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2 Corinthians 7:4

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Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:4Rank 1 from verse 4
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    4Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

  2. 2 Corinthians 3:12Rank 2 from verse 4
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    12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

  3. James 1:2Rank 3 from verse 4
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    2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

  4. 1 Corinthians 1:4Rank 4 from verse 4
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    4I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

  5. Colossians 1:24Rank 5 from verse 4
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    24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:

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2 Corinthians 7:4

COMBINED MEANING

boldness

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Courage, confidence, or freedom from fear; of the face, firmness or severity of expression.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

speech

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1. Spoken words, discourse, or a message communicated in words. 2. The manner, quality, or ability of speaking. 3. A language or dialect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

toward

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1. In the direction of or in relation to. 2. Approaching. 3. Inclined or ready.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

glorying

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of glory, meaning to boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

filled

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fill. Sense 1: To make full or occupy capacity. Sense 2: To satisfy. Sense 3: To occupy. Sense 4: To complete what is lacking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

comfort

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Sense 1: Strength, relief, encouragement, or consolation in distress. Sense 2: To strengthen, encourage, or console.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

exceeding

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Very great, abundant, intense, extensive, or beyond ordinary measure or degree; exceedingly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

tribulation

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Affliction, distress, anguish, persecution, oppression, trouble, or suffering.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

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7:2Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

7:3I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

7:4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

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7:5For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

7:6Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

7:7And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

7:8For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

7:9Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

7:10For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

7:11For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

7:12Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

7:13Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

7:14For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.

7:15And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

7:16I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.

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