2 Corinthians 1:12 (YLT)

Passage

For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 1:10 who out of so great a death did deliver us, and doth deliver, in whom we have hoped that even yet He will deliver;

2 Corinthians 1:11 ye working together also for us by your supplication, that the gift through many persons to us, through many may be thankfully acknowledged for us.

2 Corinthians 1:12 For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;

2 Corinthians 1:13 for no other things do we write to you, but what ye either do read or also acknowledge, and I hope that also unto the end ye shall acknowledge,

2 Corinthians 1:14 according as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that your glory we are, even as also ye <FI>are<Fi> ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "grace", "glorying", "testimony", "conscience", "simplicity", "sincerity", and "fleshly". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "world" and "grace", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "ye working together also for us by..." into verse 13's "for no other things do we write...", so "world" and "grace" 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 "world" and "grace" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.