2Cor.1.12-2Cor.1.22
2Cor.1.12
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
2Cor.1.12
Now that the worst is over, we're pleased we can report that we've come out of this with conscience and faith intact, and can face the world--and even more importantly, face you with our heads held high. But it wasn't by any fancy footwork on our part. It was God who kept us focused on him, uncompromised.
2Cor.1.12
Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God. We have done so not according to worldly wisdom but according to God's grace.
2Cor.1.12
For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.
2Cor.1.12
We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have been honest and sincere in all our dealings. We have depended on God's grace, not on our own earthly wisdom. That is how we have acted toward everyone, and especially toward you.
2Cor.1.13
For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
2Cor.1.13
Don't try to read between the lines or look for hidden meanings in this letter. We're writing plain, unembellished truth, hoping that
2Cor.1.13
For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that,
2Cor.1.13
For we are not writing any other things to you than what you read or understand. Now I trust you will understand, even to the end
2Cor.1.13
My letters have been straightforward, and there is nothing written between the lines and nothing you can't understand. I hope someday you will fully understand us,
2Cor.1.14
As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2Cor.1.14
you'll now see the whole picture as well as you've seen some of the details. We want you to be as proud of us as we are of you when we stand together before our Master Jesus.
2Cor.1.14
as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2Cor.1.14
(as also you have understood us in part), that we are your boast as you also are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2Cor.1.14
even if you don't fully understand us now. Then on the day when our Lord Jesus comes back again, you will be proud of us in the same way we are proud of you.
2Cor.1.15
And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
2Cor.1.15
Confident of your welcome, I had originally planned two great visits with you--
2Cor.1.15
Because I was confident of this, I planned to visit you first so that you might benefit twice.
2Cor.1.15
And in this confidence I intended to come to you before, that you might have a second benefit--
2Cor.1.15
Since I was so sure of your understanding and trust, I wanted to give you a double blessing.
2Cor.1.16
And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
2Cor.1.16
coming by on my way to Macedonia province, and then again on my return trip. Then we could have had a bon-voyage party as you sent me off to Judea. That was the plan.
2Cor.1.16
I planned to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea.
2Cor.1.16
to pass by way of you to Macedonia, to come again from Macedonia to you, and be helped by you on my way to Judea.
2Cor.1.16
I wanted to stop and see you on my way to Macedonia and again on my return trip. Then you could send me on my way to Judea.
2Cor.1.17
When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
2Cor.1.17
Are you now going to accuse me of being flip with my promises because it didn't work out? Do you think I talk out of both sides of my mouth--a glib yes one moment, a glib no the next?
2Cor.1.17
When I planned this, did I do it lightly? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner so that in the same breath I say, "Yes, yes" and "No, no"?
2Cor.1.17
Therefore, when I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or the things I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, that with me there should be Yes, Yes, and No, No?
2Cor.1.17
You may be asking why I changed my plan. Hadn't I made up my mind yet? Or am I like people of the world who say yes when they really mean no?
2Cor.1.18
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
2Cor.1.18
Well, you're wrong. I try to be as true to my word as God is to his. Our word to you wasn't a careless yes canceled by an indifferent no. How could it be?
2Cor.1.18
But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes" and "No."
2Cor.1.18
But as God is faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No.
2Cor.1.18
As surely as God is true, I am not that sort of person. My yes means yes
2Cor.1.19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
2Cor.1.19
When Silas and Timothy and I proclaimed the Son of God among you, did you pick up on any yes-and-no, on-again, off-again waffling? Wasn't it a clean, strong Yes?
2Cor.1.19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by me and Silas and Timothy, was not "Yes" and "No," but in him it has always been "Yes."
2Cor.1.19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us--by me, Silvanus, and Timothy--was not Yes and No, but in Him was Yes.
2Cor.1.19
because Jesus Christ, the Son of God, never wavers between yes and no. He is the one whom Timothy, Silas, and I preached to you, and he is the divine Yes--God's affirmation.
2Cor.1.20
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
2Cor.1.20
Whatever God has promised gets stamped with the Yes of Jesus. In him, this is what we preach and pray, the great Amen, God's Yes and our Yes together, gloriously evident.
2Cor.1.20
For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God.
2Cor.1.20
For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.
2Cor.1.20
For all of God's promises have been fulfilled in him. That is why we say "Amen" when we give glory to God through Christ.
2Cor.1.21
Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
2Cor.1.21
God affirms us, making us a sure thing in Christ, putting his Yes within us.
2Cor.1.21
Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us,
2Cor.1.21
Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God,
2Cor.1.21
It is God who gives us, along with you, the ability to stand firm for Christ. He has commissioned us,
2Cor.1.22
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
2Cor.1.22
By his Spirit he has stamped us with his eternal pledge--a sure beginning of what he is destined to complete.
2Cor.1.22
set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
2Cor.1.22
who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
2Cor.1.22
and he has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment of everything he will give us.
