2 Corinthians 1:2
1:2 Grace and peace to you
1 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
2 us together with you in Christ and who anointed us,
3
2 Corinthians 1:23
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
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
7 is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.
8
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,
9 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.
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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)
1 tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”
2 tn Or “strengthens.”
3 tn Grk “But he who establishes us together with you in Christ and anointed us is God.”
3 tn Grk “I call upon God as witness against my soul.” Normally this implies an appeal for help (L&N 33.176).
4 tn Here φειδόμενος (feidomeno") has been translated as a telic participle.
5 sn Paul had promised to come again to visit (see 2 Cor 1:15, 24) but explains here why he had changed his plans.
4 tn Grk “for this very thing.”
5 tn Or “first installment,” “pledge,” “deposit” (see the note on the phrase “down payment” in 1:22).
5 tn Or “ministers.”
6 tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”
7 tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”
6 tn Or “comforts,” “consoles.”
7 tn Or “comforted,” “consoled.”
7 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:8.
8 tn Or “eagerness.”
9 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.