Meanwhile the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was built up. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
2 Corinthians 8:24 - New Revised Standard Version Therefore openly before the churches, show them the proof of your love and of our reason for boasting about you. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Show to these men, therefore, in the sight of the churches, the reality and plain truth of your love (your affection, goodwill, and benevolence) and what [good reasons] I had for boasting about and being proud of you. American Standard Version (1901) Show ye therefore unto them in the face of the churches the proof of your love, and of our glorying on your behalf. Common English Bible So show them the proof of your love and the reason we are so proud of you, in such a way that the churches can see it. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, in the sight of the churches, show them the proof of your charity and of our glorying about you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore shew ye to them, in the sight of the churches, the evidence of your charity, and of our boasting on your behalf. |
Meanwhile the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was built up. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
For if I have been somewhat boastful about you to him, I was not disgraced; but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved true as well.
I often boast about you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with consolation; I am overjoyed in all our affliction.
I do not say this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love against the earnestness of others.