2 Corinthians 1:16

1:16 and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back ¹  to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

2 Corinthians 8:20

8:20 We did this ²  as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

2 Corinthians 12:11

The Signs of an Apostle

12:11 I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison ³  to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

2 Corinthians 3:3

3:3 revealing ⁴  that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, ⁵  written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets ⁶  but on tablets of human hearts.

2 Corinthians 8:19

8:19 In addition, ⁷  this brother ⁸  has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift ⁹  to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Grk “come again.”

² tn “This” refers to sending the brother mentioned in 2 Cor 8:18 to Corinth along with Titus. The words “We did this” have no equivalent in the Greek text, but are necessary to maintain the thought flow in English. The Greek participle that begins v. 20 continues the sentence begun in v. 18 which concerns the sending of the other brother mentioned there.

³ tn Or “I am in no way inferior.”

⁴ tn Or “making plain.”

⁵ 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).

⁶ sn An allusion to Exod 24:12; 31:18; 34:1; Deut 9:10-11.

⁵ tn Grk “gospel, and not only this, but.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation.

⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the brother mentioned in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn That is, the offering or collection being taken to assist impoverished Christians.

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