I have spoken to you very honestly. I am very proud of you. I am very happy. Even with all our troubles, my joy has no limit.

我大大地放胆，向你们说话；我因你们多多夸口，满得安慰；我们在一切患难中分外的快乐。

我对你们很是放心，多多夸耀你们；我满有安慰，在我们一切患难中格外喜乐。

我对你们很是放心，多多夸耀你们；我满有安慰，在我们一切患难中格外喜乐。

我非常信任你们，以你们为荣。我因你们大受激励，在我们所受的一切患难中，我仍然充满喜乐。

我对你们大有信心，因你们而感到十分光荣；我心里满有安慰，在我们的一切患难中，格外充满喜乐。

我对你们大有确信，为你们大大夸耀；我充满了安慰，在我们一切的患难中，喜乐格外增多。

我大大地放膽，向你們說話；我因你們多多誇口，滿得安慰；我們在一切患難中分外地快樂。

我對你們很是放心，多多誇耀你們；我滿有安慰，在我們一切患難中格外喜樂。

我對你們很是放心，多多誇耀你們；我滿有安慰，在我們一切患難中格外喜樂。

我非常信任你們，以你們為榮。我因你們大受激勵，在我們所受的一切患難中，我仍然充滿喜樂。

我對你們大有信心，因你們而感到十分光榮；我心裡滿有安慰，在我們的一切患難中，格外充滿喜樂。

我對你們很是放心；我很誇獎你們；在我們一切的困難中、我滿得安慰，我格外有滿溢的喜樂。

我對你們大有確信，為你們大大誇耀；我充滿了安慰，在我們一切的患難中，喜樂格外增多。

我向爾侃侃而言、為爾大有矜誇、且於諸難中慰為之滿、喜為之溢、○

我侃侃與爾言、我甚讚爾、我患難中、無任安慰、無任喜樂、

我毅然與爾言、我為爾多有可誇、我於諸患難中、充於安慰、滿於喜樂、

吾對爾等、知無不言、言無不盡。蓋吾於爾等實堪自矜、因而吾儕神慰充沛、雖在患難、心中自有至樂。

I have spoken to you with great frankness; I take great pride in you. I am greatly encouraged; in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds.

I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.

I have the highest confidence in you, and I take great pride in you. You have greatly encouraged me and made me happy despite all our troubles.

I am very frank with you; I have great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions.

My confidence in you is great; my boasting in your behalf is great. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction.

Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.

Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overcome with joy in all our afflictions.

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.

I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.

Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

He comforts us in all our troubles. Now we can comfort others when they are in trouble. We ourselves receive comfort from God.

Since we have that kind of hope, we are very bold.

I am happy because of what I am suffering for you. My suffering joins with and continues the sufferings of Christ. I suffer for his body, which is the church.

But my life might even be poured out like a drink offering on your sacrifices. I’m talking about the way you serve because you believe. Even so, I am glad. I am joyful with all of you.

What is our hope? What is our joy? When our Lord Jesus returns, what is the crown we will delight in? Isn’t it you?

I completely expect and hope that I won’t be ashamed in any way. I’m sure I will be brave enough. Now as always Christ will receive glory because of what happens to me. He will receive glory whether I live or die.

Christ is humble and free of pride. Because of this, I make my appeal to you. I, Paul, am the one you call“ shy” when I am face to face with you. But when I am away from you, you think I am“ bold” toward you.I am coming to see you. Please don’t make me be as bold as I expect to be toward some people. They think that I live the way the people of this world live.

So show them that you really love them. Show them why we are proud of you. Then the churches can see it.

My brothers and sisters, you will face all kinds of trouble. When you do, think of it as pure joy.

Give thanks to God! He always leads us as if we were prisoners in Christ’s victory parade. Through us, God spreads the knowledge of Christ everywhere like perfume.

I know how much you want to help. I have been bragging about it to the people in Macedonia. I have been telling them that since last year you who live in Achaia were ready to give. You are so excited that it has stirred up most of them to take action.But I am sending the brothers. Then our bragging about you in this matter will have a good reason. You will be ready, just as I said you would be.Suppose people from Macedonia come with me and find out that you are not prepared. Then we, as well as you, would be ashamed of being so certain.

We are sad, but we are always full of joy. We are poor, but we make many people rich. We have nothing, but we own everything.Believers at Corinth, we have spoken freely to you. We have opened our hearts wide to you.

Brothers and sisters, in all our trouble and suffering your faith encouraged us.Now we really live, because you are standing firm in the Lord.How can we thank God enough for you? We thank God because of all the joy we have in his presence. We have this joy because of you.

Pray also for me. Pray that whenever I speak, the right words will be given to me. Then I can be bold as I tell the mystery of the good news.Because of the good news, I am being held by chains as the Lord’s messenger. So pray that I will be bold as I preach the good news. That’s what I should do.

You know what happened earlier in the city of Philippi. We suffered, and people treated us very badly there. But God gave us the boldness to tell you his good news. We preached to you even when people strongly opposed us.

And that’s not all. We are full of joy even when we suffer. We know that our suffering gives us the strength to go on.

I’m ashamed to have to say that I was too weak for that! Whatever anyone else dares to brag about, I also dare to brag about. I’m speaking like a fool!

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.

But God comforts those who are sad. He comforted us when Titus came.We were comforted not only when he came but also by the comfort you had given him. He told us how much you longed for me. He told us about your deep sadness and concern for me. That made my joy greater than ever.

The apostles were full of joy as they left the Sanhedrin. They considered it an honor to suffer shame for the name of Jesus.

I always thank my God for you. I thank him because of the grace he has given to you who belong to Christ Jesus.