2 Corinthians 1:14 (LSB)

Passage

just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason for boasting as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 1:12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.

2 Corinthians 1:13 For we write nothing else to you than what you read and understand, and I hope you will understand until the end,

2 Corinthians 1:14 just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason for boasting as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

2 Corinthians 1:15 And in this confidence I intended at first to come to you, so that you might receive grace twice;

2 Corinthians 1:16 that is, to pass your way into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be helped on my journey to Judea.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "just", "partially", "understand", "reason", "boasting", "ours", "lord", and "jesus". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "just" and "partially", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "For we write nothing else to you..." into verse 15's "And in this confidence I intended at...", so "just" and "partially" 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 "just" and "partially" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.