2 Korintus 3:13

3:13 and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites ¹  from staring ²  at the result ³  of the glory that was made ineffective. ⁴ 

2 Korintus 6:18

6:18 and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” ⁵  says the All-Powerful Lord. ⁶ 

2 Korintus 7:4

A Letter That Caused Sadness

7:4 I have great confidence in you; I take great pride ⁷  on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; ⁸  I am overflowing with joy in the midst of ⁹  all our suffering.

2 Korintus 9:7

9:7 Each one of you should give ¹⁰  just as he has decided in his heart, ¹¹  not reluctantly ¹²  or under compulsion, ¹³  because God loves a cheerful giver.

2 Korintus 10:1

Paul’s Authority from the Lord

10:1 Now I, Paul, appeal to you ¹⁴  personally ¹⁵  by the meekness and gentleness ¹⁶  of Christ (I who am meek ¹⁷  when present among ¹⁸  you, but am full of courage ¹⁹  toward you when away!) –

[3:13]  ¹ tn Grk “the sons of Israel.”

[3:13]  ² tn Or “from gazing intently.”

[3:13]  ³ tn Or “end.” The word τέλος (telos) can mean both “a point of time marking the end of a duration, end, termination, cessation” and “the goal toward which a movement is being directed, end, goal, outcome” (see BDAG 998-999 s.v.). The translation accepts the interpretation that Moses covered the glory of his face with the veil to prevent Israel from being judged by the glory of God (see S. J. Hafemann, Paul, Moses, and the History of Israel [WUNT 81], 347-62); in this case the latter meaning for τέλος is more appropriate.

[3:13]  ⁴ tn Or “was fading away”; Grk “on the result of what was made ineffective.” The referent (glory) has been specified in the translation for clarity. See note on “which was made ineffective” in v. 7.

[6:18]  ⁵ sn A paraphrased quotation from 2 Sam 7:14 and Isa 43:6.

[6:18]  ⁶ tn Traditionally, “the Lord Almighty.” BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…κύριος π. (oft. LXX) 2 Cor 6:18.”

[7:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “great is my boasting.”

[7:4]  ⁸ tn Or “comfort.”

[7:4]  ⁹ tn Grk “I am overflowing with joy in all our suffering”; the words “in the midst of” are not in the Greek text but are supplied to clarify that Paul is not rejoicing in the suffering itself, but in his relationship with the Corinthians in the midst of all his suffering.

[9:7]  ¹⁰ tn Or “must do.” The words “of you” and “should give” are not in the Greek text, which literally reads, “Each one just as he has decided in his heart.” The missing words are an ellipsis; these or similar phrases must be supplied for the English reader.

[9:7]  ¹¹ tn Or “in his mind.”

[9:7]  ¹² tn Or “not from regret”; Grk “not out of grief.”

[9:7]  ¹³ tn Or “not out of a sense of duty”; Grk “from necessity.”

[10:1]  ¹⁴ tn The Greek pronoun (“you”) is plural.

[10:1]  ¹⁵ tn The word “personally” is supplied to reflect the force of the Greek intensive pronoun αὐτός (autos) at the beginning of the verse.

[10:1]  ¹⁶ tn Or “leniency and clemency.” D. Walker, “Paul’s Offer of Leniency of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:1): Populist Ideology and Rhetoric in a Pauline Letter Fragment (2 Cor 10:1-13:10)” (Ph.D. diss., University of Chicago, 1998), argues for this alternative translation for three main reasons: (1) When the two Greek nouns πραΰτης and ἐπιείκεια (prauth" and ejpieikeia) are used together, 90% of the time the nuance is “leniency and clemency.” (2) “Leniency and clemency” has a military connotation, which is precisely what appears in the following verses. (3) 2 Cor 10-13 speaks of Paul’s sparing use of his authority, which points to the nuance of “leniency and clemency.”

[10:1]  ¹⁷ tn Or “who lack confidence.”

[10:1]  ¹⁸ tn Or “when face to face with.”

[10:1]  ¹⁹ tn Or “but bold.”