2 Corinthians 7:14
12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
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.
15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.
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 boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:4
So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:18–20
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
Read in context2 Corinthians 9:2–4
For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:24
Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:6
Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
Read in context2 Corinthians 10:8
For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
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