Bible verse
I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.
2 Corinthians 7:3 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Corinthians 7.
1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
2 Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
3 I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.
4 Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
5 For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
7 and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
KJV
I speak not [this] to condemn [you]: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with [you].
ASV
I say it not to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.
ERV
I say it not to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.
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