2 Korintus 1:6

1:6 But if we are afflicted, ¹  it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.

2 Korintus 2:12

2:12 Now when I arrived in Troas ²  to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened ³  a door of opportunity ⁴  for me,

2 Korintus 3:14

3:14 But their minds were closed. ⁵  For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. ⁶  It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away. ⁷ 

2 Korintus 5:4

5:4 For we groan while we are in this tent, ⁸  since we are weighed down, ⁹  because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

2 Korintus 6:10

6:10 as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

2 Korintus 9:4

9:4 For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated ¹⁰  (not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you. ¹¹ 

2 Korintus 10:2

10:2 now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving ¹²  according to human standards. ¹³ 

2 Korintus 10:12-13

Paul’s Mission

10:12 For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding. ¹⁴  10:13 But we will not boast beyond certain limits, ¹⁵  but will confine our boasting ¹⁶  according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, ¹⁷  that reaches even as far as you.

2 Korintus 13:5

13:5 Put yourselves to the test to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you – unless, indeed, you fail the test! ¹⁸ 

[1:6]  ¹ tn Or “are troubled.”

[2:12]  ² sn Troas was a city and region in the northwest corner of Asia Minor.

[2:12]  ³ tn This has been translated as a concessive participle (“even though”). The passive construction (“a door of opportunity had been opened for me by the Lord”) has been converted to an active one in the translation for clarity.

[2:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “a door”; the phrase ἀνοίγω θύραν (anoigw quran, “to open a door”) is an idiom meaning “to make possible some opportunity” (L&N 71.9).

[3:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “their minds were hardened.”

[3:14]  ⁶ tn Grk “the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant”; the phrase “they hear” has been introduced (“when they hear the old covenant read”) to make the link with the “Israelites” (v. 13) whose minds were closed (v. 14a) more obvious to the reader.

[3:14]  ⁷ tn Or “only in Christ is it eliminated.”

[5:4]  ⁸ sn See the note in 5:1 on the phrase the tent we live in.

[5:4]  ⁹ tn Or “we are burdened.”

[9:4]  ¹⁰ tn Or “be disgraced”; Grk “be put to shame.”

[9:4]  ¹¹ tn Grk “by this confidence”; the words “we had in you” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied as a necessary clarification for the English reader.

[10:2]  ¹² tn Grk “consider us as walking.”

[10:2]  ¹³ tn Grk “according to the flesh.”

[10:12]  ¹⁴ tn Or “they are unintelligent.”

[10:13]  ¹⁵ tn Or “boast excessively.” The phrase εἰς τὰ ἄμετρα (ei" ta ametra) is an idiom; literally it means “into that which is not measured,” that is, a point on a scale that goes beyond what might be expected (L&N 78.27).

[10:13]  ¹⁶ tn The words “will confine our boasting” are not in the Greek text, but the reference to boasting must be repeated from the previous clause to clarify for the modern reader what is being limited.

[10:13]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “according to the measure of the rule which God has apportioned to us as a measure”; for the translation used in the text see L&N 37.100.

[13:5]  ¹⁸ tn Or “unless indeed you are disqualified.”