2 Corinthians 3:16

3:16 but when one ¹  turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. ² 

2 Corinthians 8:12

8:12 For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself ³  is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

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, ⁴  is dismantled, ⁵  we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 9:4

9:4 For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated ⁶  (not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you. ⁷ 

2 Corinthians 10:8

10:8 For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us ⁸  for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so. ⁹ 

2 Corinthians 12:6

12:6 For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling ¹⁰  the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard ¹¹  me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,

2 Corinthians 13:2

13:2 I said before when I was present the second time and now, though absent, I say again to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone, ¹² 

¹ tn Or perhaps “when(ever) he turns,” referring to Moses.

² sn An allusion to Exod 34:34. The entire verse may refer to Moses, viewing him as a type portraying the Jewish convert to Christianity in Paul’s day.

³ tn The words “the gift itself” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Translators often supply an English phrase like “it is” (NASB) but in the context, Paul is clearly referring to the collection Titus was to oversee (2 Cor 8:4-7). Therefore there is no reason not to specify the referent (the gift) more narrowly for clarity.

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn Or “destroyed.”

⁷ tn Or “be disgraced”; Grk “be put to shame.”

⁸ tn Grk “by this confidence”; the words “we had in you” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied as a necessary clarification for the English reader.

⁹ tn The word “us” is not in the Greek text but is supplied. Indirect objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context, and must be supplied for the modern English reader.

¹⁰ tn Grk “I will not be put to shame,” “I will not be ashamed.” The words “of doing so” are supplied to clarify for the reader that Paul will not be ashamed of boasting somewhat more about the authority the Lord gave him (beginning of v. 8).

¹¹ tn Or “speaking.”

¹² tn Or “may think of.”

¹³ tn The word “anyone” is not in the Greek text but is implied.