2 Corinthians 2:3

2:3 And I wrote this very thing to you, ¹  so that when I came ²  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 10:11

10:11 Let such a person consider this: What we say ³  by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.

2 Corinthians 9:13

9:13 Through the evidence ⁴  of this service ⁵  they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing ⁶  with them and with everyone.

2 Corinthians 12:11

The Signs of an Apostle

12:11 I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison ⁷  to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

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

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

³ tn Grk “what we are in word.”

⁵ tn Or “proof,” or perhaps “testing” (NRSV).

⁶ tn Or “ministry.”

⁷ tn Or “your partnership”; Grk “your fellowship.”

⁷ tn Or “I am in no way inferior.”