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 3:5
3:5 Not that we are adequate
1 in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy
2 is from God,
2 Corinthians 5:20--6:1
5:20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea
3 through us. We plead with you
4 on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!”
5:21 God
5 made the one who did not know sin
6 to be sin for us, so that in him
7 we would become the righteousness of God.
God’s Suffering Servants
6:1 Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 8
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 6:7
6:7 by truthful
12 teaching,
13 by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left,
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2 Corinthians 8:1
Completing the Collection for the Saints
8:1 Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, 15 the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,
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 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 11:2
11:2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband,
17 to present you as a pure
18 virgin to Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:7
11:7 Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself
19 so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed
20 the gospel of God to you free of charge?
1 tn Or “competent.”
2 tn Or “competence.”
1 tn Or “as though God were begging.”
2 tn Or “we beg you.”
1 tn Grk “He”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 sn The one who did not know sin is a reference to Jesus Christ.
3 sn That is, “in Christ.”
1 tn Or “receive the grace of God uselessly.”
1 tn Or “ministers.”
2 tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”
3 tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”
1 tn Grk “by the word of truth”; understanding ἀληθείας (alhqeias) as an attributive genitive (“truthful word”).
2 tn Or “speech.” In this context it is more likely that λόγος (logos) refers to Paul’s message (thus “teaching”) than to his speech in general.
3 tn The phrase “for the right hand and for the left” possibly refers to a combination of an offensive weapon (a sword for the right hand) and a defensive weapon (a shield for the left).
1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:8.
1 tn Grk “the extraordinary grace of God to you”; the point is that God has given or shown grace to the Corinthians.
1 tn That is, to Christ.
2 tn Or “chaste.”
1 sn Paul is referring to humbling himself to the point of doing manual labor to support himself.
2 tn Or “preached.”