2 Corinthians 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 ¹  in the day of the Lord Jesus. ² 

2 Corinthians 2:3-4

2:3 And I wrote this very thing to you, ³  so that when I came ⁴  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. ⁵ 

2 Corinthians 2:1

2:1 So ⁶  I made up my own mind ⁷  not to pay you another painful visit. ⁸ 

2 Corinthians 3:6

3:6 who made us adequate ⁹  to be servants of a new covenant ¹⁰  not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

¹ tn Grk “that we are your boast even as you are our boast.”

² 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 tn The words “to you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

⁴ sn So that when I came. Regarding this still future visit by Paul, see 2 Cor 12:14; 13:1.

⁵ tn Or “the love that I have in great measure for you.”

⁶ tc Although usually δέ (de, “now”; found in א A C D¹ F G Ψ 0285 Ï lat) should take precedent over γάρ (gar) in textually disputed places in the corpus Paulinum, the credentials for γάρ here are not easily dismissed (Ì⁴⁶ B 0223 0243 33 1739 1881 al); here it is the preferred reading, albeit slightly.

⁷ tn Or “I decided this for myself.”

⁸ tn Grk “not to come to you again in sorrow.”

⁹ tn Or “competent.”

¹⁰ sn This new covenant is promised in Jer 31:31-34; 32:40.