2 Corinthians 11:17

11:17 What I am saying with this boastful confidence ¹  I do not say the way the Lord would. ²  Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

2 Corinthians 4:16

4:16 Therefore we do not despair, ³  but even if our physical body ⁴  is wearing away, our inner person ⁵  is being renewed day by day.

2 Corinthians 9:8

9:8 And God is able to make all grace overflow ⁶  to you so that because you have enough ⁷  of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow ⁸  in every good work.

2 Corinthians 12:20

12:20 For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me ⁹  not what you wish. I am afraid that ¹⁰  somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, ¹¹  slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

[11:17]  ¹ tn Grk “with this confidence of boasting.” The genitive καυχήσεως (kauchsew") has been translated as an attributed genitive (the noun in the genitive gives an attribute of the noun modified).

[11:17]  ² tn Or “say with the Lord’s authority.”

[4:16]  ³ tn Or “do not lose heart.”

[4:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “our outer man.”

[4:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “our inner [man].”

[9:8]  ⁵ tn Or “abound.”

[9:8]  ⁶ tn Or “so that by having enough.” The Greek participle can be translated as a participle of cause (“because you have enough”) or means (“by having enough”).

[9:8]  ⁷ tn Or “abound.”

[12:20]  ⁷ tn Grk “and I will be found by you.” The passive construction has been converted to an active one in the translation.

[12:20]  ⁸ tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text, but are needed for clarity.

[12:20]  ⁹ tn Or “intense anger, hostility.”