2 Corinthians 1:13

1:13 For we do not write you anything other than what ¹  you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely ² 

2 Corinthians 2:17

2:17 For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, ³  but we are speaking in Christ before ⁴  God as persons of sincerity, ⁵  as persons sent from God.

2 Corinthians 3:6

3:6 who made us adequate ⁶  to be servants of a new covenant ⁷  not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 3:13

3:13 and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites ⁸  from staring ⁹  at the result ¹⁰  of the glory that was made ineffective. ¹¹ 

2 Corinthians 5:12

5:12 We are not trying to commend ¹²  ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, ¹³  so that you may be able to answer those who take pride ¹⁴  in outward appearance ¹⁵  and not in what is in the heart.

2 Corinthians 7:3

7:3 I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before ¹⁶  that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you. ¹⁷ 

2 Corinthians 8:10

8:10 So here is my opinion on this matter: It is to your advantage, since you ¹⁸  made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give,

2 Corinthians 8:13

8:13 For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

2 Corinthians 9:12

9:12 because the service of this ministry is not only providing for ¹⁹  the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God.

2 Corinthians 10:13-14

10:13 But we will not boast beyond certain limits, ²⁰  but will confine our boasting ²¹  according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, ²²  that reaches even as far as you. 10:14 For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ. ²³ 

2 Corinthians 11:10

11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine ²⁴  will not be stopped ²⁵  in the regions of Achaia.

2 Corinthians 11:15

11:15 Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves ²⁶  as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions. ²⁷ 

2 Corinthians 11:31

11:31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying.

[1:13]  ¹ tn Grk “than the things.”

[1:13]  ² tn Grk “to the end,” a Greek idiom for “fully,” “totally,” “completely.”

[2:17]  ³ tn The participle καπηλεύοντες (kaphleuonte") refers to those engaged in retail business, but with the negative connotations of deceptiveness and greed – “to peddle for profit,” “to huckster” (L&N 57.202). In the translation a noun form (“hucksters”) has been used in combination with the English verb “peddle…for profit” to convey the negative connotations of this term.

[2:17]  ⁴ tn Or “in the presence of.”

[2:17]  ⁵ tn Or “persons of pure motives.”

[3:6]  ⁵ tn Or “competent.”

[3:6]  ⁶ sn This new covenant is promised in Jer 31:31-34; 32:40.

[3:13]  ⁷ tn Grk “the sons of Israel.”

[3:13]  ⁸ tn Or “from gazing intently.”

[3:13]  ⁹ tn Or “end.” The word τέλος (telos) can mean both “a point of time marking the end of a duration, end, termination, cessation” and “the goal toward which a movement is being directed, end, goal, outcome” (see BDAG 998-999 s.v.). The translation accepts the interpretation that Moses covered the glory of his face with the veil to prevent Israel from being judged by the glory of God (see S. J. Hafemann, Paul, Moses, and the History of Israel [WUNT 81], 347-62); in this case the latter meaning for τέλος is more appropriate.

[3:13]  ¹⁰ tn Or “was fading away”; Grk “on the result of what was made ineffective.” The referent (glory) has been specified in the translation for clarity. See note on “which was made ineffective” in v. 7.

[5:12]  ⁹ tn The present tense of συνιστάνομεν (sunistanomen) has been translated as a conative present.

[5:12]  ¹⁰ tn Or “to boast about us.”

[5:12]  ¹¹ tn Or “who boast.”

[5:12]  ¹² tn Or “in what is seen.”

[7:3]  ¹¹ sn See 2 Cor 1:4-7.

[7:3]  ¹² tn The words “with you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[8:10]  ¹³ tn Grk “who.”

[9:12]  ¹⁵ tn Or “not only supplying.”

[10:13]  ¹⁷ 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).

[10:13]  ¹⁸ tn The words “will confine our boasting” are not in the Greek text, but the reference to boasting must be repeated from the previous clause to clarify for the modern reader what is being limited.

[10:13]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “according to the measure of the rule which God has apportioned to us as a measure”; for the translation used in the text see L&N 37.100.

[10:14]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “with the gospel of Christ,” but since Χριστοῦ (Cristou) is clearly an objective genitive here, it is better to translate “with the gospel about Christ.”

[11:10]  ²¹ tn That is, that Paul offers the gospel free of charge to the Corinthians (see 2 Cor 11:7).

[11:10]  ²² tn Or “silenced.”

[11:15]  ²³ tn Or “also masquerade.”

[11:15]  ²⁴ tn Or “their works.”