2 Korintus 1:13

1:13 For we do not write you anything other than what ¹  you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely ² 

2 Korintus 4:7

An Eternal Weight of Glory

4:7 But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power ³  belongs to God and does not come from us.

2 Korintus 4:18

4:18 because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

2 Korintus 5:6

5:6 Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth ⁴  we are absent from the Lord –

2 Korintus 5:13

5:13 For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

2 Korintus 5:20

5:20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea ⁵  through us. We plead with you ⁶  on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!”

2 Korintus 7:15

7:15 And his affection for you is much greater ⁷  when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

2 Korintus 9:3

9:3 But I am sending ⁸  these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready ⁹  just as I kept telling them.

2 Korintus 10:1

Paul’s Authority from the Lord

10:1 Now I, Paul, appeal to you ¹⁰  personally ¹¹  by the meekness and gentleness ¹²  of Christ (I who am meek ¹³  when present among ¹⁴  you, but am full of courage ¹⁵  toward you when away!) –

2 Korintus 13:11

Final Exhortations and Greetings

13:11 Finally, brothers and sisters, ¹⁶  rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

[1:13]  ¹ tn Grk “than the things.”

[1:13]  ² tn Grk “to the end,” a Greek idiom for “fully,” “totally,” “completely.”

[4:7]  ³ tn Grk “the surpassingness of the power”; δυνάμεως (dunamew") has been translated as an attributed genitive (“extraordinary power”).

[5:6]  ⁴ tn Grk “we know that being at home in the body”; an idiom for being alive (L&N 23.91).

[5:20]  ⁵ tn Or “as though God were begging.”

[5:20]  ⁶ tn Or “we beg you.”

[7:15]  ⁷ tn Or “is all the more.”

[9:3]  ⁸ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

[9:3]  ⁹ tn That is, ready with the collection for the saints.

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

[10:1]  ¹¹ 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]  ¹² 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]  ¹³ tn Or “who lack confidence.”

[10:1]  ¹⁴ tn Or “when face to face with.”

[10:1]  ¹⁵ tn Or “but bold.”

[13:11]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:8.