2 Corinthians 7:14
12 So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.
13 On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.
15 And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.
16 I rejoice that I can have complete confidence in you.
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.
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- BSB
- Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.
- KJV
- For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
- WEB
- For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.
- ASV
- For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.
- DARBY
- Because if I boasted to him anything about you, I have not been put to shame; but as we have spoken to you all things in truth, so also our boasting to Titus has been [the] truth;
- BLB
- For if I have boasted anything to him about you⁺, I was not put to shame; but as we spoke all things to you⁺ in truth, so also our boasting to Titus became truth.
- ÅB
- For om jeg til ham har uttalt noen ros over dere, så er jeg ikke blitt til skamme; men slik som vi i alt har talt sannhet til dere, så er og vår ros for Titus blitt sannhet,
- OTB
- For hvis jeg har skrytt til ham om dere i noe, ble jeg ikke gjort til skamme; men slik vi talte alt til dere i sannhet, slik viste også vår skryt for Titus seg å være sannheten.
- B1930
- For om jeg til ham har uttalt nogen ros over eder, så er jeg ikke blitt til skamme; men likesom vi i alt har talt sannhet til eder, så er og vår ros for Titus blitt sannhet,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 7:4
Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:4
That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:18–20
But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
Read in context2 Corinthians 9:2–4
For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:24
In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:6
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
Read in context2 Corinthians 10:8
For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.
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