Christian Standard Bible
2 Corinthians 7:4
4I am very frank with you; I have great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions.
2 Corinthians 7:4 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)I have spoken to you with great frankness; I take great pride in you. I am greatly encouraged; in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.
Context of 2 Corinthians 7:4
2Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, corrupted no one, taken advantage of no one. 3I don’t say this to condemn you, since I have already said that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. I am very frank with you; I have great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions. 5In fact, when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest. Instead, we were troubled in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears within. 6But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
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πολλή μοι παρρησία πρὸς ὑμᾶς, πολλή μοι καύχησις ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν· πεπλήρωμαι τῇ παρακλήσει, ὑπερπερισσεύομαι τῇ χαρᾷ ἐπὶ πάσῃ τῇ θλίψει ἡμῶν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Greatπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
- myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- boldness of speechπαρρησίαparrhēsia · boldnessG3954
- towardπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- youσύsu · youG4771
- gloryingκαύχησιςkauchēsis · prideG2746
- ofὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
- I am filledπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
- with comfortὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- with comfortπαράκλησιςparaklēsis · encouragementG3874
- I am exceedingὑπερπερισσεύωhuperperisseuō · to aboundG5248
- joyfulχαράchara · joyG5479
- inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- tribulationθλῖψιςthlipsis · pressureG2347
Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 7:4
- 2 Corinthians 3:12Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness.
- 2 Corinthians 6:11We have spoken openly to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide.
- 2 Corinthians 10:1Now I, Paul, myself, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ — I who am humble among you in person but bold toward you when absent.
- 2 Corinthians 11:21I say this to our shame: We have been too weak for that! But in whatever anyone dares to boast — I am talking foolishly — I also dare:
- Ephesians 6:19Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel.
- Philippians 1:20My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all courage, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:2On the contrary, after we had previously suffered and were treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, we were emboldened by our God to speak the gospel of God to you in spite of great opposition.
- 2 Corinthians 1:14just as you have partially understood us — that we are your reason for pride, just as you also are ours in the day of our Lord Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 9:2For I know your eagerness, and I boast about you to the Macedonians, “Achaia has been ready since last year,” and your zeal has stirred up most of them.
- 1 Corinthians 1:4I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus,
- 1 Thessalonians 2:19For who is our hope or joy or crown of boasting in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
- 2 Corinthians 7:6But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
- 2 Corinthians 1:4He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
- 2 Corinthians 2:14But thanks be to God, who always leads us in Christ’s triumphal procession and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place.
- 2 Corinthians 6:10as grieving, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
- Acts 5:41Then they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be treated shamefully on behalf of the Name.
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 7:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Great is my boldness of speech - He seems to refer to the manner in which he spoke of them to others. Great is my glorying of you - They had probably been very loving and affectionate previously to the time in which they were perverted by their false apostle. He therefore had boasted of them in all the Churches. I am filled with comfort - My affection for you has still the most powerful ascendancy in my soul. Here we may see the affection of the most…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Great is my boldness of speech toward you - This verse seems designed to soften the apparent harshness of what he had said 2 Corinthians 6:12, when he intimated that there was a lack of love in them toward him (Bloomfield), as well as to refer to the plainness which he had used all along in his letters to them. He says, therefore, that he speaks freely; he speaks as a friend; he speaks with the utmost openness and frankness; he conceals nothing from them…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4in all our troubles: This might refer to Paul's many hardships (6:5) or his issues with the Corinthians. Either way, he felt joy because the church's response greatly encouraged him (as he explains in 7:5–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. boldness of speech--(compare 2Co 6:11). glorying of you--Not only do I speak with unreserved openness to you, but I glory (boast) greatly to others in your behalf, in speaking of you. filled with comfort--at the report of Titus (2Co 7:6, 7, 9, 13; 2Co 1:4). exceeding joyful--Greek, I overabound with joy (2Co 7:7, 9, 16). our tribulation--described in 2Co 7:5; also in 2Co 4:7, 8; 6:4, 5.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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