2 Corinthians 7:14

7:14 For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, ¹  but just as everything we said to you was true, ²  so our boasting to Titus about you ³  has proved true as well.

2 Corinthians 10:15

10:15 Nor do we boast beyond certain limits ⁴  in the work ⁵  done by others, but we hope ⁶  that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded ⁷  among you according to our limits, ⁸ 

2 Corinthians 12:6

12:6 For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling ⁹  the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard ¹⁰  me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,

2 Corinthians 12:9

12:9 But ¹¹  he said to me, “My grace is enough ¹²  for you, for my ¹³  power is made perfect ¹⁴  in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly ¹⁵  about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in ¹⁶  me.

¹ tn Grk “I have not been put to shame”; the words “by you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

² tn Grk “just as we spoke everything to you in truth.”

³ tn The words “about you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

⁴ tn Or “boast excessively.” The phrase εἰς τὰ ἄμετρα (ei" ta ametra) is an idiom; literally it means “into that which is not measured,” that is, a point on a scale that goes beyond what might be expected (L&N 78.27).

⁵ tn Or “in the labors.”

⁶ tn Grk “but we have the hope.”

⁷ tn Or “greatly enlarged.”

⁸ tn That is, Paul’s work might be greatly expanded within the area of activity assigned to him by God.

⁷ tn Or “speaking.”

⁸ tn Or “may think of.”

¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” because of the contrast implicit in the context.

¹¹ tn Or “is sufficient.”

¹² tc The majority of later mss (א² A^c D¹ Ψ 0243 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï) as well as some versional witnesses include the pronoun “my” here, but the omission of the pronoun has excellent external support (Ì^46vid א* A* B D* F G latt). Scribes probably added the pronoun for clarity, making the obvious referent explicit. This would also make “power” more parallel with “my grace.” Though the original text probably did not include “my,” scribes who added the word were following the sense of Paul’s statement.

¹³ tn Or “my power comes to full strength.”

¹⁴ tn “Most gladly,” a comparative form used with superlative meaning and translated as such.

¹⁵ tn Or “may rest on.”