2 Corinthians 1:20

1:20 For every one of God’s promises are “Yes” in him; therefore also through him the “Amen” is spoken, to the glory we give to God.

2 Corinthians 3:5

3:5 Not that we are adequate ¹  in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy ²  is from God,

2 Corinthians 5:20--6:1

5:20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea ³  through us. We plead with you ⁴  on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!” 5:21 God ⁵  made the one who did not know sin ⁶  to be sin for us, so that in him ⁷  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. ⁸ 

2 Corinthians 6:4

6:4 But as God’s servants, ⁹  we have commended ourselves in every way, ¹⁰  with great endurance, in persecutions, ¹¹  in difficulties, in distresses,

2 Corinthians 6:7

6:7 by truthful ¹²  teaching, ¹³  by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left, ¹⁴ 

2 Corinthians 8:1

Completing the Collection for the Saints

8:1 Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, ¹⁵  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 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. ¹⁶ 

2 Corinthians 11:2

11:2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, ¹⁷  to present you as a pure ¹⁸  virgin to Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:7

11:7 Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself ¹⁹  so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed ²⁰  the gospel of God to you free of charge?

[3:5]  ¹ tn Or “competent.”

[3:5]  ² tn Or “competence.”

[5:20]  ¹ tn Or “as though God were begging.”

[5:20]  ² tn Or “we beg you.”

[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).

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

[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.

[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.”