2 Corinthians 2:3

2:3 And I wrote this very thing to you,¹ so that when I came² I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

2 Corinthians 2:9

2:9 For this reason also I wrote you:³ to test you to see⁴ if you are obedient in everything.

2 Corinthians 11:29

11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin,⁵ and I do not burn with indignation?

2 Corinthians 12:20-21

12:20 For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me⁶ not what you wish. I am afraid that⁷ somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition,⁸ slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder. 12:21 I am afraid that⁹ when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for¹⁰ many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.

Galatians 4:11

4:11 I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.

Galatians 4:19-20

4:19 My children – I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!¹¹ 4:20 I wish I could be with you now and change my tone of voice,¹² because I am perplexed about you.

Galatians 4:1

4:1 Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor,¹³ is no different from a slave, though he is the owner¹⁴ of everything.

Galatians 3:5

3:5 Does God then give¹⁵ you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law¹⁶ or by your believing what you heard?¹⁷

¹tn The words “to you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

²sn So that when I came. Regarding this still future visit by Paul, see 2 Cor 12:14; 13:1.

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

⁴tn 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).

⁵tn Or “who is caused to stumble.”

⁶tn Grk “and I will be found by you.” The passive construction has been converted to an active one in the translation.

⁷tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text, but are needed for clarity.

⁸tn Or “intense anger, hostility.”

⁹tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text from v. 20, but are needed for clarity.

¹⁰tn Or “I will mourn over.”

¹¹tn Grk “My children, for whom I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you.” The relative clauses in English do not pick up the emotional force of Paul’s language here (note “tone of voice” in v. 20, indicating that he is passionately concerned for them); hence, the translation has been altered slightly to capture the connotative power of Paul’s plea.

¹²tn Grk “voice” or “tone.” The contemporary English expression “tone of voice” is a good approximation to the meaning here.

¹³tn Grk “a small child.” The Greek term νήπιος (nhpios) refers to a young child, no longer a helpless infant but probably not more than three or four years old (L&N 9.43). The point in context, though, is that this child is too young to take any responsibility for the management of his assets.

¹⁴tn Grk “master” or “lord” (κύριος, kurios).

¹⁵tn Or “provide.”

¹⁶tn Grk “by [the] works of [the] law” (the same phrase as in v. 2).

¹⁷tn Grk “by [the] hearing of faith” (the same phrase as in v. 2).