For we write no other things to you, than what you read or even acknowledge, and I hope you will acknowledge to the end;
Parallel translations
- KJV For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
- BSB For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,
- NKJV For we are not writing any other things to you than what you read or understand. Now I trust you will understand, even to the end
- NASB For we write nothing else to you than what you read and understand, and I hope you will understand until the end;
- NLT Our letters have been straightforward, and there is nothing written between the lines and nothing you can’t understand. I hope someday you will fully understand us,
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Cross-references · 4
- 2 Cor 4:2But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
- Phlm 1:6that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Cor 13:6But I hope that you will know that we aren’t disqualified.
- 2 Cor 5:11Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.
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