2 Corinthians 1:2

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

2 Corinthians 1:18

1:18 But as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

2 Corinthians 1:21

1:21 But it is God who establishes us together with you in Christ and who anointed us,

2 Corinthians 1:23

Why Paul Postponed His Visit

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

2 Corinthians 2:15

2:15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing –

2 Corinthians 5:5

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

2 Corinthians 5:13

5:13 For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

2 Corinthians 6:4

6:4 But as God’s servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, 10  with great endurance, in persecutions, 11  in difficulties, in distresses,

2 Corinthians 7:6

7:6 But God, who encourages 12  the downhearted, encouraged 13  us by the arrival of Titus.

2 Corinthians 8:1

Completing the Collection for the Saints

8:1 Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, 14  the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,

2 Corinthians 8:16

The Mission of Titus

8:16 But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion 15  I have for you,

2 Corinthians 9:11

9:11 You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, 16  which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,

2 Corinthians 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. 17 

2 Corinthians 11:31

11:31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying.

2 Corinthians 12:3

12:3 And I know that this man (whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows)

tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”

tn Or “strengthens.”

tn Grk “But he who establishes us together with you in Christ and anointed us is God.”

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

tn Here φειδόμενος (feidomeno") has been translated as a telic participle.

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

tn Grk “for this very thing.”

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

tn Or “ministers.”

tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”

tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”

tn Or “comforts,” “consoles.”

tn Or “comforted,” “consoled.”

tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:8.

tn Or “eagerness.”

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 tn Grk “the extraordinary grace of God to you”; the point is that God has given or shown grace to the Corinthians.