2 Corinthians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ¹  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, ²  with all the saints who are in all Achaia. ³ 

2 Corinthians 4:2

4:2 But we have rejected ⁴  shameful hidden deeds, ⁵  not behaving ⁶  with deceptiveness ⁷  or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.

2 Corinthians 5:10

5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, ⁸  so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil. ⁹ 

2 Corinthians 7:11

7:11 For see what this very thing, this sadness ¹⁰  as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, ¹¹  what indignation, ¹²  what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, ¹³  what punishment! ¹⁴  In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

2 Corinthians 7:14

7:14 For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, ¹⁵  but just as everything we said to you was true, ¹⁶  so our boasting to Titus about you ¹⁷  has proved true as well.

2 Corinthians 9:13

9:13 Through the evidence ¹⁸  of this service ¹⁹  they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing ²⁰  with them and with everyone.

2 Corinthians 11:9

11:9 When ²¹  I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. ²²  I ²³  kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

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, ²⁴ 

[1:1]  ¹ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[1:1]  ² map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

[1:1]  ³ tn Or “are throughout Achaia.”

[4:2]  ⁴ tn L&N 13.156; the word can also mean “to assert opposition to,” thus here “we have denounced” (L&N 33.220).

[4:2]  ⁵ tn Grk “the hidden things [deeds] of shame”; here αἰσχύνης (aiscunh") has been translated as an attributive genitive.

[4:2]  ⁶ tn Or “not conducting ourselves”; Grk “not walking” (a common NT idiom for conduct, way of life, or behavior).

[4:2]  ⁷ tn Or “craftiness.”

[5:10]  ⁷ sn The judgment seat (βῆμα, bhma) was a raised platform mounted by steps and sometimes furnished with a seat, used by officials in addressing an assembly or making pronouncements, often on judicial matters. The judgment seat was a common item in Greco-Roman culture, often located in the agora, the public square or marketplace in the center of a city. Use of the term in reference to Christ’s judgment would be familiar to Paul’s 1st century readers.

[5:10]  ⁸ tn Or “whether good or bad.”

[7:11]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “this very thing, to be grieved.”

[7:11]  ¹¹ tn The words “of yourselves” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[7:11]  ¹² sn What indignation refers to the Corinthians’ indignation at the offender.

[7:11]  ¹³ tn Or “what zeal.”

[7:11]  ¹⁴ sn That is, punishment for the offender.

[7:14]  ¹³ tn Grk “I have not been put to shame”; the words “by you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[7:14]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “just as we spoke everything to you in truth.”

[7:14]  ¹⁵ tn The words “about you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[9:13]  ¹⁶ tn Or “proof,” or perhaps “testing” (NRSV).

[9:13]  ¹⁷ tn Or “ministry.”

[9:13]  ¹⁸ tn Or “your partnership”; Grk “your fellowship.”

[11:9]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “you, and when.” A new sentence was started here in the translation.

[11:9]  ²⁰ tn If the participle ἐλθόντες (elqonte") is taken as temporal rather than adjectival, the translation would be, “for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, fully supplied my needs” (similar to NASB).

[11:9]  ²¹ tn Grk “needs, and I kept.” A new sentence was started here in the translation.

[13:2]  ²² tn The word “anyone” is not in the Greek text but is implied.