“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 in you. I am greatly encouraged; in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds — Paul's parrēsia (confidence) and kauchēsis (boasting) about Corinth have returned. Despite trials (thlipseis), his joy (chara) is unbounded (hyperperisseuō). Confidence in their transformation sustains him.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 7:4
Again he raises the discourse about love, mitigating the harshness of his rebuke. For since he had convicted and reproached them as being beloved indeed, yet not loving in an equal degree, but breaking away from his love and mixing up with other pestilent fellows; again he softens the vehemence of his rebuke, saying, “Make room for us,” that is, “love us;” and prays to receive a favor involving no burden, and advantaging them that confer above them that receive it. And he…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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