2 Korintus 12:5

12:5 On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.

2 Korintus 9:14

9:14 And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you. ¹ 

2 Korintus 11:30

11:30 If I must boast, ²  I will boast about the things that show my weakness. ³ 

2 Korintus 1:23-24

Why Paul Postponed His Visit

1:23 Now I appeal to God as my witness, ⁴  that to spare ⁵  you I did not come again to Corinth. ⁶  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. ⁷ 

2 Korintus 9:15

9:15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! ⁸ 

2 Korintus 10:16

10:16 so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

2 Korintus 1:8

1:8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, ⁹  regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, ¹⁰  that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.

2 Korintus 1:2

1:2 Grace and peace to you ¹¹  from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

2 Korintus 13:1

Paul’s Third Visit to Corinth

13:1 This is the third time I am coming to visit ¹²  you. By the testimony ¹³  of two or three witnesses every matter will be established. ¹⁴ 

2 Korintus 12:7

12:7 even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, ¹⁵  so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble ¹⁶  me – so that I would not become arrogant. ¹⁷ 

2 Korintus 8:24

8:24 Therefore show ¹⁸  them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you. ¹⁹ 

2 Korintus 10:15

10:15 Nor do we boast beyond certain limits ²⁰  in the work ²¹  done by others, but we hope ²²  that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded ²³  among you according to our limits, ²⁴ 

2 Korintus 3:3

3:3 revealing ²⁵  that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, ²⁶  written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets ²⁷  but on tablets of human hearts.

2 Korintus 1:11

1:11 as you also join in helping us by prayer, so that many people may give thanks to God ²⁸  on our behalf for the gracious gift given to us through the help of many.

2 Korintus 11:18

11:18 Since many ²⁹  are boasting according to human standards, ³⁰  I too will boast.

2 Korintus 5:16

5:16 So then from now on we acknowledge ³¹  no one from an outward human point of view. ³²  Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, ³³  now we do not know him in that way any longer.

2 Korintus 5:19

5:19 In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us ³⁴  the message of reconciliation.

2 Korintus 9:3

9:3 But I am sending ³⁵  these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready ³⁶  just as I kept telling them.

2 Korintus 9:8

9:8 And God is able to make all grace overflow ³⁷  to you so that because you have enough ³⁸  of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow ³⁹  in every good work.

2 Korintus 3:18

3:18 And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, ⁴⁰  are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, ⁴¹  which is from ⁴²  the Lord, who is the Spirit. ⁴³ 

2 Korintus 3:15

3:15 But until this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds, ⁴⁴ 

2 Korintus 10:8

10:8 For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us ⁴⁵  for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so. ⁴⁶ 

2 Korintus 12:9

12:9 But ⁴⁷  he said to me, “My grace is enough ⁴⁸  for you, for my ⁴⁹  power is made perfect ⁵⁰  in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly ⁵¹  about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in ⁵²  me.

2 Korintus 5:20

5:20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea ⁵³  through us. We plead with you ⁵⁴  on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!”

2 Korintus 12:13

12:13 For how ⁵⁵  were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!

2 Korintus 5:12

5:12 We are not trying to commend ⁵⁶  ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, ⁵⁷  so that you may be able to answer those who take pride ⁵⁸  in outward appearance ⁵⁹  and not in what is in the heart.

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 ⁶⁰  according to human standards. ⁶¹ 

2 Korintus 2:10

2:10 If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him – for indeed what I have forgiven (if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ,

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 ⁶²  (not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you. ⁶³ 

2 Korintus 11:21

11:21 (To my disgrace ⁶⁴  I must say that we were too weak for that!) ⁶⁵  But whatever anyone else dares to boast about ⁶⁶  (I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing. ⁶⁷ 

2 Korintus 5:1

Living by Faith, Not by Sight

5:1 For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, ⁶⁸  is dismantled, ⁶⁹  we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

2 Korintus 5:4

5:4 For we groan while we are in this tent, ⁷⁰  since we are weighed down, ⁷¹  because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

2 Korintus 11:33

11:33 but I was let down in a rope-basket ⁷²  through a window in the city wall, and escaped his hands.

2 Korintus 1:5

1:5 For just as the sufferings ⁷³  of Christ ⁷⁴  overflow ⁷⁵  toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you. ⁷⁶ 

2 Korintus 11:20

11:20 For you put up with ⁷⁷  it if someone makes slaves of you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone behaves arrogantly ⁷⁸  toward you, if someone strikes you in the face.

2 Korintus 10:5

10:5 and every arrogant obstacle ⁷⁹  that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey ⁸⁰  Christ.

2 Korintus 12:21

12:21 I am afraid that ⁸¹  when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for ⁸²  many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.

2 Korintus 1:14

1:14 just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours ⁸³  in the day of the Lord Jesus. ⁸⁴ 

2 Korintus 3:13

3:13 and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites ⁸⁵  from staring ⁸⁶  at the result ⁸⁷  of the glory that was made ineffective. ⁸⁸ 

2 Korintus 6:18

6:18 and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” ⁸⁹  says the All-Powerful Lord. ⁹⁰ 

2 Korintus 7:4

A Letter That Caused Sadness

7:4 I have great confidence in you; I take great pride ⁹¹  on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; ⁹²  I am overflowing with joy in the midst of ⁹³  all our suffering.

2 Korintus 9:7

9:7 Each one of you should give ⁹⁴  just as he has decided in his heart, ⁹⁵  not reluctantly ⁹⁶  or under compulsion, ⁹⁷  because God loves a cheerful giver.

2 Korintus 10:1

Paul’s Authority from the Lord

10:1 Now I, Paul, appeal to you ⁹⁸  personally ⁹⁹  by the meekness and gentleness ¹⁰⁰  of Christ (I who am meek ¹⁰¹  when present among ¹⁰²  you, but am full of courage ¹⁰³  toward you when away!) –

2 Korintus 10:6

10:6 We are also ready to punish every act of disobedience, ¹⁰⁴  whenever your obedience is complete.

2 Korintus 2:3-4

2:3 And I wrote this very thing to you, ¹⁰⁵  so that when I came ¹⁰⁶  I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours. 2:4 For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you. ¹⁰⁷ 

2 Korintus 7:12

7:12 So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf ¹⁰⁸  before God.

2 Korintus 13:7

13:7 Now we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong, not so that we may appear to have passed the test, ¹⁰⁹  but so that you may do what is right ¹¹⁰  even if we may appear to have failed the test. ¹¹¹ 

2 Korintus 2:11

2:11 so that we may not be exploited ¹¹²  by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).

2 Korintus 7:7

7:7 We were encouraged ¹¹³  not only by his arrival, but also by the encouragement ¹¹⁴  you gave ¹¹⁵  him, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, ¹¹⁶  your deep concern ¹¹⁷  for me, so that I rejoiced more than ever.

2 Korintus 10:13

10:13 But we will not boast beyond certain limits, ¹¹⁸  but will confine our boasting ¹¹⁹  according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, ¹²⁰  that reaches even as far as you.

2 Korintus 9:13

9:13 Through the evidence ¹²¹  of this service ¹²²  they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing ¹²³  with them and with everyone.

2 Korintus 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ¹²⁴  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, ¹²⁵  with all the saints who are in all Achaia. ¹²⁶ 

2 Korintus 1:13

1:13 For we do not write you anything other than what ¹²⁷  you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely ¹²⁸ 

2 Korintus 5:2

5:2 For in this earthly house ¹²⁹  we groan, because we desire to put on ¹³⁰  our heavenly dwelling,

2 Korintus 5:21

5:21 God ¹³¹  made the one who did not know sin ¹³²  to be sin for us, so that in him ¹³³  we would become the righteousness of God.

2 Korintus 8:10

8:10 So here is my opinion on this matter: It is to your advantage, since you ¹³⁴  made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give,

2 Korintus 8:17

8:17 because he not only accepted our request, but since he was very eager, ¹³⁵  he is coming ¹³⁶  to you of his own accord. ¹³⁷ 

2 Korintus 11:17

11:17 What I am saying with this boastful confidence ¹³⁸  I do not say the way the Lord would. ¹³⁹  Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

2 Korintus 3:10

3:10 For indeed, what had been glorious now ¹⁴⁰  has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it. ¹⁴¹ 

2 Korintus 8:3

8:3 For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily, ¹⁴² 

2 Korintus 8:13

8:13 For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

2 Korintus 11:10

11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine ¹⁴³  will not be stopped ¹⁴⁴  in the regions of Achaia.

2 Korintus 12:8

12:8 I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me.

2 Korintus 2:17

2:17 For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, ¹⁴⁵  but we are speaking in Christ before ¹⁴⁶  God as persons of sincerity, ¹⁴⁷  as persons sent from God.

2 Korintus 12:6

12:6 For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling ¹⁴⁸  the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard ¹⁴⁹  me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,

2 Korintus 13:4

13:4 For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God’s power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God’s power toward you.

2 Korintus 1:7

1:7 And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in ¹⁵⁰  our sufferings, so also you will share in ¹⁵¹  our comfort.

2 Korintus 1:22

1:22 who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment. ¹⁵² 

2 Korintus 2:14

Apostolic Ministry

2:14 But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession ¹⁵³  in Christ ¹⁵⁴  and who makes known ¹⁵⁵  through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.

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? ¹⁵⁶ 

2 Korintus 4:15

4:15 For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including ¹⁵⁷  more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase ¹⁵⁸  to the glory of God.

2 Korintus 4:17

4:17 For our momentary, light suffering ¹⁵⁹  is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

2 Korintus 5:5

5:5 Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose ¹⁶⁰  is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment. ¹⁶¹ 

2 Korintus 7:3

7:3 I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before ¹⁶²  that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you. ¹⁶³ 

2 Korintus 7:10

7:10 For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.

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. ¹⁶⁴ 

2 Korintus 9:11

9:11 You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, ¹⁶⁵  which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,

2 Korintus 10:14

10:14 For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ. ¹⁶⁶ 

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 ¹⁶⁷  in the things they boast about.

2 Korintus 11:15

11:15 Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves ¹⁶⁸  as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions. ¹⁶⁹ 

2 Korintus 12:1

Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh

12:1 It is necessary to go on boasting. ¹⁷⁰  Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

2 Korintus 7:14

7:14 For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, ¹⁷¹  but just as everything we said to you was true, ¹⁷²  so our boasting to Titus about you ¹⁷³  has proved true as well.

2 Korintus 8:19

8:19 In addition, ¹⁷⁴  this brother ¹⁷⁵  has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift ¹⁷⁶  to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help. ¹⁷⁷ 

2 Korintus 8:22

8:22 And we are sending ¹⁷⁸  with them our brother whom we have tested many times and found eager in many matters, but who now is much more eager than ever because of the great confidence he has in you.

2 Korintus 9:2

9:2 because I know your eagerness to help. ¹⁷⁹  I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, ¹⁸⁰  that Achaia has been ready to give ¹⁸¹  since last year, and your zeal to participate ¹⁸²  has stirred up most of them. ¹⁸³ 

2 Korintus 12:2

12:2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago (whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows) was caught up to the third heaven.

2 Korintus 3:7

The Greater Glory of the Spirit’s Ministry

3:7 But if the ministry that produced death – carved in letters on stone tablets ¹⁸⁴  – came with glory, so that the Israelites ¹⁸⁵  could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face ¹⁸⁶  (a glory ¹⁸⁷  which was made ineffective), ¹⁸⁸ 

2 Korintus 11:9

11:9 When ¹⁸⁹  I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. ¹⁹⁰  I ¹⁹¹  kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

[9:14]  ¹ tn Grk “the extraordinary grace of God to you”; the point is that God has given or shown grace to the Corinthians.

[11:30]  ² tn Grk “If boasting is necessary.”

[11:30]  ³ tn Or “about the things related to my weakness.”

[1:23]  ⁴ tn Grk “I call upon God as witness against my soul.” Normally this implies an appeal for help (L&N 33.176).

[1:23]  ⁵ tn Here φειδόμενος (feidomeno") has been translated as a telic participle.

[1:23]  ⁶ sn Paul had promised to come again to visit (see 2 Cor 1:15, 24) but explains here why he had changed his plans.

[1:23]  map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

[1:24]  ⁷ tn Or “because you stand firm in the faith.”

[9:15]  ⁸ tn “Let us thank God for his gift which cannot be described with words” (L&N 33.202).

[1:8]  ⁹ tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1., where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).

[1:8]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.

[1:2]  ¹¹ tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”

[13:1]  ¹² tn The word “visit” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[13:1]  ¹³ tn Grk “By the mouth.”

[13:1]  ¹⁴ sn A quotation from Deut 19:15 (also quoted in Matt 18:16; 1 Tim 5:19).

[12:7]  ¹⁵ tc Most mss (Ì⁴⁶ D Ψ 1881 Ï) lack διό (dio, “Therefore”), but the widespread distribution and quality of mss which include it (א A B F G 0243 33 81 1175 1739 pc) argues for its authenticity. Internally, its case is equally strong in that its inclusion is grammatically rough (διό is hardly necessary to convey purpose, especially since Paul uses ἵνα [{ina, “so that”] next).

[12:7]  ¹⁶ tn Or “to harass.”

[12:7]  ¹⁷ tn The phrase “so that I might not become arrogant” is repeated here because it occurs in the Greek text two times in the verse. Although redundant, it is repeated because of the emphatic nature of its affirmation.

[8:24]  ¹⁸ tc The sense of this translation is attested by the fact that most of the later mss, along with several early and important ones (א C D² Ψ 0225 0243 1739 1881 Ï lat), have the imperative verb ἐνδείξασθε (ejndeixasqe) in place of the participle ἐνδεικνύμενοι (endeiknumenoi), which is found in B D* F G 33 pc. Since an imperatival participle is more Hebraic in style, many scribes would not have understood the idiom as easily and would have been likely to change the participle to an imperative (so TCGNT 513-14). But there is no good reason why scribes would change the imperative into a participle. Thus, ἐνδεικνύμενοι is almost surely the wording of the original text.

[8:24]  tn In the Greek text ἐνδεικνύμενοι (endeiknumenoi) is a present participle which is translated as an imperative verb (see BDF §468; ExSyn 650-52).

[8:24]  ¹⁹ tn Or “our boasting about you.”

[10:15]  ²⁰ 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).

[10:15]  ²¹ tn Or “in the labors.”

[10:15]  ²² tn Grk “but we have the hope.”

[10:15]  ²³ tn Or “greatly enlarged.”

[10:15]  ²⁴ tn That is, Paul’s work might be greatly expanded within the area of activity assigned to him by God.

[3:3]  ²⁵ tn Or “making plain.”

[3:3]  ²⁶ tn Grk “cared for by us,” an expression that could refer either to the writing or the delivery of the letter (BDAG 229 s.v. διακονέω 1). Since the following phrase refers to the writing of the letter, and since the previous verse speaks of this “letter” being “written on our [Paul’s and his companions’] hearts” it is more probable that the phrase “cared for by us” refers to the delivery of the letter (in the person of Paul and his companions).

[3:3]  ²⁷ sn An allusion to Exod 24:12; 31:18; 34:1; Deut 9:10-11.

[1:11]  ²⁸ tn Grk “so that thanks may be given by many.” The words “to God” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. The passive construction has been converted to an active one for clarity, in keeping with contemporary English style.

[11:18]  ²⁹ sn Many is a reference to Paul’s opponents.

[11:18]  ³⁰ tn Grk “according to the flesh.”

[5:16]  ³¹ tn Grk “we know.”

[5:16]  ³² tn Grk “no one according to the flesh.”

[5:16]  ³³ tn Grk “we have known Christ according to the flesh.”

[5:19]  ³⁴ tn Or “he has entrusted to us.”

[9:3]  ³⁵ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

[9:3]  ³⁶ tn That is, ready with the collection for the saints.

[9:8]  ³⁷ tn Or “abound.”

[9:8]  ³⁸ tn Or “so that by having enough.” The Greek participle can be translated as a participle of cause (“because you have enough”) or means (“by having enough”).

[9:8]  ³⁹ tn Or “abound.”

[3:18]  ⁴⁰ tn Or “we all with unveiled faces beholding the glory of the Lord as in a mirror.”

[3:18]  ⁴¹ tn Grk “from glory to glory.”

[3:18]  ⁴² tn Grk “just as from.”

[3:18]  ⁴³ tn Grk “from the Lord, the Spirit”; the genitive πνεύματος (pneumato") has been translated as a genitive of apposition.

[3:15]  ⁴⁴ tn Grk “their heart.”

[10:8]  ⁴⁵ tn The word “us” is not in the Greek text but is supplied. Indirect objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context, and must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[10:8]  ⁴⁶ tn Grk “I will not be put to shame,” “I will not be ashamed.” The words “of doing so” are supplied to clarify for the reader that Paul will not be ashamed of boasting somewhat more about the authority the Lord gave him (beginning of v. 8).

[12:9]  ⁴⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” because of the contrast implicit in the context.

[12:9]  ⁴⁸ tn Or “is sufficient.”

[12:9]  ⁴⁹ tc The majority of later mss (א² A^c D¹ Ψ 0243 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï) as well as some versional witnesses include the pronoun “my” here, but the omission of the pronoun has excellent external support (Ì^46vid א* A* B D* F G latt). Scribes probably added the pronoun for clarity, making the obvious referent explicit. This would also make “power” more parallel with “my grace.” Though the original text probably did not include “my,” scribes who added the word were following the sense of Paul’s statement.

[12:9]  tn The pronoun “my” was supplied in the translation to clarify the sense of Paul’s expression.

[12:9]  ⁵⁰ tn Or “my power comes to full strength.”

[12:9]  ⁵¹ tn “Most gladly,” a comparative form used with superlative meaning and translated as such.

[12:9]  ⁵² tn Or “may rest on.”

[5:20]  ⁵³ tn Or “as though God were begging.”

[5:20]  ⁵⁴ tn Or “we beg you.”

[12:13]  ⁵⁵ tn Grk “For in what respect.”

[5:12]  ⁵⁶ tn The present tense of συνιστάνομεν (sunistanomen) has been translated as a conative present.

[5:12]  ⁵⁷ tn Or “to boast about us.”

[5:12]  ⁵⁸ tn Or “who boast.”

[5:12]  ⁵⁹ tn Or “in what is seen.”

[10:2]  ⁶⁰ tn Grk “consider us as walking.”

[10:2]  ⁶¹ tn Grk “according to the flesh.”

[9:4]  ⁶² tn Or “be disgraced”; Grk “be put to shame.”

[9:4]  ⁶³ 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.

[11:21]  ⁶⁴ tn Or “my shame.”

[11:21]  ⁶⁵ sn It seems best, in context, to see the statement we were too weak for that as a parenthetical and ironic comment by Paul on his physical condition (weakness or sickness) while he was with the Corinthians (cf. 2 Cor 12:7-10; Gal 4:15).

[11:21]  ⁶⁶ tn The words “to boast about” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, and this phrase serves as the direct object of the preceding verb.

[11:21]  ⁶⁷ tn Grk “I also dare”; the words “to boast about the same thing” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, and this phrase serves as the direct object of the preceding verb.

[5:1]  ⁶⁸ sn The expression the tent we live in refers to “our earthly house, our body.” Paul uses the metaphor of the physical body as a house or tent, the residence of the immaterial part of a person.

[5:1]  ⁶⁹ tn Or “destroyed.”

[5:4]  ⁷⁰ sn See the note in 5:1 on the phrase the tent we live in.

[5:4]  ⁷¹ tn Or “we are burdened.”

[11:33]  ⁷² tn In Acts 9:25 the same basket used in Paul’s escape is called a σπυρίς (spuri"), a basket larger than a κόφινος (kofinos). It was very likely made out of rope, so the translation “rope-basket” is used.

[1:5]  ⁷³ tn This Greek word translated “sufferings” here (πάθημα, paqhma) is a different one than the one Paul uses for his own afflictions/persecutions (θλῖψις, qliyi") in v. 4.

[1:5]  ⁷⁴ tn I.e., suffering incurred by Paul as a consequence of his relationship to Christ. The genitive could be considered to have a causative nuance here.

[1:5]  ⁷⁵ tn Traditionally, “abound” (here and throughout this section).

[1:5]  ⁷⁶ tn The words “to you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied by the statements in the following verse.

[11:20]  ⁷⁷ tn Or “you tolerate.”

[11:20]  ⁷⁸ tn See L&N 88.212.

[10:5]  ⁷⁹ tn The phrase “every arrogant obstacle” could be translated simply “all arrogance” (so L&N 88.207).

[10:5]  ⁸⁰ 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.”

[12:21]  ⁸¹ tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text from v. 20, but are needed for clarity.

[12:21]  ⁸² tn Or “I will mourn over.”

[1:14]  ⁸³ tn Grk “that we are your boast even as you are our boast.”

[1:14]  ⁸⁴ 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.

[3:13]  ⁸⁵ tn Grk “the sons of Israel.”

[3:13]  ⁸⁶ tn Or “from gazing intently.”

[3:13]  ⁸⁷ 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]  ⁸⁸ 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]  ⁸⁹ sn A paraphrased quotation from 2 Sam 7:14 and Isa 43:6.

[6:18]  ⁹⁰ 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]  ⁹¹ tn Grk “great is my boasting.”

[7:4]  ⁹² tn Or “comfort.”

[7:4]  ⁹³ 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]  ⁹⁴ 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]  ⁹⁵ tn Or “in his mind.”

[9:7]  ⁹⁶ tn Or “not from regret”; Grk “not out of grief.”

[9:7]  ⁹⁷ tn Or “not out of a sense of duty”; Grk “from necessity.”

[10:1]  ⁹⁸ tn The Greek pronoun (“you”) is plural.

[10:1]  ⁹⁹ 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]  ¹⁰⁰ 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]  ¹⁰¹ tn Or “who lack confidence.”

[10:1]  ¹⁰² tn Or “when face to face with.”

[10:1]  ¹⁰³ tn Or “but bold.”

[10:6]  ¹⁰⁴ tn Or “punish all disobedience.”

[2:3]  ¹⁰⁵ tn The words “to you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[2:3]  ¹⁰⁶ sn So that when I came. Regarding this still future visit by Paul, see 2 Cor 12:14; 13:1.

[2:4]  ¹⁰⁷ tn Or “the love that I have in great measure for you.”

[7:12]  ¹⁰⁸ tn Grk “but in order that your eagerness on our behalf might be revealed to you.”

[13:7]  ¹⁰⁹ tn Or “that we may appear to be approved.”

[13:7]  ¹¹⁰ tn Or “what is good.”

[13:7]  ¹¹¹ tn Or “even if we appear disapproved.”

[2:11]  ¹¹² tn Or “be taken advantage of.”

[7:7]  ¹¹³ tn Because of the length and complexity of this Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the phrase “We were encouraged.”

[7:7]  ¹¹⁴ tn Or “comfort,” “consolation.”

[7:7]  ¹¹⁵ tn Grk “by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you.” The passive construction was translated as an active one in keeping with contemporary English style, and the repeated word “encouraged” was replaced in the translation by “gave” to avoid redundancy in the translation.

[7:7]  ¹¹⁶ tn Or “your grieving,” “your deep sorrow.”

[7:7]  ¹¹⁷ tn Or “your zeal.”

[10:13]  ¹¹⁸ 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]  ¹¹⁹ 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]  ¹²⁰ 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.

[9:13]  ¹²¹ tn Or “proof,” or perhaps “testing” (NRSV).

[9:13]  ¹²² tn Or “ministry.”

[9:13]  ¹²³ tn Or “your partnership”; Grk “your fellowship.”

[1:1]  ¹²⁴ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[1:1]  ¹²⁵ map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

[1:1]  ¹²⁶ tn Or “are throughout Achaia.”

[1:13]  ¹²⁷ tn Grk “than the things.”

[1:13]  ¹²⁸ tn Grk “to the end,” a Greek idiom for “fully,” “totally,” “completely.”

[5:2]  ¹²⁹ tn Or “dwelling place.”

[5:2]  ¹³⁰ tn Or “to be clothed with.”

[5:21]  ¹³¹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:21]  ¹³² sn The one who did not know sin is a reference to Jesus Christ.

[5:21]  ¹³³ sn That is, “in Christ.”

[8:10]  ¹³⁴ tn Grk “who.”

[8:17]  ¹³⁵ tn The comparative form of this adjective is used here with elative meaning.

[8:17]  ¹³⁶ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

[8:17]  ¹³⁷ tn Or “of his own free will.”

[11:17]  ¹³⁸ tn Grk “with this confidence of boasting.” The genitive καυχήσεως (kauchsew") has been translated as an attributed genitive (the noun in the genitive gives an attribute of the noun modified).

[11:17]  ¹³⁹ tn Or “say with the Lord’s authority.”

[3:10]  ¹⁴⁰ tn Grk “in this case.”

[3:10]  ¹⁴¹ tn The words “of what replaced it” are not in the Greek text, but have been supplied to clarify the meaning.

[8:3]  ¹⁴² tn Or “spontaneously.”

[11:10]  ¹⁴³ tn That is, that Paul offers the gospel free of charge to the Corinthians (see 2 Cor 11:7).

[11:10]  ¹⁴⁴ tn Or “silenced.”

[2:17]  ¹⁴⁵ tn The participle καπηλεύοντες (kaphleuonte") refers to those engaged in retail business, but with the negative connotations of deceptiveness and greed – “to peddle for profit,” “to huckster” (L&N 57.202). In the translation a noun form (“hucksters”) has been used in combination with the English verb “peddle…for profit” to convey the negative connotations of this term.

[2:17]  ¹⁴⁶ tn Or “in the presence of.”

[2:17]  ¹⁴⁷ tn Or “persons of pure motives.”

[12:6]  ¹⁴⁸ tn Or “speaking.”

[12:6]  ¹⁴⁹ tn Or “may think of.”

[1:7]  ¹⁵⁰ tn Grk “as you are sharers in.”

[1:7]  ¹⁵¹ tn Grk “will be sharers in.”

[1:22]  ¹⁵² tn Or “first installment,” “pledge,” “deposit.”

[1:22]  sn Down payment. The Greek word ἀρραβών (arrabwn) denotes the first payment or first installment of money or goods which serves as a guarantee or pledge for the completion of the transaction. In the NT the term is used only figuratively of the Holy Spirit as the down payment of the blessings promised by God (it occurs later in 2 Cor 5:5, and also in Eph 1:14). In the “already – not yet” scheme of the NT the possession of the Spirit now by believers (“already”) can be viewed as a guarantee that God will give them the balance of the promised blessings in the future (“not yet”).

[2:14]  ¹⁵³ tn Or “who always causes us to triumph.”

[2:14]  ¹⁵⁴ tn Or “in the Messiah.”

[2:14]  ¹⁵⁵ tn Or “who reveals.”

[3:1]  ¹⁵⁶ 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?”

[4:15]  ¹⁵⁷ tn Or “that is abounding to.”

[4:15]  ¹⁵⁸ tn Or “to abound.”

[4:17]  ¹⁵⁹ tn Grk “momentary lightness of affliction.”

[5:5]  ¹⁶⁰ tn Grk “for this very thing.”

[5:5]  ¹⁶¹ tn Or “first installment,” “pledge,” “deposit” (see the note on the phrase “down payment” in 1:22).

[7:3]  ¹⁶² sn See 2 Cor 1:4-7.

[7:3]  ¹⁶³ tn The words “with you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[7:13]  ¹⁶⁴ tn Or “all of you have put his mind at ease.”

[9:11]  ¹⁶⁵ tn Grk “in every way for every generosity,” or “he will always make you rich enough to be generous at all times” (L&N 57.29).

[10:14]  ¹⁶⁶ tn Grk “with the gospel of Christ,” but since Χριστοῦ (Cristou) is clearly an objective genitive here, it is better to translate “with the gospel about Christ.”

[11:12]  ¹⁶⁷ tn Grk “an opportunity, so that they may be found just like us.”

[11:15]  ¹⁶⁸ tn Or “also masquerade.”

[11:15]  ¹⁶⁹ tn Or “their works.”

[12:1]  ¹⁷⁰ tn Grk “Boasting is necessary.”

[7:14]  ¹⁷¹ tn Grk “I have not been put to shame”; the words “by you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[7:14]  ¹⁷² tn Grk “just as we spoke everything to you in truth.”

[7:14]  ¹⁷³ tn The words “about you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[8:19]  ¹⁷⁴ tn Grk “gospel, and not only this, but.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation.

[8:19]  ¹⁷⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the brother mentioned in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:19]  ¹⁷⁶ tn That is, the offering or collection being taken to assist impoverished Christians.

[8:19]  ¹⁷⁷ tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied (see L&N 25.68).

[8:22]  ¹⁷⁸ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

[9:2]  ¹⁷⁹ tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[9:2]  ¹⁸⁰ tn Grk “concerning which I keep boasting to the Macedonians about you.” A new sentence was started here and the translation was simplified by removing the relative clause and repeating the antecedent “this eagerness of yours.”

[9:2]  ¹⁸¹ tn The words “to give” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[9:2]  ¹⁸² tn The words “to participate” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[9:2]  ¹⁸³ sn Most of them is a reference to the Macedonians (cf. v. 4).

[3:7]  ¹⁸⁴ tn Grk “on stones”; but since this is clearly an allusion to the tablets of the Decalogue (see 2 Cor 3:3) the word “tablets” was supplied in the translation to make the connection clear.

[3:7]  ¹⁸⁵ tn Grk “so that the sons of Israel.”

[3:7]  ¹⁸⁶ sn The glory of his face. When Moses came down from Mt. Sinai with the tablets of the Decalogue, the people were afraid to approach him because his face was so radiant (Exod 34:29-30).

[3:7]  ¹⁸⁷ tn The words “a glory” are not in the Greek text, but the reference to “glory” has been repeated from the previous clause for clarity.

[3:7]  ¹⁸⁸ tn Or “which was transitory.” Traditionally this phrase is translated as “which was fading away.” The verb καταργέω in the corpus Paulinum uniformly has the meaning “to render inoperative, ineffective”; the same nuance is appropriate here. The glory of Moses’ face was rendered ineffective by the veil Moses wore. For discussion of the meaning of this verb in this context, see S. J. Hafemann, Paul, Moses, and the History of Israel (WUNT 81), 301-13. A similar translation has been adopted in the two other occurrences of the verb in this paragraph in vv. 11 and 13.

[11:9]  ¹⁸⁹ tn Grk “you, and when.” A new sentence was started here in the translation.

[11:9]  ¹⁹⁰ tn If the participle ἐλθόντες (elqonte") is taken as temporal rather than adjectival, the translation would be, “for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, fully supplied my needs” (similar to NASB).

[11:9]  ¹⁹¹ tn Grk “needs, and I kept.” A new sentence was started here in the translation.