2 Corinthians 8:3

8:3 For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily, ¹ 

2 Corinthians 11:24

11:24 Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one. ² 

2 Corinthians 1:17

1:17 Therefore when I was planning to do this, I did not do so without thinking about what I was doing, did I? ³  Or do I make my plans ⁴  according to mere human standards ⁵  so that I would be saying ⁶  both “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?

¹ tn Or “spontaneously.”

² tn Grk “forty less one”; this was a standard sentence. “Lashes” is supplied to clarify for the modern reader what is meant.

³ tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative answer. This is indicated in the translation by the ‘tag’ question “did I?” at the end of the sentence.

⁴ tn Grk “the things that I plan, do I plan (them).”

⁵ tn Grk “according to the flesh.”

⁶ tn Grk “so that with me there should be.”