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2 Corinthians 7:14

Contemporary English Version 1995

We had told him how much we thought of you, and you did not disappoint us. Just as we have always told you the truth, so everything we told him about you has also proved to be true.

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This is why we brag about you to all of God's churches. We tell them how patient you are and how you keep on having faith, even though you are going through a lot of trouble and suffering.

Treat them in such a way that the churches will see your love and will know why we bragged about you.

I trust you completely. I am always proud of you, and I am greatly encouraged. In all my trouble I am still very happy.

Maybe I brag a little too much about the authority that the Lord gave me to help you and not to hurt you. Yet I am not embarrassed to brag.

But God cheers up people in need, and this is what he did when he sent Titus to us.

I have given myself completely for their sake, so they may belong completely to the truth.

But I was worried when I didn't find my friend Titus there. So I left the other followers and went on to Macedonia.

And we were greatly encouraged. Although we were encouraged, we felt even better when we saw how happy Titus was, because you had shown he had nothing to worry about.

Yet even if I did brag, I would not be foolish. I would simply be speaking the truth. But I will try not to say too much. That way, none of you will think more highly of me than you should because of what you have seen me do and say.

Then, when I visit you again, you will have good reason to take great pride in Christ Jesus because of me.




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