2 Corinthians 1:14

Jesus

¹² And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

¹³ For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,

as you have already understood us in part, so that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.

¹⁵ Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.

¹⁶ I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: as you have already understood us in part, so that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.
KJV: As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
WEB: as also you acknowledged us in part—that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
ASV: as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that we are your glorying, even as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
DARBY: even as also ye have recognised us in part, that we are your boast, even as *ye* [are] ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
BLB: as also you⁺ understood us in part, so that we are your⁺ boast, even as you⁺ [are] also ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

ÅB: - slik som dere jo for en del har skjønt oss - at vi er deres ros, slik som og dere er vår på den Herre Jesu dag.
OTB: slik som dere også delvis har forstått oss, at vi er deres ros, likesom dere også er vår, på vår Herre Jesu dag.
B1930: - likesom I jo for en del har skjønt oss - at vi er eders ros, likesom og I er vår på den Herre Jesu dag.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Thessalonians 2:19–20
After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
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Philippians 2:16
as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
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1 Corinthians 1:8
He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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1 Thessalonians 3:13
so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
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Philippians 4:1
Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
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Philippians 1:10
so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
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Philippians 1:6
being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
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1 Thessalonians 5:23
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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