2 Corinthians 1:11

1:11 as you also join in helping us by prayer, so that many people may give thanks to God ¹  on our behalf for the gracious gift given to us through the help of many.

2 Corinthians 4:15

4:15 For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including ²  more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase ³  to the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 5:11

The Message of Reconciliation

5:11 Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, ⁴  we try to persuade ⁵  people, ⁶  but we are well known ⁷  to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.

2 Corinthians 5:18

5:18 And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 7:5

7:5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our body ⁸  had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way – struggles from the outside, fears from within.

2 Corinthians 8:11

8:11 to finish what you started, ⁹  so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, ¹⁰  you can also complete it ¹¹  according to your means. ¹² 

2 Corinthians 8:22

8:22 And we are sending ¹³  with them our brother whom we have tested many times and found eager in many matters, but who now is much more eager than ever because of the great confidence he has in you.

2 Corinthians 10:8

10:8 For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us ¹⁴  for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so. ¹⁵ 

2 Corinthians 11:10

11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine ¹⁶  will not be stopped ¹⁷  in the regions of Achaia.

2 Corinthians 11:16

Paul’s Sufferings for Christ

11:16 I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. ¹⁸  But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

2 Corinthians 12:18

12:18 I urged Titus to visit you ¹⁹  and I sent our ²⁰  brother along with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? ²¹  Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit? Did we not behave in the same way? ²² 

2 Corinthians 13:4

13:4 For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God’s power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God’s power toward you.

2 Corinthians 13:14

13:14 [[EMPTY]] ²³ 

[1:11]  ¹ tn Grk “so that thanks may be given by many.” The words “to God” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. The passive construction has been converted to an active one for clarity, in keeping with contemporary English style.

[4:15]  ² tn Or “that is abounding to.”

[4:15]  ³ tn Or “to abound.”

[5:11]  ³ tn Or “because we know what it means to fear the Lord.”

[5:11]  ⁴ tn The present tense of πείθομεν (peiqomen) has been translated as a conative present.

[5:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “men”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is generic here since clearly both men and women are in view (Paul did not attempt to win only men to the gospel he preached).

[5:11]  ⁶ tn Or “clearly evident.” BDAG 1048 s.v. φανερόω 2.b.β has “θεῷ πεφανερώμεθα we are well known to God 2 Cor 5:11a, cp. 11b; 11:6 v.l.”

[7:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “our flesh.”

[8:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “and now also complete the doing.”

[8:11]  ⁶ tn Grk “just as the eagerness to want [it].”

[8:11]  ⁷ tn Grk “so also it might be completed.” The passive construction was converted to an active one in the translation in keeping with contemporary English style.

[8:11]  ⁸ tn Grk “completed from what you have.”

[8:22]  ⁶ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

[10:8]  ⁷ tn The word “us” is not in the Greek text but is supplied. Indirect objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context, and must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[10:8]  ⁸ tn Grk “I will not be put to shame,” “I will not be ashamed.” The words “of doing so” are supplied to clarify for the reader that Paul will not be ashamed of boasting somewhat more about the authority the Lord gave him (beginning of v. 8).

[11:10]  ⁸ tn That is, that Paul offers the gospel free of charge to the Corinthians (see 2 Cor 11:7).

[11:10]  ⁹ tn Or “silenced.”

[11:16]  ⁹ tn Or “am foolish.”

[12:18]  ¹⁰ tn The words “to visit you” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, and must be supplied for the modern reader.

[12:18]  ¹¹ tn Grk “the.”

[12:18]  ¹² tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative answer, indicated by the ‘tag’ question “did he?” at the end of the clause.

[12:18]  ¹³ tn Grk “[Did we not walk] in the same tracks?” This is an idiom that means to imitate someone else or to behave as they do. Paul’s point is that he and Titus have conducted themselves in the same way toward the Corinthians. If Titus did not take advantage of the Corinthians, then neither did Paul.

[13:14]  ¹¹ tc Most witnesses, especially later ones (א² D Ψ Ï lat sy bo), conclude this letter with ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”), while several early and important mss (Ì⁴⁶ א* A B F G 0243 6 33 630 1175 1739 1881 pc sa) lack the particle. Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. That so many diverse witnesses lacked the word here is strong testimony to its absence for the original text of 2 Corinthians.