2 Corinthians 7:4
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4 I am being completely frank with you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with consolation; I am overjoyed in all our affliction.(A)
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2 Corinthians 1:4
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4 who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God.
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2 Corinthians 3:12
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12 Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with complete frankness,(A)
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James 1:2
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Faith and Wisdom
2 My brothers and sisters, whenever you face various trials, consider it all joy,(A)
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Colossians 1:24
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Paul’s Interest in the Colossians
24 I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.
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Philippians 2:17
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17 But even if I am being poured out as a libation over the sacrifice and the service of your faith, I rejoice, and I rejoice together with all of you;(A)
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1 Corinthians 1:4
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4 I give thanks to my[a] God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus,
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- 1.4 Other ancient authorities lack my
1 Thessalonians 3:7-9
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7 For this reason, brothers and sisters, during all our distress and persecution we have been encouraged about you through your faith. 8 For we now live, if you continue to stand firm in the Lord. 9 How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy that we feel before our God because of you?
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1 Thessalonians 2:19
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19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?(A)
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1 Thessalonians 2:2
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2 but though we had already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition.(A)
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Philippians 1:20
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20 It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in any way but that by my speaking with all boldness Christ will be exalted now as always in my body, whether by life or by death.(A)
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Ephesians 6:19-20
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19 Pray also for me, so that when I speak a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,[a](A) 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.(B)
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- 6.19 Other ancient authorities lack of the gospel
2 Corinthians 11:21
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21 To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that!
But whatever anyone dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that.(A)
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2 Corinthians 10:1-2
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Paul Defends His Ministry
10 I myself, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you but bold toward you when I am away!(A)— 2 I ask that when I am present I need not show boldness by daring to oppose those who think we are acting according to human standards.[a](B)
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- 10.2 Gk according to the flesh
2 Corinthians 9:2-4
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2 for I know your eagerness, which is the subject of my boasting about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them.(A) 3 But I am sending[a] the brothers in order that our boasting about you may not prove to have been empty in this case, so that you may be ready, as I said you would be;(B) 4 otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be put to shame—to say nothing of you—in this undertaking.[b]
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2 Corinthians 8:24
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24 Therefore openly before the churches, show them the proof of your love and of our reason for boasting about you to them.(A)
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2 Corinthians 7:6-7
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6 But God, who consoles the downcast, consoled us by the arrival of Titus,(A) 7 and not only by his arrival but also by the consolation with which he was consoled about you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.
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2 Corinthians 6:10-11
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10 as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing everything.
11 We have spoken frankly to you Corinthians; our heart is wide open to you.
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2 Corinthians 2:14
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14 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession and through us spreads in every place the fragrance that comes from knowing him.[a]
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- 2.14 Gk the fragrance of the knowledge of him
2 Corinthians 1:14
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14 as you have already understood us in part—that on the day of the Lord Jesus we are your boast even as you are our boast.(A)
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Romans 5:3
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3 And not only that, but we[a] also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance,(A)
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- 5.3 Or let us
Acts 5:41
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41 As they left the council, they rejoiced that they were considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.(A)
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