2 Corinthians 7:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

It gives me great joy to see you answering to my good opinion of you in every way.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.
  • 2 Thess 3:4 : 4 And we have faith in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things about which we give you orders.
  • Phlm 1:8 : 8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,
  • Phlm 1:21 : 21 Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.

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  • 2 Cor 7:3-4
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    3 It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.

    4 My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

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    13 So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.

    14 For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true.

    15 And his love to you is the more increased by his memory of you all, how you gave way to his authority, and how you took him to your hearts with fear and honour.

  • Phil 1:25-26
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    25 And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;

    26 So that your pride in me may be increased in Christ Jesus through my being present with you again.

  • 21 Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.

  • 3 And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

  • Phlm 1:5-8
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    5 Hearing of the love and the faith which you have to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints;

    6 That the faith which you have in common with them may be working with power, in the knowledge of every good thing in you, for Christ.

    7 For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

    8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • Phil 1:6-8
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    6 For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:

    7 So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

    8 For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

  • Phil 2:17-19
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    17 And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all:

    18 And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.

    19 But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be comforted when I have news of you.

  • 4 And we have faith in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things about which we give you orders.

  • 7 For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;

  • 14 And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

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    15 And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;

    16 And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

  • Phil 1:18-19
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    18 What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

    19 For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

  • 22 And we have sent with them our brother, whose ready spirit has been made clear to us at times and in ways without number, but it is now all the more so because of the certain faith which he has in you.

  • 10 But I am very glad in the Lord that your care for me has come to life again; though you did in fact take thought for me, but you were not able to give effect to it.

  • Rom 15:14-15
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    14 And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.

    15 But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

  • 10 I am certain about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you will have his punishment, whoever he is.

  • 17 So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.

  • 9 And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.

  • Phil 1:3-4
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    3 I give praise to my God at every memory of you,

    4 And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,

  • 7 And not by his coming only, but by the comfort which he had in you, while he gave us word of your desire, your sorrow, your care for me; so that I was still more glad.

  • 12 That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.

  • 2 Cor 8:7-8
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    7 And that as you are full of every good thing, of faith, of the word, of knowledge, of a ready mind, and of love to us, so you may be full of this grace in the same way.

    8 I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

  • 4 Even though I myself might have faith in the flesh: if any other man has reason to have faith in the flesh, I have more:

  • 15 For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints,

  • 5 For though I am not present in the flesh, still I am with you in the spirit, seeing with joy your order, and your unchanging faith in Christ.

  • 4 And this is the certain faith which we have in God through Christ:

  • 13 I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.

  • 19 For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of evil.

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    12 For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

    13 For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:

  • 30 Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

  • 7 So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia.

  • 29 And I am certain that when I come, I will be full of the blessing of Christ.