2 Corinthians 7:4

Good News Translation

I am so sure of you; I take such pride in you! In all our troubles I am still full of courage; I am running over with joy.

Cross References

Acts 5:41

As the apostles left the Council, they were happy, because God had considered them worthy to suffer disgrace for the sake of Jesus.

Romans 5:3

We also boast of our troubles, because we know that trouble produces endurance,

1 Corinthians 1:4

I always give thanks to my God for you because of the grace he has given you through Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 1:4

He helps us in all our troubles, so that we are able to help others who have all kinds of troubles, using the same help that we ourselves have received from God.

2 Corinthians 10:8

For I am not ashamed, even if I have boasted somewhat too much about the authority that the Lord has given us—authority to build you up, not to tear you down.

2 Corinthians 11:21

I am ashamed to admit that we were too timid to do those things! But if anyone dares to boast about something—I am talking like a fool—I will be just as daring.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But thanks be to God! For in union with Christ we are always led by God as prisoners in Christ's victory procession. God uses us to make the knowledge about Christ spread everywhere like a sweet fragrance.

2 Corinthians 3:12

Because we have this hope, we are very bold.

2 Corinthians 7:14

I did boast of you to him, and you have not disappointed me. We have always spoken the truth to you, and in the same way the boast we made to Titus has proved true.

2 Corinthians 8:24

Show your love to them, so that all the churches will be sure of it and know that we are right in boasting about you.

Philippians 1:14

And my being in prison has given most of the believers more confidence in the Lord, so that they grow bolder all the time to preach the message fearlessly.

Philippians 1:20

My deep desire and hope is that I shall never fail in my duty, but that at all times, and especially right now, I shall be full of courage, so that with my whole being I shall bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die.

Philippians 1:26

so that when I am with you again, you will have even more reason to be proud of me in your life in union with Christ Jesus.

Philippians 2:17

Perhaps my life's blood is to be poured out like an offering on the sacrifice that your faith offers to God. If that is so, I am glad and share my joy with you all.

Colossians 1:24

And now I am happy about my sufferings for you, for by means of my physical sufferings I am helping to complete what still remains of Christ's sufferings on behalf of his body, the church.

1 Thessalonians 2:19

After all, it is you—you, no less than others!—who are our hope, our joy, and our reason for boasting of our victory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

You know how we had already been mistreated and insulted in Philippi before we came to you in Thessalonica. And even though there was much opposition, our God gave us courage to tell you the Good News that comes from him.

2 Thessalonians 1:4

That is why we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God. We boast about the way you continue to endure and believe through all the persecutions and sufferings you are experiencing.

Philemon 1:7

Your love, dear brother, has brought me great joy and much encouragement! You have cheered the hearts of all of God's people.

James 1:2

My friends, consider yourselves fortunate when all kinds of trials come your way,