📖WEB · 2 Corinthians 2:10

What does 2 Corinthians 2:10 mean?

"Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,"

— 2 Corinthians 2:10 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

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Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

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For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

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Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

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that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

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Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,

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I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

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