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2 Corinthians Outline

      • Cleanse ourselves of defilement (1)

      • Paul’s joy over the Corinthians (2-4)

      • Titus brings a good report (5-7)

      • Godly sadness and repentance (8-16)

2 Corinthians 7:1

Marginal References

  • +2Co 6:16
  • +Ro 12:1; 1Ti 1:5; 3:9; 1Jo 3:3

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 40

    Awake!,

    No. 3 2019, pp. 4-5

    4/22/1994, p. 6

    11/8/1989, p. 27

    5/8/1987, pp. 6-7

    1/8/1986, pp. 20-21

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1130

    “God’s Love,” pp. 93-95

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/2006, p. 26

    8/1/1997, pp. 5-7

    6/1/1989, pp. 13-20

    5/1/1986, p. 17

    Family Happiness, pp. 45-48

    God’s Word, p. 166

    True Peace, p. 160

  • Publications Index

    lff lesson 40; g19.3 4-5; it-1 1130; lv 93, 95; w06 11/1 26; w97 8/1 5-7; fy 45-48; g94 4/22 6; w89 6/1 13-20; gm 166; g89 11/8 27; g87 5/8 6-7; w86 5/1 17; tp 160; g86 1/8 20-21;

    w81 2/1 9; hp 98; yy 48, 111; g76 3/8 8; w73 339; w73 409, 411; w73 543; w73 567; w72 196, 414, 595; or 154; ad 782; kj 161; w69 113, 126; w66 709; w64 612; w54 202; w50 59; w42 205; w41 270; w37 156; w35 222

2 Corinthians 7:2

Marginal References

  • +Ro 12:10; 2Co 6:12, 13
  • +Ac 20:33, 34; 2Co 12:17

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w73 160

2 Corinthians 7:4

Marginal References

  • +Php 2:17; Phm 7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2006, p. 15

  • Publications Index

    w06 5/15 15;

    w65 122

2 Corinthians 7:5

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “flesh.”

Marginal References

  • +Ac 20:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/2014, p. 23

    11/15/1998, p. 30

    11/1/1996, pp. 11-12

    7/15/1992, p. 19

  • Publications Index

    w14 6/15 23; w98 11/15 30; w96 11/1 11-12; w92 7/15 19;

    w62 182

2 Corinthians 7:6

Marginal References

  • +2Co 1:3, 4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Bearing Witness, p. 166

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/1998, p. 30

    11/1/1996, pp. 11-12

    3/1/1990, p. 5

  • Publications Index

    bt 166; w98 11/15 30; w96 11/1 11-12; w90 3/1 5;

    w82 4/15 14; w63 436

2 Corinthians 7:7

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “your zeal.”

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Bearing Witness, p. 166

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/1998, p. 30

  • Publications Index

    bt 166; w98 11/15 30

2 Corinthians 7:8

Marginal References

  • +2Co 2:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 773

  • Publications Index

    it-2 773;

    ad 1387; w64 689

2 Corinthians 7:9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 773

  • Publications Index

    it-2 773;

    ad 1387; w62 368

2 Corinthians 7:10

Marginal References

  • +Ps 32:5; 1Jo 1:9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 448, 773

  • Publications Index

    it-2 448, 773;

    w81 9/1 24-25; cj 180; w77 694-695; w72 438-439, 636; ad 1189, 1387; w64 51; w63 411; w62 208, 368

2 Corinthians 7:11

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “chaste; innocent.”

Marginal References

  • +Mt 3:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 448, 774, 1150

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/1997, p. 14

  • Publications Index

    it-2 448, 774, 1150; w97 12/1 14;

    w72 439, 636; w64 689

2 Corinthians 7:12

Marginal References

  • +1Co 5:5

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w78 3/15 27; w46 75

2 Corinthians 7:13

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w62 17; yb62 25; w61 13; yb61 20

2 Corinthians 7:14

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w77 721-722

2 Corinthians 7:15

Marginal References

  • +2Co 2:9; Heb 13:17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/1998, p. 30

  • Publications Index

    w98 11/15 30

2 Corinthians 7:16

Footnotes

  • *

    Or possibly, “I may be of good courage because of.”

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w62 17; yb62 25

Parallel Translations

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General

2 Cor. 7:12Co 6:16
2 Cor. 7:1Ro 12:1; 1Ti 1:5; 3:9; 1Jo 3:3
2 Cor. 7:2Ro 12:10; 2Co 6:12, 13
2 Cor. 7:2Ac 20:33, 34; 2Co 12:17
2 Cor. 7:4Php 2:17; Phm 7
2 Cor. 7:5Ac 20:1
2 Cor. 7:62Co 1:3, 4
2 Cor. 7:82Co 2:4
2 Cor. 7:10Ps 32:5; 1Jo 1:9
2 Cor. 7:11Mt 3:8
2 Cor. 7:121Co 5:5
2 Cor. 7:152Co 2:9; Heb 13:17
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New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
2 Corinthians 7:1-16

The Second to the Corinthians

7 Therefore, since we have these promises,+ beloved ones, let us cleanse ourselves of every defilement of flesh 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 taken advantage of no one.+ 3 I do not say this to condemn you. For I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and to live together. 4 I have great freeness of speech toward you. I have great boasting in regard to you. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction.+

5 In fact, when we arrived in Mac·e·doʹni·a,+ our bodies* got no relief, but we continued to be afflicted in every way—there were fights on the outside, fears within. 6 But God, who comforts those who are downhearted,+ comforted us by the presence of Titus; 7 and not only by his presence but also by the comfort he received because of you, as he reported back to us about your longing for me, your deep sorrow, and your earnest concern* for me; so I rejoiced even more.

8 For even if I saddened you by my letter,+ I do not regret it. Even if I did at first regret it (seeing that the letter saddened you, though only for a little while), 9 now I rejoice, not because you were just saddened, but because you were saddened into repenting. For you were saddened in a godly way, so that you suffered no harm because of us. 10 For sadness in a godly way produces repentance leading to salvation, leaving no regret;+ but the sadness of the world produces death. 11 For see what a great earnestness your being saddened in a godly way produced in you, yes, clearing of yourselves, yes, indignation, yes, fear, yes, earnest desire, yes, zeal, yes, righting of the wrong!+ In every respect you demonstrated yourselves to be pure* in this matter. 12 Although I wrote to you, I did not do it for the one who did the wrong,+ nor for the one who was wronged, but so that your earnestness for us might be made evident among you in the sight of God. 13 That is why we have been comforted.

But in addition to our comfort, we rejoiced even more over the joy of Titus, because all of you refreshed his spirit. 14 For if I have boasted to him about you, I have not been put to shame; but just as all the things we told you were true, so also our boasting to Titus has proved true. 15 Also, his tender affections toward you are greater as he remembers the obedience of all of you,+ how you received him with fear and trembling. 16 I rejoice that in every way I may have confidence in* you.

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