Discovery Box2 Corinthians 1:6
Context1:6 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 4:4
Context4:4 among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe 2 so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel 3 of Christ, 4 who is the image of God.
2 Corinthians 8:19
Context8:19 In addition, 5 this brother 6 has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift 7 to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help. 8
2 Corinthians 10:12
Context10:12 For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding. 9
2 Corinthians 12:21
Context12:21 I am afraid that 10 when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for 11 many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.
[4:4] 2 tn Or “of unbelievers.”
[4:4] 3 tn Grk “the gospel of the glory”; δόξης (doxhs) has been translated as an attributive genitive.
[4:4] 4 tn Or “so that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ would not be evident to them” (L&N 28.37).
[8:19] 3 tn Grk “gospel, and not only this, but.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation.
[8:19] 4 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the brother mentioned in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[8:19] 5 tn That is, the offering or collection being taken to assist impoverished Christians.
[8:19] 6 tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied (see L&N 25.68).
[10:12] 4 tn Or “they are unintelligent.”
[12:21] 5 tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text from v. 20, but are needed for clarity.
