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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 a gain of any of them whom I sent unto you? (2 Cor. 12:17)

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Receive.

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

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Matt. 10:14,40• ¹⁴{i}And 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.{/i}
⁴⁰{i}He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me.{/i} (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, saluteth you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas, about whom ye received injunctions (if he come unto you, receive him), (Col. 4:10)

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Philem. 12,17• ¹²whom I send back to thee, in person, that is my bowels;
¹⁷If then thou countest me a partner, receive him as me. (Philem. 12,17)

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2 John 10• ¹⁰If Anyone cometh to you and bringeth not this doctrine, receive him not at home and greet him not; (2 John 10)

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3 John 8‑10• ⁸We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.
⁹I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes that loveth pre-eminence among them receiveth us not.
¹⁰For this reason if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, babbling against us with wicked words; and not content with these things, neither himself receiveth the brethren, and those who would he hindereth and casteth out of the church. (3 John 8‑10)

we have wronged.

2 Cor. 1:12• ¹²For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience that in holiness f and sincerity before God, not in carnal wisdom but in God's grace, we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly towards you. (2 Cor. 1:12)

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2 Cor. 4:2• ²but refused the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor guilefully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men in the sight of God. (2 Cor. 4:2)

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2 Cor. 6:3‑7• ³giving none offence in anything that the ministry be not blamed.
⁴But in everything as ministers of God commending ourselves, in much patience, in affliction, in necessities, in straits,
⁵in stripes, in prisons, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,
⁶in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, 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 and left, (2 Cor. 6:3‑7)

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2 Cor. 11:9• ⁹And when present with you and in want, I have not been a burden to anyone (for my want the brethren on coming from Macedonia supplied); and in everything unburdensome to you I kept 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 unto you, and I will not press heavily, for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
¹⁵And I most gladly will spend and be spent for your souls, if even more abundantly loving you I am less loved.
¹⁶But be it so: I did not myself burden you, but crafty as I am, I caught you with guile.
¹⁷Did I make a gain of any of them whom I sent unto you?
¹⁸I exhorted Titus and sent the brother with [him]: did Titus make any gain of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? [did we] not in the same steps? (2 Cor. 12:14‑18)

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Num. 16:15• (Num. 16:15)

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1 Sam. 12:3‑4• (1 Sam. 12:3‑4)

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Acts 20:33• ³³I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel; (Acts 20:33)

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Rom. 16:18• ¹⁸For such as they serve not our Lord [Jesus] Christ, but their own belly, and by kind speaking and fairness of speech deceive the hearts of the harmless. (Rom. 16:18)

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1 Thess. 2:3‑6,10• ³For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile;
⁴but even as we have been approved of God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God that proveth our hearts.
⁵For neither at any time were we with speech of flattery, as ye know, nor with a cloke of covetousness, God [is] witness;
⁶nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensome as apostles of Christ.
¹⁰Ye [are] witnesses, and God, how holily and righteously and blamelessly we behaved ourselves to you that believe; (1 Thess. 2:3‑6,10)

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2 Thess. 3:7‑9• ⁷For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us; because we were not disorderly among you,
⁸nor did we eat bread for nought from anyone, but in toil and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:
⁹not because we have not title, but to make ourselves an example to you that ye should imitate 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.