2 Corinthians 1:6

1:6 But if we are afflicted, ¹  it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.

2 Corinthians 1:9

1:9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, ²  so that we would not trust in ourselves ³  but in God who raises the dead.

2 Corinthians 1:12

Paul Defends His Changed Plans

1:12 For our reason for confidence ⁴  is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives ⁵  and sincerity which are from God ⁶  – not by human wisdom ⁷  but by the grace of God – we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more ⁸  toward you.

2 Corinthians 3:14

3:14 But their minds were closed. ⁹  For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. ¹⁰  It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away. ¹¹ 

2 Corinthians 5:10

5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, ¹²  so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil. ¹³ 

2 Corinthians 7:7

7:7 We were encouraged ¹⁴  not only by his arrival, but also by the encouragement ¹⁵  you gave ¹⁶  him, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, ¹⁷  your deep concern ¹⁸  for me, so that I rejoiced more than ever.

2 Corinthians 8:19

8:19 In addition, ¹⁹  this brother ²⁰  has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift ²¹  to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help. ²² 

2 Corinthians 9:10

9:10 Now God ²³  who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow.

2 Corinthians 12:9

12:9 But ²⁴  he said to me, “My grace is enough ²⁵  for you, for my ²⁶  power is made perfect ²⁷  in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly ²⁸  about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in ²⁹  me.

2 Corinthians 12:14

12:14 Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have ³⁰  to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

[1:6]  ¹ tn Or “are troubled.”

[1:9]  ² 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]  ³ tn Or “might not put confidence in ourselves.”

[1:12]  ³ tn Or “for boasting.”

[1:12]  ⁴ tc Two viable variants exist at this place in the text: ἁγιότητι (Jagiothti, “holiness”) vs. ἁπλότητι (Japlothti, “pure motives”). A confusion of letters could well have produced the variant (TCGNT 507): In uncial script the words would have been written agiothti and aplothti. This, however, does not explain which reading created the other. Overall ἁπλότητι, though largely a Western-Byzantine reading (א² D F G Ï lat sy), is better suited to the context; it is also a Pauline word while ἁγιότης (Jagioth") is not. It also best explains the rise of the other variants, πραότητι (praothti, “gentleness”) and {σπλάγχνοις} (splancnoi", “compassion”). On the other hand, the external evidence in favor of ἁγιότητι is extremely strong (Ì⁴⁶ א* A B C K P Ψ 0121 0243 33 81 1739 1881 al co). This diversity of mss provides excellent evidence for authenticity, but because of the internal evidence listed above, ἁπλότητι is to be preferred, albeit only slightly.

[1:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “pure motives and sincerity of God.”

[1:12]  ⁶ tn Or “not by worldly wisdom.”

[1:12]  ⁷ tn Or “and especially.”

[3:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “their minds were hardened.”

[3:14]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Or “only in Christ is it eliminated.”

[5:10]  ⁵ sn The judgment seat (βῆμα, bhma) was a raised platform mounted by steps and sometimes furnished with a seat, used by officials in addressing an assembly or making pronouncements, often on judicial matters. The judgment seat was a common item in Greco-Roman culture, often located in the agora, the public square or marketplace in the center of a city. Use of the term in reference to Christ’s judgment would be familiar to Paul’s 1st century readers.

[5:10]  ⁶ tn Or “whether good or bad.”

[7:7]  ⁶ tn Because of the length and complexity of this Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the phrase “We were encouraged.”

[7:7]  ⁷ tn Or “comfort,” “consolation.”

[7:7]  ⁸ tn Grk “by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you.” The passive construction was translated as an active one in keeping with contemporary English style, and the repeated word “encouraged” was replaced in the translation by “gave” to avoid redundancy in the translation.

[7:7]  ⁹ tn Or “your grieving,” “your deep sorrow.”

[7:7]  ¹⁰ tn Or “your zeal.”

[8:19]  ⁷ tn Grk “gospel, and not only this, but.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation.

[8:19]  ⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the brother mentioned in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:19]  ⁹ tn That is, the offering or collection being taken to assist impoverished Christians.

[8:19]  ¹⁰ tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied (see L&N 25.68).

[9:10]  ⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:9]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” because of the contrast implicit in the context.

[12:9]  ¹⁰ tn Or “is sufficient.”

[12:9]  ¹¹ tc The majority of later mss (א² A^c D¹ Ψ 0243 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï) as well as some versional witnesses include the pronoun “my” here, but the omission of the pronoun has excellent external support (Ì^46vid א* A* B D* F G latt). Scribes probably added the pronoun for clarity, making the obvious referent explicit. This would also make “power” more parallel with “my grace.” Though the original text probably did not include “my,” scribes who added the word were following the sense of Paul’s statement.

[12:9]  ¹² tn Or “my power comes to full strength.”

[12:9]  ¹³ tn “Most gladly,” a comparative form used with superlative meaning and translated as such.

[12:9]  ¹⁴ tn Or “may rest on.”

[12:14]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “children ought not,” but this might give the impression that children are not supposed to support sick or aging parents in need of help. That is not what Paul is saying. His point is that children should not have to pay their parent’s way.