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 1:24

1:24 I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm. ³ 

2 Korintus 2:2

2:2 For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad ⁴  but the one I caused to be sad?

2 Korintus 3:1

A Living Letter

3:1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? We don’t need letters of recommendation to you or from you as some other people do, do we? ⁵ 

2 Korintus 4:4

4:4 among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe ⁶  so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel ⁷  of Christ, ⁸  who is the image of God.

2 Korintus 4:15

4:15 For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including ⁹  more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase ¹⁰  to the glory of God.

2 Korintus 5:9

5:9 So then whether we are alive ¹¹  or away, we make it our ambition to please him. ¹² 

2 Korintus 6:4

6:4 But as God’s servants, ¹³  we have commended ourselves in every way, ¹⁴  with great endurance, in persecutions, ¹⁵  in difficulties, in distresses,

2 Korintus 6:14

Unequal Partners

6:14 Do not become partners ¹⁶  with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

2 Korintus 7:13

7:13 Therefore we have been encouraged. And in addition to our own encouragement, we rejoiced even more at the joy of Titus, because all of you have refreshed his spirit. ¹⁷ 

2 Korintus 7:15

7:15 And his affection for you is much greater ¹⁸  when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

2 Korintus 8:12

8:12 For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself ¹⁹  is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

2 Korintus 10:5

10:5 and every arrogant obstacle ²⁰  that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey ²¹  Christ.

2 Korintus 11:12

11:12 And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals ²²  in the things they boast about.

2 Korintus 11:15

11:15 Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves ²³  as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions. ²⁴ 

2 Korintus 11:29

11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, ²⁵  and I do not burn with indignation?

2 Korintus 12:16

12:16 But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!

2 Korintus 13:1

Paul’s Third Visit to Corinth

13:1 This is the third time I am coming to visit ²⁶  you. By the testimony ²⁷  of two or three witnesses every matter will be established. ²⁸ 

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

[1:7]  ² tn Grk “will be sharers in.”

[1:24]  ³ tn Or “because you stand firm in the faith.”

[2:2]  ⁴ tn Or “to cheer me up.” L&N 25.131 translates this “For if I were to make you sad, who would be left to cheer me up?”

[3:1]  ⁵ tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative reply (“No, we do not”) which is indicated in the translation by the ‘tag’ at the end, “do we?”

[4:4]  ⁶ tn Or “of unbelievers.”

[4:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “the gospel of the glory”; δόξης (doxhs) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

[4:4]  ⁸ tn Or “so that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ would not be evident to them” (L&N 28.37).

[4:15]  ⁹ tn Or “that is abounding to.”

[4:15]  ¹⁰ tn Or “to abound.”

[5:9]  ¹¹ tn Grk “whether we are at home” [in the body]; an idiom for being alive (L&N 23.91).

[5:9]  ¹² tn Grk “to be pleasing to him.”

[6:4]  ¹³ tn Or “ministers.”

[6:4]  ¹⁴ tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”

[6:4]  ¹⁵ tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”

[6:14]  ¹⁶ tn Or “Do not be mismatched.”

[7:13]  ¹⁷ tn Or “all of you have put his mind at ease.”

[7:15]  ¹⁸ tn Or “is all the more.”

[8:12]  ¹⁹ tn The words “the gift itself” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Translators often supply an English phrase like “it is” (NASB) but in the context, Paul is clearly referring to the collection Titus was to oversee (2 Cor 8:4-7). Therefore there is no reason not to specify the referent (the gift) more narrowly for clarity.

[10:5]  ²⁰ tn The phrase “every arrogant obstacle” could be translated simply “all arrogance” (so L&N 88.207).

[10:5]  ²¹ tn Grk “to the obedience of Christ”; but since Χριστοῦ (Cristou) is clearly an objective genitive here, it is better to translate “to make it obey Christ.”

[11:12]  ²² tn Grk “an opportunity, so that they may be found just like us.”

[11:15]  ²³ tn Or “also masquerade.”

[11:15]  ²⁴ tn Or “their works.”

[11:29]  ²⁵ tn Or “who is caused to stumble.”

[13:1]  ²⁶ tn The word “visit” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[13:1]  ²⁷ tn Grk “By the mouth.”

[13:1]  ²⁸ sn A quotation from Deut 19:15 (also quoted in Matt 18:16; 1 Tim 5:19).