What Does 2 Corinthians 7:12 Mean?

“Wherefore”

a particle denoting an inference more or less decisive (as follows)

if, whether, that, etc

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“I wrote”

to "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe

“unto you”

to (with or by) you

“I did it not”

the absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not

“for his cause”

on account of

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“that had done the wrong”

to be unjust, i.e., (actively) do wrong (morally, socially or physically)

“nor”

not however, i.e., neither, nor, not even

“for his cause”

on account of

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“that had done the wrong”

to be unjust, i.e., (actively) do wrong (morally, socially or physically)

“but”

properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)

“for his cause”

on account of

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“might appear”

to render apparent (literally or figuratively)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“care”

"speed", i.e., (by implication) despatch, eagerness, earnestness

“you”

of (from or concerning) you

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“for”

"over", i.e., (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case super

“our”

of (or from) us

“unto”

a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,

“you”

you (as the objective of a verb or preposition)

“in the sight”

in the face of (literally or figuratively)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“of God”

a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)