7:4 I have great confidence in you; I take great pride 26 on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; 27 I am overflowing with joy in the midst of 28 all our suffering.
11:16 I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. 30 But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
1 tn This Greek word translated “sufferings” here (πάθημα, paqhma) is a different one than the one Paul uses for his own afflictions/persecutions (θλῖψις, qliyi") in v. 4.
2 tn I.e., suffering incurred by Paul as a consequence of his relationship to Christ. The genitive could be considered to have a causative nuance here.
3 tn Traditionally, “abound” (here and throughout this section).
4 tn The words “to you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied by the statements in the following verse.
5 tn Or “are troubled.”
9 tn Grk “as you are sharers in.”
10 tn Grk “will be sharers in.”
13 tn Grk “were grieved” (so also twice later in the verse).
14 tn Grk “corresponding to God,” that is, corresponding to God’s will (κατὰ θεόν, kata qeon). The same phrase occurs in vv. 10 and 11.
15 tn Grk “so that you did not suffer loss.”
17 tn Grk “but in order that your eagerness on our behalf might be revealed to you.”
21 tn Or “you tolerate.”
25 tn The first clause of 2 Cor 4:10 is elliptical and apparently refers to the fact that Paul was constantly in danger of dying in the same way Jesus died (by violence at least). According to L&N 23.99 it could be translated, “at all times we live in the constant threat of being killed as Jesus was.”
26 tn Or “may also be revealed.”
29 sn Beaten with a rod refers to the Roman punishment of admonitio according to BDAG 902 s.v. ῥαβδίζω. Acts 16:22 describes one of these occasions in Philippi; in this case it was administered by the city magistrates, who had wide powers in a military colony.
30 sn Received a stoning. See Acts 14:19, where this incident is described.
33 tn Grk “we are hard pressed [by crowds] on every side.”
34 tn Or “at a loss.”
37 tn Grk “momentary lightness of affliction.”
41 tn Or “ministers.”
42 tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”
43 tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”
45 tn The words “to you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
46 sn So that when I came. Regarding this still future visit by Paul, see 2 Cor 12:14; 13:1.
49 tn Grk “disciplined,” but in this context probably a reference to scourging prior to execution (yet the execution is not carried out).
53 tn Grk “great is my boasting.”
54 tn Or “comfort.”
55 tn Grk “I am overflowing with joy in all our suffering”; the words “in the midst of” are not in the Greek text but are supplied to clarify that Paul is not rejoicing in the suffering itself, but in his relationship with the Corinthians in the midst of all his suffering.
57 tn Or “riches.”
61 tn Or “am foolish.”
65 tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1., where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).
66 tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.
69 tn Or “you tolerate.”
70 tn See L&N 88.212.