13 For we write [a]none other things unto you, than that ye read or else that ye acknowledge, and I trust ye shall acknowledge unto the [b]end.

14 Even as ye have acknowledged us partly, that we are your [c]rejoicing, even as ye are ours, in the [d]day of our Lord Jesus.

15 And in this confidence was I minded first to come unto you, that ye might have had a [e]double grace,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:13 He saith he writeth barely and simply: for he that writeth in colored sort, is rightly said to write otherwise than we read: and this he saith the Corinthians shall know and like of very well.
  2. 2 Corinthians 1:13 Perfectly.
  3. 2 Corinthians 1:14 Paul’s rejoicing in the Lord was, that he had won the Corinthians: and they themselves rejoiced that such an Apostle was their instructor, and taught them so purely and sincerely.
  4. 2 Corinthians 1:14 When he shall sit as judge.
  5. 2 Corinthians 1:15 Another benefit.

13 For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that, 14 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.(A)

15 Because I was confident of this, I wanted to visit you(B) first so that you might benefit twice.(C)

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