2 Corinthians 7:14

For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.

Before Titus had gone to Corinth to assist the Corinthians in their reception and obedience with reference to 1Corinthians, Paul had spoken glowingly to Titus, "glorying on behalf" of the Corinthians. All of the complimentary things he had said of them had turned out to be true. That Paul could have gloried on their behalf even before he learned of the correction of their immoralities shows that his glowing compliments, however deserved by some, were not deserved by all of them. This is further reason for understanding Titus' comforting report as applicable to many, but not to all.

I was not put to shame ... has the meaning of Paul's complimentary remarks to Titus about them had proved to be fully justified. Who then is capable of believing that there ever occurred some mysterious fiasco in which "the ring-leader insulted the apostle Paul personally"? More FEMBU!