even if you don’t understand us now. Then on the day when the Lord Jesus returns, you will be proud of us in the same way we are proud of you.

正如你们已经有几分认识我们，以我们夸口，好像我们在我们主耶稣的日子以你们夸口一样。

你们已经有几分认识我们，在我们主耶稣的日子，你们会以我们为荣，正像我们也以你们为荣。

你们已经有几分认识我们，在我们主耶稣的日子，你们会以我们为荣，正像我们也以你们为荣。

正如你们对我们已经有些认识，我盼望你们可以彻底明白：在我们的主耶稣的日子，我们是你们的光荣，你们也是我们的光荣。

就像你们对我们已经有一些了解那样，因为在我们主耶稣的日子，我们是你们的夸耀，正如你们是我们的夸耀。

正如你們已經有幾分認識我們，以我們誇口，好像我們在我們主耶穌的日子以你們誇口一樣。

你們已經有幾分認識我們，在我們主耶穌的日子，你們會以我們為榮，正像我們也以你們為榮。

你們已經有幾分認識我們，在我們主耶穌的日子，你們會以我們為榮，正像我們也以你們為榮。

正如你們對我們已經有些認識，我盼望你們可以徹底明白：在我們的主耶穌的日子，我們是你們的光榮，你們也是我們的光榮。

你們對我們雖只有幾分的明白，我還盼望你們會徹底明白，明白在我們主耶穌的日子、我們是你們所誇耀的，正如你們是我們所誇耀的一樣。

就像你們對我們已經有一些了解那樣，因為在我們主耶穌的日子，我們是你們的誇耀，正如你們是我們的誇耀。

如爾中固有識我者、以我為榮、猶我於我主耶穌基督臨日、以爾為榮焉、○

爾數人受我道、以我為喜、如我以爾為喜、迨主耶穌臨日、

爾等於吾儕已略有所體會、然猶望能洞澈無疑、而知於吾主耶穌之日、吾儕將為爾等之榮、亦如爾等將為吾儕之榮也。

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.

Up to this point you have understood some of the things we have said. But now here is what I hope for when the Lord Jesus returns. I hope that your pride in us will be the same as our pride in you. When this happens, you will understand us completely.

just as you did partially understand us— that on the day of our Lord Jesus you will boast of us as we will boast of you.

just as you have partially understood us— that we are your reason for pride, just as you also are ours in the day of our Lord Jesus.

just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, on the day of our Lord Jesus.

( 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.

as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that we are your glorying, even as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

as you have partially understood us— that we are your reason for pride, as you are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

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.

just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

He will keep you strong to the end so that you will be free from all blame on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns.

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stay true to the Lord. I love you and long to see you, dear friends, for you are my joy and the crown I receive for my work.

I am not overstating it when I say that the man who caused all the trouble hurt all of you more than he hurt me.

Are we commending ourselves to you again? No, we are giving you a reason to be proud of us, so you can answer those who brag about having a spectacular ministry rather than having a sincere heart.

After all, what gives us hope and joy, and what will be our proud reward and crown as we stand before our Lord Jesus when he returns? It is you!Yes, you are our pride and joy.

Hold firmly to the word of life; then, on the day of Christ’s return, I will be proud that I did not run the race in vain and that my work was not useless.

For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.

May he, as a result, make your hearts strong, blameless, and holy as you stand before God our Father when our Lord Jesus comes again with all his holy people. Amen.

Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.

First, I hear that there are divisions among you when you meet as a church, and to some extent I believe it.

For I swear, dear brothers and sisters, that I face death daily. This is as certain as my pride in what Christ Jesus our Lord has done in you.

And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

For I know how eager you are to help, and I have been boasting to the churches in Macedonia that you in Greece were ready to send an offering a year ago. In fact, it was your enthusiasm that stirred up many of the Macedonian believers to begin giving.

I want you to understand this mystery, dear brothers and sisters, so that you will not feel proud about yourselves. Some of the people of Israel have hard hearts, but this will last only until the full number of Gentiles comes to Christ.

And when I come to you again, you will have even more reason to take pride in Christ Jesus because of what he is doing through me.

So don’t boast about following a particular human leader. For everything belongs to you—whether Paul or Apollos or Peter, or the world, or life and death, or the present and the future. Everything belongs to you,and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.