My (A)confidence [a]in you is great; my (B)boasting in your behalf is great. I am filled with (C)comfort; I am overflowing with (D)joy in all our affliction.

For even when we came into (E)Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were (F)afflicted on every side: (G)conflicts on the outside, fears inside. But (H)God, who comforts the [b]discouraged, (I)comforted us by the arrival of (J)Titus; and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted among you, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced even more.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 7:4 Lit toward
  2. 2 Corinthians 7:6 Or lowly

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)

For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way—disputes without and fears within.(B) But God, who consoles the downcast, consoled us by the arrival of Titus,(C) 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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