2 Corinthians 1:6

1:6 But if we are afflicted,¹ it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.

2 Corinthians 3:18

3:18 And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord,² are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another,³ which is from⁴ the Lord, who is the Spirit.⁵

2 Corinthians 5:12

5:12 We are not trying to commend⁶ ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us,⁷ so that you may be able to answer those who take pride⁸ in outward appearance⁹ and not in what is in the heart.

2 Corinthians 12:7

12:7 even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore,¹⁰ so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble¹¹ me – so that I would not become arrogant.¹²

¹tn Or “are troubled.”

²tn Or “we all with unveiled faces beholding the glory of the Lord as in a mirror.”

³tn Grk “from glory to glory.”

⁴tn Grk “just as from.”

⁵tn Grk “from the Lord, the Spirit”; the genitive πνεύματος (pneumato") has been translated as a genitive of apposition.

³tn The present tense of συνιστάνομεν (sunistanomen) has been translated as a conative present.

⁴tn Or “to boast about us.”

⁵tn Or “who boast.”

⁶tn Or “in what is seen.”

⁴tc Most mss (Ì⁴⁶ D Ψ 1881 Ï) lack διό (dio, “Therefore”), but the widespread distribution and quality of mss which include it (א A B F G 0243 33 81 1175 1739 pc) argues for its authenticity. Internally, its case is equally strong in that its inclusion is grammatically rough (διό is hardly necessary to convey purpose, especially since Paul uses ἵνα [{ina, “so that”] next).

⁵tn Or “to harass.”

⁶tn The phrase “so that I might not become arrogant” is repeated here because it occurs in the Greek text two times in the verse. Although redundant, it is repeated because of the emphatic nature of its affirmation.