2 Korintus 1:4

1:4 who comforts us in all our troubles ¹  so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble ²  with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

2 Korintus 1:9

1:9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, ³  so that we would not trust in ourselves ⁴  but in God who raises the dead.

2 Korintus 1:19

1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us – by me and Silvanus ⁵  and Timothy – was not “Yes” and “No,” but it has always been “Yes” in him.

2 Korintus 3:3

3:3 revealing ⁶  that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, ⁷  written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets ⁸  but on tablets of human hearts.

2 Korintus 5:19

5:19 In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us ⁹  the message of reconciliation.

2 Korintus 7:11-12

7:11 For see what this very thing, this sadness ¹⁰  as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, ¹¹  what indignation, ¹²  what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, ¹³  what punishment! ¹⁴  In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter. 7:12 So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf ¹⁵  before God.

2 Korintus 9:13

9:13 Through the evidence ¹⁶  of this service ¹⁷  they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing ¹⁸  with them and with everyone.

2 Korintus 12:2

12:2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago (whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows) was caught up to the third heaven.

2 Korintus 12:21

12:21 I am afraid that ¹⁹  when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for ²⁰  many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.

2 Korintus 13:7

13:7 Now we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong, not so that we may appear to have passed the test, ²¹  but so that you may do what is right ²²  even if we may appear to have failed the test. ²³ 

[1:4]  ¹ tn Or “our trials”; traditionally, “our affliction.” The term θλῖψις (qliyi") refers to trouble (including persecution) that involves direct suffering (L&N 22.2).

[1:4]  ² tn Or “any trials”; traditionally, “any affliction.”

[1:9]  ³ tn Grk “we ourselves had the sentence of death within ourselves.” Here ἀπόκριμα (apokrima) is being used figuratively; no actual official verdict had been given, but in light of all the difficulties that Paul and his colleagues had suffered, it seemed to them as though such an official verdict had been rendered against them (L&N 56.26).

[1:9]  ⁴ tn Or “might not put confidence in ourselves.”

[1:19]  ⁵ sn Silvanus is usually considered to be the same person as Silas (L&N 93.340).

[3:3]  ⁶ tn Or “making plain.”

[3:3]  ⁷ tn Grk “cared for by us,” an expression that could refer either to the writing or the delivery of the letter (BDAG 229 s.v. διακονέω 1). Since the following phrase refers to the writing of the letter, and since the previous verse speaks of this “letter” being “written on our [Paul’s and his companions’] hearts” it is more probable that the phrase “cared for by us” refers to the delivery of the letter (in the person of Paul and his companions).

[3:3]  ⁸ sn An allusion to Exod 24:12; 31:18; 34:1; Deut 9:10-11.

[5:19]  ⁹ tn Or “he has entrusted to us.”

[7:11]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “this very thing, to be grieved.”

[7:11]  ¹¹ tn The words “of yourselves” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[7:11]  ¹² sn What indignation refers to the Corinthians’ indignation at the offender.

[7:11]  ¹³ tn Or “what zeal.”

[7:11]  ¹⁴ sn That is, punishment for the offender.

[7:12]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “but in order that your eagerness on our behalf might be revealed to you.”

[9:13]  ¹⁶ tn Or “proof,” or perhaps “testing” (NRSV).

[9:13]  ¹⁷ tn Or “ministry.”

[9:13]  ¹⁸ tn Or “your partnership”; Grk “your fellowship.”

[12:21]  ¹⁹ tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text from v. 20, but are needed for clarity.

[12:21]  ²⁰ tn Or “I will mourn over.”

[13:7]  ²¹ tn Or “that we may appear to be approved.”

[13:7]  ²² tn Or “what is good.”

[13:7]  ²³ tn Or “even if we appear disapproved.”