2 Corinthians 7:4

² Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.

³ I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.

Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.

⁵ For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.

⁶ But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

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: Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
ASV: Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
DARBY: Great [is] my boldness towards you, great my exulting in respect of you; I am filled with encouragement; I overabound in joy under all our affliction.
BLB: Much [is] my boldness toward you⁺; much [is] my boasting on behalf of you⁺; I have been filled with encouragement; I overabound with joy upon all our tribulation.

ÅB: Jeg har stor tiltro til dere; jeg roser meg storlig av dere; jeg er full av trøst, jeg er overvettes rik på glede under all vår trengsel.
OTB: Min tillit til dere er stor; min stolthet over dere er enorm. Jeg er fylt med trøst; jeg er overfylt med glede til tross for alle våre problemer.
B1930: Jeg har stor tiltro til eder; jeg roser mig storlig av eder; jeg er full av trøst, jeg er overvettes rik på glede under all vår trengsel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Corinthians 1:4
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
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James 1:2
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
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2 Corinthians 3:12
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
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Romans 5:3
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
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1 Corinthians 1:4
I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.
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Philippians 2:17
But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
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Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
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2 Corinthians 1:14
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.
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