2 Korintus 1:24

1:24 I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm. ¹ 

2 Korintus 6:5

6:5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, ²  in troubles, ³  in sleepless nights, in hunger,

2 Korintus 7:6

7:6 But God, who encourages ⁴  the downhearted, encouraged ⁵  us by the arrival of Titus.

2 Korintus 8:21

8:21 For we are concerned about what is right not only before the Lord but also before men. ⁶ 

2 Korintus 9:9

9:9 Just as it is written, “He ⁷  has scattered widely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever.” ⁸ 

2 Korintus 11:29

11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, ⁹  and I do not burn with indignation?

2 Korintus 11:32

11:32 In Damascus, the governor ¹⁰  under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus ¹¹  in order to arrest ¹²  me,

[1:24]  ¹ tn Or “because you stand firm in the faith.”

[6:5]  ² tn Or “rebellions” (uprisings in open defiance of civil authority).

[6:5]  ³ tn Usually κόποις (kopois) has been translated as “labors” or “hard work,” but see Matt 26:10 where it means “trouble”; “distress” (L&N 22.7). In this context with so many other terms denoting suffering and difficulty, such a meaning is preferable.

[7:6]  ⁴ tn Or “comforts,” “consoles.”

[7:6]  ⁵ tn Or “comforted,” “consoled.”

[8:21]  ⁶ sn An allusion to Prov 3:4.

[9:9]  ⁷ sn He in the quotation refers to the righteous person.

[9:9]  ⁸ sn A quotation from Ps 112:9.

[11:29]  ⁹ tn Or “who is caused to stumble.”

[11:32]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “ethnarch.”

[11:32]  sn The governor was an official called an ethnarch who was appointed to rule over a particular area or constituency on behalf of a king.

[11:32]  ¹¹ tn Grk “the city of the Damascenes.”

[11:32]  ¹² tn Or “to seize,” “to catch.”