2 Corinthians 1:22

1:22 who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment. ¹ 

2 Corinthians 2:12

2:12 Now when I arrived in Troas ²  to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened ³  a door of opportunity ⁴  for me,

2 Corinthians 3:5

3:5 Not that we are adequate ⁵  in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy ⁶  is from God,

2 Corinthians 5:5-6

5:5 Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose ⁷  is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment. ⁸  5:6 Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth ⁹  we are absent from the Lord –

2 Corinthians 5:8

5:8 Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away ¹⁰  from the body and at home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:20

5:20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea ¹¹  through us. We plead with you ¹²  on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!”

2 Corinthians 6:1

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. ¹³ 

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, ¹⁴  the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,

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. ¹⁵ 

2 Corinthians 11:7

11:7 Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself ¹⁶  so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed ¹⁷  the gospel of God to you free of charge?

2 Corinthians 11:32-33

11:32 In Damascus, the governor ¹⁸  under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus ¹⁹  in order to arrest ²⁰  me, 11:33 but I was let down in a rope-basket ²¹  through a window in the city wall, and escaped his hands.

2 Corinthians 12:5

12:5 On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.

2 Corinthians 12:12

12:12 Indeed, the signs of an apostle were performed among you with great perseverance ²²  by signs and wonders and powerful deeds. ²³ 

[1:22]  ¹ tn Or “first installment,” “pledge,” “deposit.”

[2:12]  ² sn Troas was a city and region in the northwest corner of Asia Minor.

[2:12]  ³ tn This has been translated as a concessive participle (“even though”). The passive construction (“a door of opportunity had been opened for me by the Lord”) has been converted to an active one in the translation for clarity.

[2:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “a door”; the phrase ἀνοίγω θύραν (anoigw quran, “to open a door”) is an idiom meaning “to make possible some opportunity” (L&N 71.9).

[3:5]  ³ tn Or “competent.”

[3:5]  ⁴ tn Or “competence.”

[5:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “for this very thing.”

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

[5:6]  ⁵ tn Grk “we know that being at home in the body”; an idiom for being alive (L&N 23.91).

[5:8]  ⁶ tn Or “be absent.”

[5:20]  ⁷ tn Or “as though God were begging.”

[5:20]  ⁸ tn Or “we beg you.”

[6:1]  ⁸ tn Or “receive the grace of God uselessly.”

[8:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:8.

[9:14]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “the extraordinary grace of God to you”; the point is that God has given or shown grace to the Corinthians.

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

[11:7]  ¹² tn Or “preached.”

[11:32]  ¹² tn Grk “ethnarch.”

[11:32]  ¹³ tn Grk “the city of the Damascenes.”

[11:32]  ¹⁴ tn Or “to seize,” “to catch.”

[11:33]  ¹³ tn In Acts 9:25 the same basket used in Paul’s escape is called a σπυρίς (spuri"), a basket larger than a κόφινος (kofinos). It was very likely made out of rope, so the translation “rope-basket” is used.

[12:12]  ¹⁴ tn Or “patience,” “endurance.”

[12:12]  ¹⁵ tn Or “and miracles.”