2 Korintus 1:7

1:7 And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in ¹  our sufferings, so also you will share in ²  our comfort.

2 Korintus 1:13-14

1:13 For we do not write you anything other than what ³  you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely ⁴  1:14 just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours ⁵  in the day of the Lord Jesus. ⁶ 

2 Korintus 7:14

7:14 For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, ⁷  but just as everything we said to you was true, ⁸  so our boasting to Titus about you ⁹  has proved true as well.

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 11:2

11:2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, ¹⁶  to present you as a pure ¹⁷  virgin to Christ.

2 Korintus 13:3

13:3 since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He ¹⁸  is not weak toward you but is powerful among you.

[1:7]  ¹ tn Grk “as you are sharers in.”

[1:7]  ² tn Grk “will be sharers in.”

[1:13]  ³ tn Grk “than the things.”

[1:13]  ⁴ tn Grk “to the end,” a Greek idiom for “fully,” “totally,” “completely.”

[1:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “that we are your boast even as you are our boast.”

[1:14]  ⁶ tc ‡ On the wording “the Lord Jesus” (τοῦ κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ, tou kuriou Ihsou) there is some variation in the extant witnesses: ἡμῶν (Jhmwn, “our”) is found after κυρίου in several significant witnesses (א B F G P 0121 0243 6 33 81 1739 1881 2464 al lat co); the pronoun is lacking from Ì^46vid A C D Ψ Ï. Although in Paul “our Lord Jesus Christ” is a common expression, “our Lord Jesus” is relatively infrequent (cf., e.g., Rom 16:20; 2 Cor 1:14; 1 Thess 2:19; 3:11, 13; 2 Thess 1:8, 12). “The Lord Jesus” occurs about as often as “our Lord Jesus” (cf. 1 Cor 11:23; 16:23; 2 Cor 4:14; 11:31; Eph 1:15; 1 Thess 4:2; 2 Thess 1:7; Phlm 5). Thus, on balance, since scribes would tend to expand on the text, it is probably best to consider the shorter reading as authentic. NA²⁷ places the pronoun in brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.

[7:14]  ⁷ tn Grk “I have not been put to shame”; the words “by you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[7:14]  ⁸ tn Grk “just as we spoke everything to you in truth.”

[7:14]  ⁹ tn The words “about you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[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.”

[11:2]  ¹⁶ tn That is, to Christ.

[11:2]  ¹⁷ tn Or “chaste.”

[13:3]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.