Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.
Parallel translations
- WEB Such confidence we have through Christ toward God;
- KJV And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
- NKJV And we have such trust through Christ toward God.
- NASB Such is the confidence we have toward God through Christ.
- NLT We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ.
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Quick answer
Paul's confidence in his ministry comes through Christ and is directed toward God. His assurance rests on God, not on himself.
Overview
Paul affirms that his boldness is not self-generated but flows 'through Christ toward God.' Any confidence he has is grounded in his relationship with God through Christ. This humility guards against self-reliance and leads directly into his insistence that sufficiency for ministry comes from God alone.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Phil 1:6being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- Eph 3:12In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
- 2 Cor 2:14But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
- Exod 18:19Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.
- 1 Th 1:8For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.
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In Christ all God's promises are 'Yes and Amen'; though rich, he became poor to make us rich, and in him God reconciles the world, making us new creations.
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