2 Corinthians 1:4

1:4 who comforts us in all our troubles ¹  so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble ²  with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

2 Corinthians 1:9

1:9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, ³  so that we would not trust in ourselves ⁴  but in God who raises the dead.

2 Corinthians 2:3

2:3 And I wrote this very thing to you, ⁵  so that when I came ⁶  I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

2 Corinthians 3:14

3:14 But their minds were closed. ⁷  For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. ⁸  It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away. ⁹ 

2 Corinthians 7:14

7:14 For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, ¹⁰  but just as everything we said to you was true, ¹¹  so our boasting to Titus about you ¹²  has proved true as well.

2 Corinthians 9:13

9:13 Through the evidence ¹³  of this service ¹⁴  they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing ¹⁵  with them and with everyone.

2 Corinthians 12:21

12:21 I am afraid that ¹⁶  when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for ¹⁷  many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.

[1:4]  ¹ tn Or “our trials”; traditionally, “our affliction.” The term θλῖψις (qliyi") refers to trouble (including persecution) that involves direct suffering (L&N 22.2).

[1:4]  ² tn Or “any trials”; traditionally, “any affliction.”

[1:9]  ³ tn Grk “we ourselves had the sentence of death within ourselves.” Here ἀπόκριμα (apokrima) is being used figuratively; no actual official verdict had been given, but in light of all the difficulties that Paul and his colleagues had suffered, it seemed to them as though such an official verdict had been rendered against them (L&N 56.26).

[1:9]  ⁴ tn Or “might not put confidence in ourselves.”

[2:3]  ⁵ tn The words “to you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[2:3]  ⁶ sn So that when I came. Regarding this still future visit by Paul, see 2 Cor 12:14; 13:1.

[3:14]  ⁷ tn Grk “their minds were hardened.”

[3:14]  ⁸ tn Grk “the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant”; the phrase “they hear” has been introduced (“when they hear the old covenant read”) to make the link with the “Israelites” (v. 13) whose minds were closed (v. 14a) more obvious to the reader.

[3:14]  ⁹ tn Or “only in Christ is it eliminated.”

[7:14]  ⁹ tn Grk “I have not been put to shame”; the words “by you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[7:14]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “just as we spoke everything to you in truth.”

[7:14]  ¹¹ tn The words “about you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[9:13]  ¹¹ tn Or “proof,” or perhaps “testing” (NRSV).

[9:13]  ¹² tn Or “ministry.”

[9:13]  ¹³ tn Or “your partnership”; Grk “your fellowship.”

[12:21]  ¹³ tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text from v. 20, but are needed for clarity.

[12:21]  ¹⁴ tn Or “I will mourn over.”