2 Corinthians 7:3

7:3 I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before ¹  that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you. ² 

2 Corinthians 11:11

11:11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do! ³ 

2 Corinthians 12:15

12:15 Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! ⁴  If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

Philippians 1:7

1:7 For ⁵  it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, ⁶  since both in my imprisonment ⁷  and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace ⁸  together with me.

¹ sn See 2 Cor 1:4-7.

² tn The words “with you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

³ tn Grk “God knows!” The words “I do” are supplied for clarity. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

⁴ tn Grk “souls.”

⁵ tn Grk “Just as.” The sense here is probably, “So I give thanks (v. 3) just as it is right for me…”

⁶ tn Or possibly “because you have me in your heart.”

⁷ tn Grk “in my bonds.” The meaning “imprisonment” derives from a figurative extension of the literal meaning (“bonds,” “fetters,” “chains”), L&N 37.115.

⁸ tn The word “God’s” is supplied from the context (v. 2) to clarify the meaning.