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2 Corinthians 7:3

I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

KJV

πρὸς κατάκρισιν οὐ λέγω, προείρηκα γὰρ ὅτι ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν ἐστε εἰς τὸ συναποθανεῖν καὶ συνζῆν.

Greek NT

Non ad condemnationem vestram dico : prædiximus enim quod in cordibus nostris estis ad commoriendum et ad convivendum.

Vulgate

I say it not to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.

ASV

I speak not this to your condemnation. For we have said before that you are in our hearts: to die together and to live together.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καρδία
kardia
noun · 156×
κατάκρισις
katakrisis
noun · 2×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
προλέγω
prolego
verb · 15×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
συζάω
suzao
verb · 3×
συναποθνήσκω
sunapothnesko
verb · 3×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: πρὸς κατάκρισιν οὐ | WH/Treg/NIV: πρὸς κατάκρισιν οὐ | RP: Οὐ πρὸς κατάκρισιν
  • πρὸς κατάκρισιν οὐSBLGNT
  • πρὸς κατάκρισιν οὐWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Οὐ πρὸς κατάκρισινRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 2:8 — So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
  • 2Cor 6:11 — O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
  • 2Cor 6:11 — O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
  • 2Cor 11:11 — Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
  • 2Sam 15:21 — And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be
  • Phil 1:7 — Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.