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2 Corinthians 3:4
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Such is the confidence we have through Christ before God.
And such trust haue wee through Christ to Godward:
And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.
Such is the confidence we have toward God through Christ.
We can say this, because through Christ we feel certain before God.
Such is the confidence and steadfast reliance and absolute trust that we have through Christ toward God.
Such confidence we have through Christ toward God.
And such confidence we have through Christ toward God.
Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.
We are sure about all this. Christ makes us sure in the very presence of God.
Such is the confidence we have through the Messiah toward God.
And such confidence have we through the Christ towards God:
We can say this, because through Christ we feel sure before God.
And such trust haue we through Christ to God:
Such is the trust that we have through Christ toward God.
We say this because we have confidence in God through Christ.
Now we possess such confidence through Christ toward God.
And we have such confidence through Christ toward God;
And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward:
And this is the certain faith which we have in God through Christ:
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Such is the confidence that we have in God through Christ.
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We can say these things because of our faith in God through Christ.
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It is by Christ that I have this confidence in God.
We couldn't be more sure of ourselves in this—that you, written by Christ himself for God, are our letter of recommendation. We wouldn't think of writing this kind of letter about ourselves. Only God can write such a letter. His letter authorizes us to help carry out this new plan of action. The plan wasn't written out with ink on paper, with pages and pages of legal footnotes, killing your spirit. It's written with Spirit on spirit, his life on our lives!
We can say this proudly because of our never-ending trust in God through Jesus Christ.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
such: 2 Corinthians 2:14, Philippians 1:6
God-ward: Exodus 18:19, 1 Thessalonians 1:8
Reciprocal: Matthew 13:52 - scribe Romans 15:17 - whereof Philippians 4:13 - can
Cross-References
Then the Lord God asked the woman, "What have you done?" "The serpent deceived me," she replied. "That's why I ate it."
"Those who hear the warnings of this curse should not congratulate themselves, thinking, ‘I am safe, even though I am following the desires of my own stubborn heart.' This would lead to utter ruin!
Now, therefore, this is what the Lord says: You will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.'" So Elijah went to deliver the message.
They replied, "A man came up to us and told us to go back to the king and give him this message. ‘This is what the Lord says: Is there no God in Israel? Why are you sending men to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.'"
And Elijah said to the king, "This is what the Lord says: Why did you send messengers to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Is there no God in Israel to answer your question? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die."
And Elisha replied, "Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.' But actually the Lord has shown me that he will surely die!"
The wicked think, "God isn't watching us! He has closed his eyes and won't even see what we do!"
so that Satan will not outsmart us. For we are familiar with his evil schemes.
But I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent.
And it was not Adam who was deceived by Satan. The woman was deceived, and sin was the result.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And such trust have we,.... This refers to what he had said in the latter end of the foregoing chapter, and the beginning of this; as that they made manifest the savoury knowledge of God and Christ everywhere, and were the sweet savour of Christ to many souls; were sufficient in some measure, through the grace of Christ, to preach the Gospel sincerely and faithfully, and were attended with success, had many seals of their ministry, and particularly the Corinthians were so many living epistles of commendations of the power and efficacy of their ministry; such confidence and firm persuasion of the truth of grace on your souls, and of our being the happy instruments of it, we have
through Christ, the grace of Christ,
to God-ward: who is the object of our confidence and hope, and the ground thereof.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And such trust have we - Such confidence have we that we are appointed by God, and that he accepts our work. Such evidence have we in the success of our labors; such irrefragable proof that God blesses us; that we have trust, or confidence, that we are sent by God, and are owned by him in our ministry. His confidence did not rest on letters of introduction from people, but in the evidence of the divine presence, and the divine acceptance of his work.
Through Christ - By the agency of Christ. Paul had no success which he did not trace to him; he had no joy of which he was not the source; he had no confidence, or trust in God of which Christ was not the author; he had no hope of success in his ministry which did not depend on him.
To God-ward - Toward God; in regard to God (ÏÏοÌÏ ÏοÌν ÎεοÌν pros ton Theon). Our confidence relates to God. It is confidence that he has appointed us, and sent us forth; and confidence that he will still continue to own and to bless us.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Corinthians 3:4. Such trust have we — We have the fullest conviction that God has thus accredited our ministry; and that ye are thus converted unto him, and are monuments of his mercy, and proofs of the truth of our ministry.
