:8-10
we have wronged: 2 Corinthians 1:12, 2 Corinthians 4:2, 2 Corinthians 6:3-7, 2 Corinthians 11:9, 2 Corinthians 12:14-18, Numbers 16:15, 1 Samuel 12:3, 1 Samuel 12:4, Acts 20:33, Romans 16:18, 1 Thessalonians 2:3-6, 1 Thessalonians 2:10, 2 Thessalonians 3:7-9
Reciprocal: Acts 20:26 - that 2 Corinthians 6:6 - pureness 2 Corinthians 11:6 - but we 2 Corinthians 12:16 - being 2 Corinthians 12:18 - Titus 1 Thessalonians 2:5 - a cloak
Cross-References
Next God said to Noah, "Now board the ship, you and all your family—out of everyone in this generation, you're the righteous one.
It was the six-hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month that it happened: all the underground springs erupted and all the windows of Heaven were thrown open. Rain poured for forty days and forty nights.
Noah built an altar to God . He selected clean animals and birds from every species and offered them as burnt offerings on the altar. God smelled the sweet fragrance and thought to himself, "I'll never again curse the ground because of people. I know they have this bent toward evil from an early age, but I'll never again kill off everything living as I've just done.
"Their job is to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, to show them how to discern between unclean and clean.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Receive us,.... Into your affections, let us have a place in your hearts, as you have in ours: Gospel ministers ought to be received with love and respect, both into the hearts and houses of the saints; for "he that receiveth you", says Christ, "receiveth me", Matthew 10:40. Their doctrines are to be received in the love of them, and with faith and meekness; and this may be another part of the apostle's meaning here; receive the word and ministry of reconciliation, which we as the ambassadors of Christ bring, and the several exhortations we give in his name, particularly the last mentioned: next follow reasons, or arguments, engaging, them to comply with this request,
we have wronged no man; we have done no man any injury in his person, estate, or name. There is one among you that has done wrong, and another among you that has suffered wrong, 2 Corinthians 7:12 and we have given very faithful advice to the church how to behave in this affair; but, in so doing, we have neither wronged him nor you; and as not in this, so neither in any other case: if I or my fellow apostles have wronged you in anything, it is in not being "burdensome" to you for our maintenance, "forgive me this wrong", 2 Corinthians 12:13 for in no other respect have we done you any: some understand this of any lordly power, or tyrannical domination they had exercised over them, denied by the apostle; we have not behaved in an insolent manner towards you, we have not lorded it over God's heritage, or claimed any dominion over your faith, or required any unreasonable obedience and submission from you:
we have corrupted no man; neither by our doctrines and principles, which are perfectly agreeable to the word of God, make for the good of souls, and tend to the glory of Christ; nor by our example, but have been careful to lead such lives and conversations as are becoming the Gospel of Christ, adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour, and are patterns to them that believe; nor have we corrupted by flatteries, or with bribes, any of the leading men among you, in order to gain their good will, and thereby respect and credit among others:
we have defrauded no man, or "coveted no man"; no man's silver, gold, or apparel; we have not sought yours, but you; not to amass wealth to ourselves, but that we might be useful to your souls, for your spiritual good, and serviceable to the glory of Christ; we have not through covetousness made merchandise of you, with feigned words, as the false apostles have done, therefore receive us.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Receive us - Tyndale renders this: “understand us.” The word used here (χωρήσατε chōrēsate) means properly, give space, place, or room; and it means here evidently, make place or room for us in your affections; that is, admit or receive us as your friends. It is an earnest entreaty that they would do what he had exhorted them to do in 2 Corinthians 6:13; see the note on that verse. From that he had digressed in the close of the last chapter. He here returns to the subject and asks an interest in their affections and their love.
We have wronged no man - We have done injustice to no man. This is given as a reason why they should admit him to their full confidence and affection. It is not improbable that he had been charged with injuring the incestuous person by the severe discipline which he had found it necessary to inflict on him; note, 1 Corinthians 5:5. This charge would not improbably be brought against him by the false teachers in Corinth. But Paul here says, that whatever was the severity of the discipline, he was conscious of having done injury to no member of that church. It is possible, however, that he does not here refer to any such charge, but that he says in general that he had done no injury, and that there was no reason why they should not receive him to their entire confidence. It argues great consciousness of integrity when a man who has spent a considerable time, as Paul had, with others, is able to say that he had wronged no man in any way. Paul could not have made this solemn declaration unless he was certain he had lived a very blameless life; compare Acts 20:33.
We have corrupted no man - This means that he had corrupted no man in his morals, either by his precept or his example. The word (φθείρω phtheirō) means in general to bring into a worse state or condition, and is very often applied to morals. The idea is, here, that Paul had not by his precept or example made any man the worse. He had not corrupted his principles or his habits, or led him into sin.
We have defrauded no man - We have taken no man’s property by cunning, by trick, or by deception. The word πλεονεκτέω pleonekteō means literally to have more than another, and then to take advantage, to seek unlawful gain, to circumvent, defraud, deceive. The idea is, that Paul had taken advantage of no circumstances to extort money from them, to overreach them, or to cheat them. It is the conviction of a man who was conscious that he had lived honestly, and who could appeal to them all as full proof that his life among them had been blameless.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Corinthians 7:2. Receive us — χωρησατε ημας. This address is variously understood. Receive us into your affections-love us as we love you. Receive us as your apostles and teachers; we have given you full proof that God hath both sent and owned us. Receive, comprehend, what we now say to you, and carefully mark it.
We have wronged no man — We have never acted contrary to the strictest justice.
We have corrupted no man — With any false doctrine or pernicious opinion.
We have defrauded no man. — Of any part of his property. But what have your false teachers done? They have beguiled you from the simplicity of the truth, and thus corrupted your minds. 2 Corinthians 11:3. They have brought you into bondage; they have taken of you; devoured you; axalted themselves against you, and ye have patiently suffered all this. 2 Corinthians 11:20. It is plain that he refers here to the false apostle or teacher which they had among them.
