2 Corinthians 7:12-16

7:12 So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf ¹  before God. 7:13 Therefore we have been encouraged. And in addition to our own encouragement, we rejoiced even more at the joy of Titus, because all of you have refreshed his spirit. ²  7:14 For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, ³  but just as everything we said to you was true, ⁴  so our boasting to Titus about you ⁵  has proved true as well. 7:15 And his affection for you is much greater ⁶  when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling. 7:16 I rejoice because in everything I am fully confident in you.

¹ tn Grk “but in order that your eagerness on our behalf might be revealed to you.”

² tn Or “all of you have put his mind at ease.”

³ tn Grk “I have not been put to shame”; the words “by you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

⁴ tn Grk “just as we spoke everything to you in truth.”

⁵ tn The words “about you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

⁴ tn Or “is all the more.”