2 Corinthians 7:12
Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
KJV
ἄρα εἰ καὶ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν, οὐκ ἕνεκεν τοῦ ἀδικήσαντος οὐδὲ ἕνεκεν τοῦ ἀδικηθέντος, ἀλλ’ ἕνεκεν τοῦ φανερωθῆναι τὴν σπουδὴν ὑμῶν τὴν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ.
Greek NT
Igitur, etsi scripsi vobis, non propter eum qui fecit injuriam, nec propter eum qui passus est : sed ad manifestandam sollicitudinem nostram, quam habemus pro vobis
Vulgate
So although I wrote unto you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be made manifest unto you in the sight of God.
ASV
Wherefore although I wrote to you, it was not for his sake that did the wrong, nor for him that suffered it: but to manifest our carefulness that we have for you
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
4 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἕνεκεν — SBLGNT
- ἕνεκεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- εἵνεκεν — Robinson-Pierpont
- οὐδὲ — SBLGNT
- οὐδὲ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ — Westcott-Hort
- ἕνεκεν — SBLGNT
- ἕνεκεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- εἵνεκεν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἕνεκεν — SBLGNT
- 1ἕνεκεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- εἵνεκεν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 5:1 — It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
- 1Cor 12:25 — That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
- 1Tim 3:5 — (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
- 2Cor 2:3 — And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
- 2Cor 2:3 — And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
- 2Cor 2:4 — For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
- 2Cor 2:9 — For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
- 2Cor 2:9 — For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
- 2Cor 2:17 — For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
- 2Cor 7:8 — For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
- 2Cor 11:11 — Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
- 2Cor 11:28 — Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.