2 Corinthians 1:20

1:20 For every one of God’s promises are “Yes” in him; therefore also through him the “Amen” is spoken, to the glory we give to God.

2 Corinthians 3:10

3:10 For indeed, what had been glorious now ¹  has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it. ² 

2 Corinthians 5:6

5:6 Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth ³  we are absent from the Lord –

2 Corinthians 5:20

5:20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea ⁴  through us. We plead with you ⁵  on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!”

2 Corinthians 8:5

8:5 And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

2 Corinthians 8:18

8:18 And we are sending ⁶  along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in spreading the gospel. ⁷ 

2 Corinthians 10:4

10:4 for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, ⁸  but are made powerful by God ⁹  for tearing down strongholds. ¹⁰  We tear down arguments ¹¹ 

2 Corinthians 11:2

11:2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, ¹²  to present you as a pure ¹³  virgin to Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:6

11:6 And even if I am unskilled ¹⁴  in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.

¹ tn Grk “in this case.”

² tn The words “of what replaced it” are not in the Greek text, but have been supplied to clarify the meaning.

¹ tn Grk “we know that being at home in the body”; an idiom for being alive (L&N 23.91).

¹ tn Or “as though God were begging.”

² tn Or “we beg you.”

¹ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

² tn Grk “the brother of whom the praise in the gospel [is] throughout all the churches.”

¹ tn Grk “are not fleshly [weapons].” The repetition of the word “warfare” does not occur in the Greek text, but is supplied for clarity.

² tn Or “but (are) divinely powerful,” “but they have divine power,” or “but are powerful for God’s [service]”; Grk “but are powerful to God.”

³ sn Ultimately Paul is referring here to the false arguments of his opponents, calling them figuratively “strongholds.” This Greek word (ὀχύρωμα, ocurwma) is used only here in the NT.

⁴ tn Or “speculations.”

¹ tn That is, to Christ.

² tn Or “chaste.”

¹ sn Unskilled in speaking means not professionally trained as a rhetorician.