2 Corinthians 2:13

2:13 I had no relief in my spirit, ¹  because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said good-bye to them ²  and set out ³  for Macedonia.

2 Corinthians 4:7

An Eternal Weight of Glory

4:7 But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power ⁴  belongs to God and does not come from us.

2 Corinthians 4:13

4:13 But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in ⁵  what has been written, “I believed; therefore I spoke,” ⁶  we also believe, therefore we also speak.

2 Corinthians 5:1

Living by Faith, Not by Sight

5:1 For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, ⁷  is dismantled, ⁸  we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:12

5:12 We are not trying to commend ⁹  ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, ¹⁰  so that you may be able to answer those who take pride ¹¹  in outward appearance ¹²  and not in what is in the heart.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Self-Purification

7:1 Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves ¹³  from everything that could defile the body ¹⁴  and the spirit, and thus accomplish ¹⁵  holiness out of reverence for God. ¹⁶ 

2 Corinthians 7:5

7:5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our body ¹⁷  had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way – struggles from the outside, fears from within.

2 Corinthians 8:11

8:11 to finish what you started, ¹⁸  so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, ¹⁹  you can also complete it ²⁰  according to your means. ²¹ 

2 Corinthians 9:8

9:8 And God is able to make all grace overflow ²²  to you so that because you have enough ²³  of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow ²⁴  in every good work.

¹ tn Or “I had no peace of mind.”

² tn Or “I took my leave of them.”

³ tn Since this refers to the outset of a journey, the aorist ἐξῆλθον (exhlqon) is taken ingressively.

⁴ tn Grk “the surpassingness of the power”; δυνάμεως (dunamew") has been translated as an attributed genitive (“extraordinary power”).

⁷ tn Grk “spirit of faith according to.”

⁸ sn A quotation from Ps 116:10.

¹⁰ sn The expression the tent we live in refers to “our earthly house, our body.” Paul uses the metaphor of the physical body as a house or tent, the residence of the immaterial part of a person.

¹¹ tn Or “destroyed.”

¹³ tn The present tense of συνιστάνομεν (sunistanomen) has been translated as a conative present.

¹⁴ tn Or “to boast about us.”

¹⁵ tn Or “who boast.”

¹⁶ tn Or “in what is seen.”

¹⁶ tn Or “purify ourselves.”

¹⁷ tn Grk “from every defilement of the flesh.”

¹⁸ tn Grk “accomplishing.” The participle has been translated as a finite verb due to considerations of contemporary English style, and “thus” has been supplied to indicate that it represents a result of the previous cleansing.

¹⁹ tn Grk “in the fear of God.”

¹⁹ tn Grk “our flesh.”

²² tn Grk “and now also complete the doing.”

²³ tn Grk “just as the eagerness to want [it].”

²⁴ tn Grk “so also it might be completed.” The passive construction was converted to an active one in the translation in keeping with contemporary English style.

²⁵ tn Grk “completed from what you have.”

²⁵ tn Or “abound.”

²⁶ tn Or “so that by having enough.” The Greek participle can be translated as a participle of cause (“because you have enough”) or means (“by having enough”).

²⁷ tn Or “abound.”