Study it in the app“For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.”
Forγὰρour boastingἩ καύχησις ἡμῶνisἐστίνthis:αὕτηthe testimonyτὸ μαρτύριονof our conscience,τῆς συνειδήσεως ἡμῶνthatὅτιinἐνholinessἁγιότητιandκαὶsincerityεἰλικρινείᾳof God,τοῦ θεοῦnotοὐκinἐνfleshlyσαρκικῇwisdomσοφίᾳbutἀλλ’inἐνthe graceχάριτιof God,θεοῦwe have conducted ourselvesἀνεστράφημενinἐνthe world,τῷ κόσμῳandδὲespeciallyπερισσοτέρωςtowardπρὸςyou.ὑμᾶς
boasting
Boasting; a reason for pride or for glorying.
Where else “kauchēsis” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearstestimony, evidence
Testimony, evidence.
Where else “martyrion” appearsconscience
Conscience: the inner sense that judges whether what one does is right or wrong.
Where else “syneidēseōs” appearsholiness
Holiness: purity, what is holy.
Where else “hagiotēti” appearssincerity
Sincerity: purity of intention, without mixture.
Where else “eilikrineiai” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearswisdom
Wisdom.
Where else “sophiai” appearsgrace
A kindness God gives that no one earns, above all salvation.
Where else “chariti” appearslive
To go through life in a certain way.
Where else “anestraphēmen” appearscreation
Everything God made.
Where else “kosmōi” appearsmuch more, especially
Much more, all the more, to a greater degree.
Where else “perissoterōs” appearsMany manuscripts read “simplicity” instead of “holiness.”
11while you also help together for us by your prayer, so that thanks may be given on our behalf by many people for the gift granted to us through many.
12 · This verse (above)
13For we are not writing to you anything else than what you read or even understand; and I hope that you will understand until the end,
