2 Corinthians 1:15

1:15 And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us, ¹ 

2 Corinthians 2:3

2:3 And I wrote this very thing to you, ²  so that when I came ³  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 Corinthians 7:16

7:16 I rejoice because in everything I am fully confident in you.

2 Corinthians 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 ⁴  (not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you. ⁵ 

Galatians 5:10

5:10 I am confident ⁶  in the Lord that you will accept no other view. ⁷  But the one who is confusing ⁸  you will pay the penalty, ⁹  whoever he may be.

Galatians 5:2

5:2 Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all!

Galatians 3:4

3:4 Have you suffered so many things for nothing? – if indeed it was for nothing.

Philemon 1:21

1:21 Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than ¹⁰  what I am asking you to do.

Hebrews 10:35

10:35 So do not throw away your confidence, because it ¹¹  has great reward.

¹ tn Grk “a second grace,” “a second favor” (used figuratively of a second visit by Paul).

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

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

⁴ tn Or “be disgraced”; Grk “be put to shame.”

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn The verb translated “I am confident” (πέποιθα, pepoiqa) comes from the same root in Greek as the words translated “obey” (πείθεσθαι, peiqesqai) in v. 7 and “persuasion” (πεισμονή, peismonh) in v. 8.

⁷ tn Grk “that you will think nothing otherwise.”

⁸ tn Or “is stirring you up”; Grk “is troubling you.” In context Paul is referring to the confusion and turmoil caused by those who insist that Gentile converts to Christianity must observe the Mosaic law.

⁹ tn Or “will suffer condemnation” (L&N 90.80); Grk “will bear his judgment.” The translation “must pay the penalty” is given as an explanatory gloss on the phrase by BDAG 171 s.v. βαστάζω 2.b.β.

¹⁰ tn Grk “that you would even go beyond.”

¹¹ tn Grk “which,” but showing the reason.