2 Corinthians 7:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I rejoice because in everything I am fully confident in you.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.
  • 2 Thess 3:4 : 4 And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing– and will do– what we are commanding.
  • Phlm 1:8 : 8 Paul’s Request for Onesimus So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,
  • Phlm 1:21 : 21 Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.

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  • 2 Cor 7:3-4
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    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.

    4A Letter That Caused Sadness 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.

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    13Therefore we have been encouraged. And in addition to our own encouragement, we rejoiced even more at the joy of Titus, because all of you have refreshed his spirit.

    14For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus about you has proved true as well.

    15And his affection for you is much greater when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

  • Phil 1:25-26
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    25And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith,

    26so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.

  • 21Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.

  • 3And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

  • Phlm 1:5-8
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    5because I hear of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

    6I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ.

    7I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

    8Paul’s Request for Onesimus So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,

  • Phil 1:6-8
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    6For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

    7For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.

    8For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

  • Phil 2:17-19
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    17But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you.

    18And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.

    19Models for Ministry Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be encouraged by hearing news about you.

  • 4And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing– and will do– what we are commanding.

  • 7So in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, through your faith.

  • 14and most of the brothers and sisters, having confidence in the Lord because of my imprisonment, now more than ever dare to speak the word fearlessly.

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    15And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,

    16and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

  • Phil 1:18-19
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    18What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice.Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,

    19for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

  • 22And we are sending with them our brother whom we have tested many times and found eager in many matters, but who now is much more eager than ever because of the great confidence he has in you.

  • 10Appreciation for Support I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me.(Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.)

  • Rom 15:14-15
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    14Paul’s Motivation for Writing the Letter But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

    15But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God

  • 10I am confident in the Lord that you will accept no other view. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.

  • 17So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

  • 9For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.

  • Phil 1:3-4
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    3Prayer for the Church I thank my God every time I remember you.

    4I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you

  • 7We were encouraged not only by his arrival, but also by the encouragement you gave him, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your deep concern for me, so that I rejoiced more than ever.

  • 12that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, both yours and mine.

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    7But as you excel in everything– in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you– make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.

    8I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.

  • 4– though mine too are significant. If someone thinks he has good reasons to put confidence in human credentials, I have more:

  • 15Prayer for Wisdom and Revelation For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

  • 5For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

  • 4Now we have such confidence in God through Christ.

  • 13I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.

  • 19Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.

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    12Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.

    13For we do not write you anything other than what you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely

  • 30since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.

  • 7As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

  • 29and I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of Christ’s blessing.