2 Corinthians 1:18

1:18 But as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

2 Corinthians 1:23

Why Paul Postponed His Visit

1:23 Now I appeal to God as my witness, ¹  that to spare ²  you I did not come again to Corinth. ³ 

2 Corinthians 3:5

3:5 Not that we are adequate ⁴  in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy ⁵  is from God,

2 Corinthians 5:5

5:5 Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose ⁶  is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment. ⁷ 

2 Corinthians 5:21--6:1

5:21 God ⁸  made the one who did not know sin ⁹  to be sin for us, so that in him ¹⁰  we would become the righteousness of God.

God’s Suffering Servants

6:1 Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain. ¹¹ 

2 Corinthians 6:4

6:4 But as God’s servants, ¹²  we have commended ourselves in every way, ¹³  with great endurance, in persecutions, ¹⁴  in difficulties, in distresses,

2 Corinthians 6:7

6:7 by truthful ¹⁵  teaching, ¹⁶  by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left, ¹⁷ 

2 Corinthians 7:6

7:6 But God, who encourages ¹⁸  the downhearted, encouraged ¹⁹  us by the arrival of Titus.

2 Corinthians 7:10

7:10 For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.

2 Corinthians 8:1

Completing the Collection for the Saints

8:1 Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, ²⁰  the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,

2 Corinthians 8:5

8:5 And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

2 Corinthians 8:16

The Mission of Titus

8:16 But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion ²¹  I have for you,

2 Corinthians 9:7

9:7 Each one of you should give ²²  just as he has decided in his heart, ²³  not reluctantly ²⁴  or under compulsion, ²⁵  because God loves a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians 9:14

9:14 And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you. ²⁶ 

2 Corinthians 10:4

10:4 for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, ²⁷  but are made powerful by God ²⁸  for tearing down strongholds. ²⁹  We tear down arguments ³⁰ 

2 Corinthians 11:2

11:2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, ³¹  to present you as a pure ³²  virgin to Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:7

11:7 Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself ³³  so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed ³⁴  the gospel of God to you free of charge?

[1:23]  ¹ tn Grk “I call upon God as witness against my soul.” Normally this implies an appeal for help (L&N 33.176).

[1:23]  ² tn Here φειδόμενος (feidomeno") has been translated as a telic participle.

[1:23]  ³ sn Paul had promised to come again to visit (see 2 Cor 1:15, 24) but explains here why he had changed his plans.

[3:5]  ¹ tn Or “competent.”

[3:5]  ² tn Or “competence.”

[5:5]  ¹ tn Grk “for this very thing.”

[5:5]  ² tn Or “first installment,” “pledge,” “deposit” (see the note on the phrase “down payment” in 1:22).

[5:21]  ¹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:21]  ² sn The one who did not know sin is a reference to Jesus Christ.

[5:21]  ³ sn That is, “in Christ.”

[6:1]  ¹ tn Or “receive the grace of God uselessly.”

[6:4]  ¹ tn Or “ministers.”

[6:4]  ² tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”

[6:4]  ³ tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”

[6:7]  ¹ tn Grk “by the word of truth”; understanding ἀληθείας (alhqeias) as an attributive genitive (“truthful word”).

[6:7]  ² tn Or “speech.” In this context it is more likely that λόγος (logos) refers to Paul’s message (thus “teaching”) than to his speech in general.

[6:7]  ³ tn The phrase “for the right hand and for the left” possibly refers to a combination of an offensive weapon (a sword for the right hand) and a defensive weapon (a shield for the left).

[7:6]  ¹ tn Or “comforts,” “consoles.”

[7:6]  ² tn Or “comforted,” “consoled.”

[8:1]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:8.

[8:16]  ¹ tn Or “eagerness.”

[9:7]  ¹ tn Or “must do.” The words “of you” and “should give” are not in the Greek text, which literally reads, “Each one just as he has decided in his heart.” The missing words are an ellipsis; these or similar phrases must be supplied for the English reader.

[9:7]  ² tn Or “in his mind.”

[9:7]  ³ tn Or “not from regret”; Grk “not out of grief.”

[9:7]  ⁴ tn Or “not out of a sense of duty”; Grk “from necessity.”

[9:14]  ¹ tn Grk “the extraordinary grace of God to you”; the point is that God has given or shown grace to the Corinthians.

[10:4]  ¹ tn Grk “are not fleshly [weapons].” The repetition of the word “warfare” does not occur in the Greek text, but is supplied for clarity.

[10:4]  ² tn Or “but (are) divinely powerful,” “but they have divine power,” or “but are powerful for God’s [service]”; Grk “but are powerful to God.”

[10:4]  ³ sn Ultimately Paul is referring here to the false arguments of his opponents, calling them figuratively “strongholds.” This Greek word (ὀχύρωμα, ocurwma) is used only here in the NT.

[10:4]  ⁴ tn Or “speculations.”

[11:2]  ¹ tn That is, to Christ.

[11:2]  ² tn Or “chaste.”

[11:7]  ¹ sn Paul is referring to humbling himself to the point of doing manual labor to support himself.

[11:7]  ² tn Or “preached.”