13 Now we are writing nothing to you other than what you can read and also understand. I hope you will understand completely— 14 as you have partially understood us—that we are your reason for pride,(A) as you are ours,(B) in the day of our[a] Lord Jesus.(C)

A Visit Postponed

15 I planned with this confidence to come to you first,(D) so you could have a double benefit,[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:14 Other mss omit our
  2. 2 Corinthians 1:15 Other mss read a second joy

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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