2 Corinthians 13:13

13:13 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship ¹  of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

2 Corinthians 11:13

11:13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful ²  workers, disguising themselves ³  as apostles of Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:17

2:17 For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, ⁴  but we are speaking in Christ before ⁵  God as persons of sincerity, ⁶  as persons sent from God.

2 Corinthians 4:11

4:11 For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible ⁷  in our mortal body. ⁸ 

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

5:14 For the love of Christ ⁹  controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ ¹⁰  died for all; therefore all have died. 5:15 And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised. ¹¹ 

2 Corinthians 11:15

11:15 Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves ¹²  as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions. ¹³ 

2 Corinthians 5:4

5:4 For we groan while we are in this tent, ¹⁴  since we are weighed down, ¹⁵  because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

2 Corinthians 11:9

11:9 When ¹⁶  I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. ¹⁷  I ¹⁸  kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

2 Corinthians 12:14

12:14 Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have ¹⁹  to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

¹ tn Or “communion.”

² tn Or “dishonest.”

³ tn Or “workers, masquerading.”

³ tn The participle καπηλεύοντες (kaphleuonte") refers to those engaged in retail business, but with the negative connotations of deceptiveness and greed – “to peddle for profit,” “to huckster” (L&N 57.202). In the translation a noun form (“hucksters”) has been used in combination with the English verb “peddle…for profit” to convey the negative connotations of this term.

⁴ tn Or “in the presence of.”

⁵ tn Or “persons of pure motives.”

⁴ tn Or “may also be revealed.”

⁵ tn Grk “mortal flesh.”

⁵ tn The phrase ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Χριστοῦ (Jh agaph tou Cristou, “the love of Christ”) could be translated as either objective genitive (“our love for Christ”) or subjective genitive (“Christ’s love for us”). Either is grammatically possible, but with the reference to Christ’s death for all in the following clauses, a subjective genitive (“Christ’s love for us”) is more likely.

⁶ tn Grk “one”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Or “but for him who died and was raised for them.”

⁷ tn Or “also masquerade.”

⁸ tn Or “their works.”

⁸ sn See the note in 5:1 on the phrase the tent we live in.

⁹ tn Or “we are burdened.”

⁹ tn Grk “you, and when.” A new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹⁰ tn If the participle ἐλθόντες (elqonte") is taken as temporal rather than adjectival, the translation would be, “for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, fully supplied my needs” (similar to NASB).

¹¹ tn Grk “needs, and I kept.” A new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹⁰ tn Grk “children ought not,” but this might give the impression that children are not supposed to support sick or aging parents in need of help. That is not what Paul is saying. His point is that children should not have to pay their parent’s way.