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2 Cor. 7:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, wek have defrauded no man.

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2 Cor. 12:17• ¹⁷Did I make gain of you by any of those whom I have sent to you? (2 Cor. 12:17)

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Receive.

2 Cor. 11:16• ¹⁶Again I say, Let not any one think me to be a fool; but if otherwise, receive me then even as a fool, that *I* also may boast myself some little. (2 Cor. 11:16)

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Matt. 10:14,40• ¹⁴And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
⁴⁰He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me. (Matt. 10:14,40)

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Luke 10:8• ⁸And into whatsoever city ye may enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you, (Luke 10:8)

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Phil. 2:29• ²⁹Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honour; (Phil. 2:29)

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Col. 4:10• ¹⁰Aristarchus my fellow-captive salutes you, and Mark, Barnabas's cousin, concerning whom ye have received orders, (Col. 4:10)

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Philem. 12,17• ¹²whom I have sent back to thee: but do *thou* receive him, that is, *my* bowels:
¹⁷If therefore thou holdest me to be a partner with thee, receive him as me; (Philem. 12,17)

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2 John 10• ¹⁰If any one come to you and bring not this doctrine, do not receive him into the house, and greet him not; (2 John 10)

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3 John 8‑10• ⁸*We* therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.
⁹I wrote something to the assembly; but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, receives us not.
¹⁰For this reason, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he does, babbling against us with wicked words; and not content with these, neither does he himself receive the brethren; and those who would he prevents, and casts them out of the assembly. (3 John 8‑10)

we have wronged.

2 Cor. 1:12• ¹²For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you. (2 Cor. 1:12)

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2 Cor. 4:2• ²But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God. (2 Cor. 4:2)

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2 Cor. 6:3‑7• ³giving no manner of offence in anything, that the ministry be not blamed;
⁴but in everything commending ourselves as God's ministers, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits,
⁵in stripes, in prisons, in riots, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,
⁶in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,
⁷in the word of truth, in the power of God; through the arms of righteousness on the right hand and left, (2 Cor. 6:3‑7)

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2 Cor. 11:9• ⁹And being present with you and lacking, I did not lazily burden any one, (for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied what I lacked,) and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep myself. (2 Cor. 11:9)

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2 Cor. 12:14‑18• ¹⁴Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be in laziness a charge; for I do not seek yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
¹⁵Now *I* shall most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls, if even in abundantly loving you I should be less loved.
¹⁶But be it so. *I* did not burden you, but being crafty I took you by guile.
¹⁷Did I make gain of you by any of those whom I have sent to you?
¹⁸I begged Titus, and sent the brother with him: did Titus at all make gain of you? have we not walked in the same spirit? have we not in the same steps? (2 Cor. 12:14‑18)

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Num. 16:15• ¹⁵Then Moses was very wroth, and said to Jehovah, Have no regard to their oblation: not one ass have I taken from them, neither have I hurt one of them. (Num. 16:15)

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1 Sam. 12:3‑4• ³Here I am: testify against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I injured? or of whose hand have I received any ransom and blinded mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it to you.
⁴And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, and thou hast not injured us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand. (1 Sam. 12:3‑4)

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Acts 20:33• ³³I have coveted the silver or gold or clothing of no one. (Acts 20:33)

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Rom. 16:18• ¹⁸For such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting. (Rom. 16:18)

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1 Thess. 2:3‑6,10• ³For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile;
⁴but even as we have been approved of God to have the glad tidings entrusted to us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts.
⁵For we have not at any time been among you with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God is witness;
⁶nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been a charge as Christ's apostles;
¹⁰*Ye* are witnesses, and God, how piously and righteously and blamelessly we have conducted ourselves with you that believe: (1 Thess. 2:3‑6,10)

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2 Thess. 3:7‑9• ⁷For ye know yourselves how ye ought to imitate us, because we have not walked disorderly among you;
⁸nor have we eaten bread from any one without cost; but in toil and hardship working night and day not to be chargeable to any one of you:
⁹not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us. (2 Thess. 3:7‑9)

• Thus does he call for room in their hearts: a touching appeal when we reflect who and what he was, who and what they were. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 7:1-16” by W. Kelly)

• There is always a danger of there being some reservation toward a person who corrects us. Paul knew that this could be the case with the Corinthians and he entreats them to receive him. (“Paul's Appeal to the Corinthians: 2 Corinthians 6:11-7:5” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Receive us: we have injured no one, we have ruinedk no one, we have made gain of no one.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "corrupted."

W. Kelly Translation

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Receive us; we wronged none, we corrupted none, we overreached none.