New English Translation
2 Corinthians 7:4
4I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.
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 have ruined no one, we have exploited no one. 3I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you. I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering. 5For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way – struggles from the outside, fears from within. 6But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.
Read all of 2 Corinthians 72 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
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 3:12Therefore, since we have such a hope, we behave with great boldness,
- 2 Corinthians 6:11We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide to you.
- 2 Corinthians 10:1Now I, Paul, appeal to you personally by the meekness and gentleness of Christ (I who am meek when present among you, but am full of courage toward you when away!) –
- 2 Corinthians 11:21(To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about (I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.
- Ephesians 6:19Pray for me also, that I may be given the message when I begin to speak – that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel,
- Philippians 1:20My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:2But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of much opposition.
- 2 Corinthians 1:14just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 9:2because I know your eagerness to help. I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, that Achaia has been ready to give since last year, and your zeal to participate has stirred up most of them.
- 1 Corinthians 1:4I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:19For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?
- 2 Corinthians 7:6But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.
- 2 Corinthians 1:4who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
- 2 Corinthians 2:14But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.
- 2 Corinthians 6:10as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
- Acts 5:41So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake 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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