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2 Corinthians 7:14
Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses the Corinthian church following Titus’s visit, speaking at a moment of restored trust after the believers demonstrated obedience. He writes to confirm that his previous reports about them to Titus have been validated by their conduct.
The words — κεκαύχημαι (kekauchēmai) translates literally as "I have boasted," modified by ὑπὲρ (huper) "about" and ὑμῶν (humōn) "you." The text explicitly states that his boasting regarding the Corinthians to Titus was not shamed but proved true, matching his prior declarations to them.
The thread — The pattern of unashamed boasting tied to truthful witness runs through 2 Corinthians 1:18, 2 Corinthians 7:4, and 2 Corinthians 8:24. Each passage links Paul’s confidence or public claims to the observable faithfulness of the recipients.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to verify their actions against their spoken claims so that future testimony remains accurate. It demands that public witness be grounded in actual obedience rather than mere assertion.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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 boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
Cross-references
- 2 Corinthians 7:4 Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
- 2 Corinthians 1:18 But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
- 2 Corinthians 8:24 In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.
- 2 Corinthians 9:2 For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:4 That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.
- 2 Corinthians 7:6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
- 2 Corinthians 10:8 For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.