2 Corinthians 2:8

2:8 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. ¹ 

2 Corinthians 4:13

4:13 But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in ²  what has been written, “I believed; therefore I spoke,” ³  we also believe, therefore we also speak.

2 Corinthians 5:9

5:9 So then whether we are alive ⁴  or away, we make it our ambition to please him. ⁵ 

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 4:16

4:16 Therefore we do not despair, ⁶  but even if our physical body ⁷  is wearing away, our inner person ⁸  is being renewed day by day.

2 Corinthians 6:17

6:17 Therefore “come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord, “and touch no unclean thing, ⁹  and I will welcome ¹⁰  you, ¹¹ 

2 Corinthians 12:7

12:7 even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, ¹²  so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble ¹³  me – so that I would not become arrogant. ¹⁴ 

2 Corinthians 12:10

12:10 Therefore I am content with ¹⁵  weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties ¹⁶  for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

¹ tn Or “I urge you to show that your love for him is real.”

² tn Grk “spirit of faith according to.”

³ sn A quotation from Ps 116:10.

³ tn Grk “whether we are at home” [in the body]; an idiom for being alive (L&N 23.91).

⁴ tn Grk “to be pleasing to him.”

⁴ tn Or “do not lose heart.”

⁵ tn Grk “our outer man.”

⁶ tn Grk “our inner [man].”

⁵ sn A quotation from Isa 52:11.

⁶ tn Or “will receive.”

⁷ sn A paraphrased quotation from Ezek 20:41.

⁶ tc Most mss (Ì⁴⁶ D Ψ 1881 Ï) lack διό (dio, “Therefore”), but the widespread distribution and quality of mss which include it (א A B F G 0243 33 81 1175 1739 pc) argues for its authenticity. Internally, its case is equally strong in that its inclusion is grammatically rough (διό is hardly necessary to convey purpose, especially since Paul uses ἵνα [{ina, “so that”] next).

⁷ tn Or “to harass.”

⁸ tn The phrase “so that I might not become arrogant” is repeated here because it occurs in the Greek text two times in the verse. Although redundant, it is repeated because of the emphatic nature of its affirmation.

⁷ tn Or “I take delight in.”

⁸ tn Or “calamities.”