2 Corinthians 7:4

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, we corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. 3I do not speak to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. My confidence in you is great; my boasting in your behalf is great. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction. 5For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts on the outside, fears inside. 6But God, who comforts the discouraged, comforted us by the arrival of Titus;

2 Corinthians 7:4 word by word

πολλή μοι παρρησία πρὸς ὑμᾶς, πολλή μοι καύχησις ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν· πεπλήρωμαι τῇ παρακλήσει, ὑπερπερισσεύομαι τῇ χαρᾷ ἐπὶ πάσῃ τῇ θλίψει ἡμῶν.Read the interlinear

• confidenceπαρρησίαparrhēsia · boldnessG3954
• in you is greatπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• inὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• I am filledπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
• comfortπαράκλησιςparaklēsis · encouragementG3874
• I amὑπερπερισσεύωhuperperisseuō · to aboundG5248
• joyχαράchara · joyG5479
• in allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• our afflictionθλῖψιςthlipsis · pressureG2347

Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 7:4

• 2 Corinthians 3:12Therefore, having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech,
• 2 Corinthians 6:11Our mouth has spoken freely to you, you Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.
• 2 Corinthians 10:1Now I, Paul, myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ--I who am meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent!
• 2 Corinthians 11:21To my shame I must say that we have been weak by comparison. But in whatever respect anyone else is bold--I am speaking in foolishness--I too am bold.
• Ephesians 6:19and pray in my behalf, that speech may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
• Philippians 1:20according to my eager expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:2but after we had already suffered and been treated abusively in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition.
• 2 Corinthians 1:14just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, on the day of our Lord Jesus.
• 2 Corinthians 9:2for I know your willingness, of which I boast about you to the Macedonians, namely, that Achaia has been prepared since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them.
• 1 Corinthians 1:4I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,
• 1 Thessalonians 2:19For who is our hope, or joy or crown of pride, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? Or is it not indeed you?
• 2 Corinthians 7:6But God, who comforts the discouraged, comforted us by the arrival of Titus;
• 2 Corinthians 1:4who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
• 2 Corinthians 2:14But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us reveals the fragrance of the knowledge of Him in every place.
• 2 Corinthians 6:10as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.
• Acts 5:41So they went on their way from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His 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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• Afflictions and Adversities
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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