2 Corinthians 7:4

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A 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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  • 2 Cor 3:12 : 12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we behave with great boldness,
  • 2 Cor 1:4 : 4 who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 But 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.
  • Col 1:24 : 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body– for the sake of his body, the church– what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.
  • 1 Thess 2:2 : 2 But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of much opposition.
  • 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?
  • 1 Thess 3:7-9 : 7 So in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, through your faith. 8 For now we are alive again, if you stand firm in the Lord. 9 For how can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel because of you before our God?
  • Jas 1:2 : 2 Joy in Trials My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,
  • 2 Cor 1:14 : 14 just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
  • 2 Cor 2:14 : 14 Apostolic Ministry But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.
  • Rom 5:3 : 3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
  • 1 Cor 1:4 : 4 Thanksgiving I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.
  • 2 Cor 6:10-11 : 10 as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything. 11 We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide to you.
  • 2 Cor 7:6-7 : 6 But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus. 7 We 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.
  • 2 Cor 8:24 : 24 Therefore show them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you.
  • 2 Cor 9:2-4 : 2 because I know your eagerness to help. I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, that Achaia has been ready to give since last year, and your zeal to participate has stirred up most of them. 3 But I am sending these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready just as I kept telling them. 4 For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated(not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you.
  • 2 Cor 10:1-2 : 1 Paul’s Authority from the Lord Now I, Paul, appeal to you personally by the meekness and gentleness of Christ(I who am meek when present among you, but am full of courage toward you when away!)– 2 now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that(I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.
  • 2 Cor 11:21 : 21 (To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about(I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.
  • Eph 6:19-20 : 19 Pray for me also, that I may be given the right words when I begin to speak– that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may be able to speak boldly as I ought to speak.
  • Phil 1:20 : 20 My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.

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  • 2 Cor 7:13-16
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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.

    16I rejoice because in everything I am fully confident in you.

  • 2 Cor 7:3
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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.

  • 1 Thess 3:7
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    7So in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, through your faith.

  • Phlm 1:7-8
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    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,

  • 2 Thess 1:4
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    4As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.

  • 2 Cor 1:4-8
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    4who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

    5For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you.

    6But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.

    7And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.

    8For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.

  • 2 Cor 2:3-4
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    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.

    4For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.

  • 2 Cor 7:7
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    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.

  • 2 Cor 7:5
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    5For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way– struggles from the outside, fears from within.

  • 2 Cor 8:2
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    2that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.

  • Eph 3:13
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    13For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

  • 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.

  • Phil 1:14
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    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.

  • 1 Thess 2:2
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    2But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of much opposition.

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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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.

  • Phil 1:7-8
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    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.

  • Col 1:24
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    24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body– for the sake of his body, the church– what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.

  • 1 Thess 2:19-20
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    19For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?

    20For you are our glory and joy!

  • Phil 2:17-18
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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.

  • 2 Cor 12:10
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    10Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.

  • 2 Cor 6:11
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    11We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide to you.

  • Rom 9:2
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    2I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

  • 1 Pet 4:13
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    13But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad.

  • 1 Thess 3:4
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    4For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know.

  • 2 Cor 4:8
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    8We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;

  • Phil 1:20
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    20My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.

  • 2 Cor 11:10
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    10As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 10:15
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    15Nor do we boast beyond certain limits in the work done by others, but we hope that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded among you according to our limits,

  • 1 Thess 1:6-7
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    6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

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

  • Rom 1:12
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    12that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, both yours and mine.

  • Phil 1:4
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    4I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you

  • Phil 4:10
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    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 5:3
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    3Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

  • Phil 4:1
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    1Christian Practices So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

  • 2 Cor 8:24
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    24Therefore show them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you.