2 Corinthians 13:4

13:4 For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God’s power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God’s power toward you.

2 Corinthians 5:9

5:9 So then whether we are alive ¹  or away, we make it our ambition to please him. ² 

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 5:21

5:21 God ³  made the one who did not know sin ⁴  to be sin for us, so that in him ⁵  we would become the righteousness of God.

2 Corinthians 12:18

12:18 I urged Titus to visit you ⁶  and I sent our ⁷  brother along with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? ⁸  Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit? Did we not behave in the same way? ⁹ 

2 Corinthians 1:19

1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us – by me and Silvanus ¹⁰  and Timothy – was not “Yes” and “No,” but it has always been “Yes” in him.

2 Corinthians 7:14

7:14 For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, ¹¹  but just as everything we said to you was true, ¹²  so our boasting to Titus about you ¹³  has proved true as well.

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

² tn Grk “to be pleasing to him.”

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 The words “to visit you” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, and must be supplied for the modern reader.

² tn Grk “the.”

³ tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative answer, indicated by the ‘tag’ question “did he?” at the end of the clause.

⁴ tn Grk “[Did we not walk] in the same tracks?” This is an idiom that means to imitate someone else or to behave as they do. Paul’s point is that he and Titus have conducted themselves in the same way toward the Corinthians. If Titus did not take advantage of the Corinthians, then neither did Paul.

¹ sn Silvanus is usually considered to be the same person as Silas (L&N 93.340).

¹ tn Grk “I have not been put to shame”; the words “by you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

² tn Grk “just as we spoke everything to you in truth.”

³ tn The words “about you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.