2 Corinthians 7:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I rejoice {G3754} that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

2 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I wrote this very thing, {G5213} lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.
2 Thess 3:4 : 4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command.
Phlm 1:8 : 8 Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,
Phlm 1:21 : 21 Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Cor 7:3-4
2 verses
82%
3I say it not to condemn [you]: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.
4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
2 Cor 7:13-15
3 verses
81%
13Therefore {G5124} we have been comforted: And in our comfort we joyed the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit hath been refreshed by you all.
14For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.
15And his affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
Phil 1:25-26
2 verses
81%
25And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith;
26that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
Phlm 1:21
80%
21Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.
2 Cor 2:3
79%
3And I wrote this very thing, {G5213} lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.
Phlm 1:5-8
4 verses
79%
5hearing of thy love, and of the faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;
6that the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ.
7For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.
8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,
Phil 1:6-8
3 verses
78%
6being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:
7even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace.
8For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
Phil 2:17-19
3 verses
76%
17Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:
18and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.
19But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
2 Thess 3:4
76%
4And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command.
1 Thess 3:7
76%
7for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:
Phil 1:14
76%
14and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.
2 Cor 1:15-16
2 verses
75%
15And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;
16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.
Phil 1:18-19
2 verses
75%
18What then? only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein {G1722} I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
19For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
2 Cor 8:22
75%
22and we have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved {G5607} earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which [he hath] in you.
Phil 4:10
75%
10But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye have revived your thought for me; wherein {G1909} ye did indeed take thought, but ye lacked opportunity.
Rom 15:14-15
2 verses
75%
14And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye yourselves are {G2532} full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
15But {G80} I write the more boldly unto you in some measure, as putting you again in remembrance, because of the grace that was given me of God,
Gal 5:10
74%
10I have confidence to you-ward in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
Rom 15:17
74%
17I have therefore my glorifying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
2 Cor 2:9
74%
9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.
Phil 1:3-4
2 verses
74%
3I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you,
4always in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all making my supplication with joy,
2 Cor 7:7
74%
7and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort wherewith he was comforted in you, while he told us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced yet more.
Rom 1:12
74%
12that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.
2 Cor 8:7-8
2 verses
73%
7But as ye abound in everything, [in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all earnestness, and {G1537} [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also.
8I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
Phil 3:4
73%
4though I myself might {G2532} have confidence even in the flesh: if any other man thinketh to have confidence in the flesh, I yet more:
Eph 1:15
73%
15For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which [ye show] toward all the saints,
Col 2:5
73%
5For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
2 Cor 3:4
73%
4And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward:
Phil 4:13
73%
13I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
Rom 16:19
73%
19For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I rejoice therefore over you: {G1909} but I would have you {G1511} wise unto that which is good, and simple unto that which is evil.
2 Cor 1:12-13
2 verses
73%
12For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
13For we write no other things unto you, than {G2228} what ye read or even acknowledge, and I hope {G3754} ye will acknowledge {G2532} unto the end:
Phil 1:30
72%
30having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
1 Thess 1:7
72%
7so that ye became an ensample to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
Rom 15:29
72%
29And I know that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ.