2 Corinthians 1:14 (ASV)

Passage

as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that we are your glorying, even as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 1:12 For our glorifying 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 behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

2 Corinthians 1:13 For we write no other things unto you, than what ye read or even acknowledge, and I hope ye will acknowledge unto the end:

2 Corinthians 1:14 as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that we are your glorying, even as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

2 Corinthians 1:15 And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;

2 Corinthians 1:16 and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "acknowledge", "part", "glorying", "even", "ours", "lord", and "jesus". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "acknowledge" and "part", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "For we write no other things unto..." into verse 15's "And in this confidence I was minded...", so "acknowledge" and "part" belong inside that flow. In 2 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "acknowledge" and "part" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.