2 Corinthians 1:14

1:14 just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours ¹  in the day of the Lord Jesus. ² 

2 Corinthians 5:12

5:12 We are not trying to commend ³  ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, ⁴  so that you may be able to answer those who take pride ⁵  in outward appearance ⁶  and not in what is in the heart.

2 Corinthians 9:3

9:3 But I am sending ⁷  these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready ⁸  just as I kept telling them.

[1:14]  ¹ tn Grk “that we are your boast even as you are our boast.”

[1:14]  ² tc ‡ On the wording “the Lord Jesus” (τοῦ κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ, tou kuriou Ihsou) there is some variation in the extant witnesses: ἡμῶν (Jhmwn, “our”) is found after κυρίου in several significant witnesses (א B F G P 0121 0243 6 33 81 1739 1881 2464 al lat co); the pronoun is lacking from Ì^46vid A C D Ψ Ï. Although in Paul “our Lord Jesus Christ” is a common expression, “our Lord Jesus” is relatively infrequent (cf., e.g., Rom 16:20; 2 Cor 1:14; 1 Thess 2:19; 3:11, 13; 2 Thess 1:8, 12). “The Lord Jesus” occurs about as often as “our Lord Jesus” (cf. 1 Cor 11:23; 16:23; 2 Cor 4:14; 11:31; Eph 1:15; 1 Thess 4:2; 2 Thess 1:7; Phlm 5). Thus, on balance, since scribes would tend to expand on the text, it is probably best to consider the shorter reading as authentic. NA²⁷ places the pronoun in brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.

[5:12]  ³ tn The present tense of συνιστάνομεν (sunistanomen) has been translated as a conative present.

[5:12]  ⁴ tn Or “to boast about us.”

[5:12]  ⁵ tn Or “who boast.”

[5:12]  ⁶ tn Or “in what is seen.”

[9:3]  ⁵ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

[9:3]  ⁶ tn That is, ready with the collection for the saints.