2 Corinthians 3:4

International Standard Version

Such is the confidence that we have in God through Christ.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Such is the confidence we have through Christ before God.

King James Version (1611)
And such trust haue wee through Christ to Godward:

King James Version
And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:

English Standard Version
Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.

New American Standard Bible
Such is the confidence we have toward God through Christ.

New Century Version
We can say this, because through Christ we feel certain before God.

Amplified Bible
Such is the confidence and steadfast reliance and absolute trust that we have through Christ toward God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Such confidence we have through Christ toward God.

Legacy Standard Bible
And such confidence we have through Christ toward God.

Berean Standard Bible
Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.

Contemporary English Version
We are sure about all this. Christ makes us sure in the very presence of God.

Complete Jewish Bible
Such is the confidence we have through the Messiah toward God.

Darby Translation
And such confidence have we through the Christ towards God:

Easy-to-Read Version
We can say this, because through Christ we feel sure before God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And such trust haue we through Christ to God:

George Lamsa Translation
Such is the trust that we have through Christ toward God.

Good News Translation
We say this because we have confidence in God through Christ.

Lexham English Bible
Now we possess such confidence through Christ toward God.

Literal Translation
And we have such confidence through Christ toward God;

American Standard Version
And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward:

Bible in Basic English
And this is the certain faith which we have in God through Christ:

Hebrew Names Version
Such confidence we have through Messiah toward God;

Etheridge Translation
BUT such confidence we have through the Meshiha toward Aloha.

Murdock Translation
And such confidence have we in the Messiah towards God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Such trust haue we through Christe to Godwarde.

English Revised Version
And such confidence have we through Christ to God–ward:

World English Bible
Such confidence we have through Christ toward God;

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Such trust have we in God through Christ.

Weymouth's New Testament
Such is the confidence which we have through Christ in the presence of God;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For we han such trist bi Crist to God;

Update Bible Version
And such confidence we have through Christ toward God:

Webster's Bible Translation
And such trust we have through Christ toward God.

New English Translation
Now we have such confidence in God through Christ.

New King James Version
And we have such trust through Christ toward God.

New Living Translation
We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ.

New Life Bible
We can say these things because of our faith in God through Christ.

New Revised Standard
Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, such confidence as this, have we, through the Christ, towards God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And such confidence we have, through Christ, towards God.

Revised Standard Version
Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Suche trust have we thorow Christ to god ward

Young's Literal Translation
and such trust we have through the Christ toward God,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Soch trust haue we thorow Christ to God warde,

Mace New Testament (1729)
It is by Christ that I have this confidence in God.

THE MESSAGE
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!

Simplified Cowboy Version
We can say this proudly because of our never-ending trust in God through Jesus Christ.

Contextual Overview

¹ Are we beginning to recommend ourselves again? Unlike some people, we do not need letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we?Acts 18:27; 2 Corinthians 5:12; 12:11;">[xr] ² You are our letter, written in our hearts and known and read by everyone.1 Corinthians 9:2;">[xr] ³ You are demonstrating that you are Christ's letter, produced by our service, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.Exodus 24:12; 34:1; Psalm 40:8; Jeremiah 31:33; Ezekiel 11:19; 36:26; 1 Corinthians 3:5; Hebrews 8:10;">[xr] ⁴ Such is the confidence that we have in God through Christ. ⁵ By ourselves we are not qualified to claim that anything comes from us. Rather, our credentials come from God,John 15:5; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 2 Corinthians 2:16; Philippians 2:13;">[xr]

Bible Verse Review
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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

2 Corinthians 2:11
so that we may not be outsmarted by Satan. After all, we are not unaware of his intentions.

2 Corinthians 11:3
However, I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by its tricks, so your minds may somehow be lured away from sincere and pureand pure">[fn] devotion to Christ.Genesis 3:4; John 8:44; Ephesians 6:24; Colossians 2:4,8, 18; 1 Timothy 1:3; 4:1; Hebrews 13:9; 2 Peter 3:17;">[xr]

1 Timothy 2:14
And it was not Adam who was deceived. It was the woman who was deceived and became a lawbreaker.Genesis 3:6; 2 Corinthians 11:3;">[xr]

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 (πρὸς τὸν Θεόν 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.