2 Corinthiens 7:3

3 Je ne dis pas cela pour vous condamner; car j'ai déjà dit que vous êtes dans nos cœurs, pour mourir ensemble et pour vivre ensemble.

2 Corinthiens 7:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 7:3

I speak not this to condemn you
Referring either to the exhortations before given, to have no sinful conversation with unbelievers, and to cleanse themselves from all impurity, external and internal; and to go on in a course of holiness, in the fear of God, to the end of life; or to the account just given of himself and fellow ministers; and his sense is this, the exhortations I have given must not be so understood, as though I charged and accused you with keeping company with unbelievers, or as though you were not concerned for purity of life and conversation; or when I remove the above mentioned things from myself and others, I mean not to lay them upon you, as if I thought that you had wronged, corrupted, or defrauded any; when I clear myself and others, I do not design to accuse or condemn you; my view is only to the false apostles, who have done these things, when we have not, and therefore we have the best claim to your affections:

for I have said before, you are in our hearts;
you are inscribed on our hearts, engraven there, "ye are our epistle written in our hearts", ( 2 Corinthians 3:2 ) ye are not straitened in us, ( 2 Corinthians 6:12 ) you have a place and room enough in our affections, which are strong towards you, insomuch that it is our desire and resolution

to die and live with you;
or together: neither death nor life shall separate our love, or destroy our friendship; there is nothing we more desire than to live with you; and should there be any occasion for it, could freely die with you, and for you.

2 Corinthiens 7:3 In-Context

1 Ayant donc, bien-aimés, de telles promesses, purifions-nous de toute souillure de la chair et de l'esprit, achevant notre sanctification dans la crainte de Dieu.

2 Recevez-nous, nous n'avons fait tort à personne; nous n'avons nui à personne; nous n'avons trompé personne.

3 Je ne dis pas cela pour vous condamner; car j'ai déjà dit que vous êtes dans nos cœurs, pour mourir ensemble et pour vivre ensemble.

4 J'ai une grande assurance avec vous; j'ai grand sujet de me glorifier de vous; je suis rempli de consolation; je suis comblé de joie dans toutes nos afflictions.

5 Car, lorsque nous sommes arrivés en Macédoine, notre chair n'a eu aucun repos, au contraire, nous avons été affligés en toutes manières, par des combats au-dehors, et des craintes au-dedans.