because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.
Parallel translations
- WEB even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
- KJV Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
- NKJV even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,
- NASB just as the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed in you,
- NLT This confirms that what I told you about Christ is true.
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Quick answer
Their abundant gifting confirmed the truth of the gospel message Paul had preached among them. God's gifts authenticated the testimony of Christ.
Overview
The 'testimony of Christ' is the apostolic message about Jesus that Paul proclaimed in Corinth. The Spirit's gifts and the transformed lives that followed served as evidence that this message was true and had taken root. Their experience confirmed the gospel, just as it does in every place the word is genuinely received.
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- Rev 1:2who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
- 2 Tim 1:8So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
- 1 Tim 2:6who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
- 1 Cor 2:1–2When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
- 2 Cor 12:12The true marks of an apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.
- Rev 19:10So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
- Rom 15:19by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
- Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
- Acts 23:11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
- Heb 2:3–4how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
- Acts 28:23So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
- 2 Th 1:10on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.
- Acts 22:18and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’
- Acts 20:21testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Acts 18:5And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
- Mark 16:20And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.
- Gal 3:5Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
- Rev 12:17And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
- Rev 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
- 1 Jn 5:11–13And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- Acts 11:21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
- Rev 6:9And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.
- Rev 1:9I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.
- Acts 11:17So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”
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