2 Corinthians 7:13

For this reason we feel comforted; and--in addition to this our comfort--we have been filled with all the deeper joy at Titus's joy, because his spirit has been set at rest by you all.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Therefore 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.

In Context

12Therefore, though I wrote to you, it was not to punish the offender, nor to secure justice for him who had suffered the wrong, but it was chiefly in order that your earnest feeling on our behalf might become manifest to yourselves in the sight of God.

14For however I may have boasted to him about you, I have no reason to feel ashamed; but as we have in all respects spoken the truth to you, so also our boasting to Titus about you has turned out to be the truth.

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Cross References

Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

1 Corinthians 12:26And if one part is suffering, every other part suffers with it; or if one part is receiving special honor, every other part shares in the joy.

1 Corinthians 16:13Be on the alert; stand firm in the faith; acquit yourselves like men; be strong.

2 Corinthians 2:13yet, obtaining no relief for my spirit because I did not find our brother Titus, I bade them farewell and went on into Macedonia.

2 Corinthians 7:15And his strong and tender affection is all the more drawn out towards you when he recalls to mind the obedience which all of you manifested by the timidity and nervous anxiety with which you welcomed him.

2 Timothy 1:16May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus; for many a time he cheered me and he was not ashamed of my chain.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 7:13-16

Case of Incestuous Person. ( a. d. 57.) 12 Wherefore, 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. 13 Therefore 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. 14 For 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… Read the whole commentary →

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