2 Corinthians 13:5

13:5 Put yourselves to the test to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you – unless, indeed, you fail the test! ¹ 

2 Corinthians 1:7

1:7 And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in ²  our sufferings, so also you will share in ³  our comfort.

2 Corinthians 2:9

2:9 For this reason also I wrote you: ⁴  to test you to see ⁵  if you are obedient in everything.

2 Corinthians 3:2

3:2 You yourselves are our letter, ⁶  written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,

2 Corinthians 7:3

7:3 I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before ⁷  that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you. ⁸ 

2 Corinthians 3:3

3:3 revealing ⁹  that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, ¹⁰  written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets ¹¹  but on tablets of human hearts.

¹ tn Or “unless indeed you are disqualified.”

² tn Grk “as you are sharers in.”

³ tn Grk “will be sharers in.”

³ tn The word “you” is not in the Greek text, but is implied (as an understood direct object).

⁴ tn Grk “to know the proof of you,” that is, to know if the Corinthians’ obedience to Paul as an apostle was genuine (L&N 72.7).

⁴ tn That is, “letter of recommendation.”

⁵ sn See 2 Cor 1:4-7.

⁶ tn The words “with you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

⁶ tn Or “making plain.”

⁷ tn Grk “cared for by us,” an expression that could refer either to the writing or the delivery of the letter (BDAG 229 s.v. διακονέω 1). Since the following phrase refers to the writing of the letter, and since the previous verse speaks of this “letter” being “written on our [Paul’s and his companions’] hearts” it is more probable that the phrase “cared for by us” refers to the delivery of the letter (in the person of Paul and his companions).

⁸ sn An allusion to Exod 24:12; 31:18; 34:1; Deut 9:10-11.