2 Corinthians 4:16

4:16 Therefore we do not despair, ¹  but even if our physical body ²  is wearing away, our inner person ³  is being renewed day by day.

2 Corinthians 6:2

6:2 For he says, “I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” ⁴  Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!

2 Corinthians 3:15

3:15 But until this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds, ⁵ 

2 Corinthians 1:14

1:14 just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours ⁶  in the day of the Lord Jesus. ⁷ 

2 Corinthians 11:25

11:25 Three times I was beaten with a rod. ⁸  Once I received a stoning. ⁹  Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea.

2 Corinthians 3:14

3:14 But their minds were closed. ¹⁰  For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. ¹¹  It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away. ¹² 

2 Corinthians 5:2

5:2 For in this earthly house ¹³  we groan, because we desire to put on ¹⁴  our heavenly dwelling,

2 Corinthians 11:28

11:28 Apart from other things, ¹⁵  there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern ¹⁶  for all the churches.

2 Corinthians 8:14

8:14 At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, ¹⁷  so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality,

¹ tn Or “do not lose heart.”

² tn Grk “our outer man.”

³ tn Grk “our inner [man].”

⁴ sn A quotation from Isa 49:8.

⁷ tn Grk “their heart.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “that we are your boast even as you are our boast.”

¹¹ tc ‡ On the wording “the Lord Jesus” (τοῦ κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ, tou kuriou Ihsou) there is some variation in the extant witnesses: ἡμῶν (Jhmwn, “our”) is found after κυρίου in several significant witnesses (א B F G P 0121 0243 6 33 81 1739 1881 2464 al lat co); the pronoun is lacking from Ì^46vid A C D Ψ Ï. Although in Paul “our Lord Jesus Christ” is a common expression, “our Lord Jesus” is relatively infrequent (cf., e.g., Rom 16:20; 2 Cor 1:14; 1 Thess 2:19; 3:11, 13; 2 Thess 1:8, 12). “The Lord Jesus” occurs about as often as “our Lord Jesus” (cf. 1 Cor 11:23; 16:23; 2 Cor 4:14; 11:31; Eph 1:15; 1 Thess 4:2; 2 Thess 1:7; Phlm 5). Thus, on balance, since scribes would tend to expand on the text, it is probably best to consider the shorter reading as authentic. NA²⁷ places the pronoun in brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.

¹³ sn Beaten with a rod refers to the Roman punishment of admonitio according to BDAG 902 s.v. ῥαβδίζω. Acts 16:22 describes one of these occasions in Philippi; in this case it was administered by the city magistrates, who had wide powers in a military colony.

¹⁴ sn Received a stoning. See Acts 14:19, where this incident is described.

¹⁶ tn Grk “their minds were hardened.”

¹⁷ tn Grk “the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant”; the phrase “they hear” has been introduced (“when they hear the old covenant read”) to make the link with the “Israelites” (v. 13) whose minds were closed (v. 14a) more obvious to the reader.

¹⁸ tn Or “only in Christ is it eliminated.”

¹⁹ tn Or “dwelling place.”

²⁰ tn Or “to be clothed with.”

²² sn Apart from other things. Paul refers here either (1) to the external sufferings just mentioned, or (2) he refers to other things he has left unmentioned.

²³ tn “Anxious concern,” so translated in L&N 25.224.

²⁵ tn Or “their lack.”