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.” ¹  Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!

2 Corinthians 6:17

6:17 Therefore “come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord, “and touch no unclean thing, ²  and I will welcome ³  you, ⁴ 

2 Corinthians 7:3

7:3 I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before ⁵  that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you. ⁶ 

2 Corinthians 9:3-4

9:3 But I am sending ⁷  these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready ⁸  just as I kept telling them. 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 ⁹  (not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you. ¹⁰ 

2 Corinthians 11:16

Paul’s Sufferings for Christ

11:16 I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. ¹¹  But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

¹ sn A quotation from Isa 49:8.

² sn A quotation from Isa 52:11.

³ tn Or “will receive.”

⁴ sn A paraphrased quotation from Ezek 20:41.

³ sn See 2 Cor 1:4-7.

⁴ tn The words “with you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

⁴ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

⁵ tn That is, ready with the collection for the saints.

⁵ tn Or “be disgraced”; Grk “be put to shame.”

⁶ 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.

⁶ tn Or “am foolish.”