2 Corinthians 11:29

11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, ¹  and I do not burn with indignation?

2 Corinthians 1:23

Why Paul Postponed His Visit

1:23 Now I appeal to God as my witness, ²  that to spare ³  you I did not come again to Corinth. ⁴ 

2 Corinthians 2:2

2:2 For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad ⁵  but the one I caused to be sad?

2 Corinthians 12:15-16

12:15 Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! ⁶  If I love you more, am I to be loved less? 12:16 But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!

2 Corinthians 2:10

2:10 If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him – for indeed what I have forgiven (if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ,

2 Corinthians 11:23

11:23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.

2 Corinthians 12:11

The Signs of an Apostle

12:11 I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison ⁷  to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

2 Corinthians 10:1

Paul’s Authority from the Lord

10:1 Now I, Paul, appeal to you ⁸  personally ⁹  by the meekness and gentleness ¹⁰  of Christ (I who am meek ¹¹  when present among ¹²  you, but am full of courage ¹³  toward you when away!) –

2 Corinthians 12:13

12:13 For how ¹⁴  were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!

[11:29]  ¹ tn Or “who is caused to stumble.”

[1:23]  ² tn Grk “I call upon God as witness against my soul.” Normally this implies an appeal for help (L&N 33.176).

[1:23]  ³ tn Here φειδόμενος (feidomeno") has been translated as a telic participle.

[1:23]  ⁴ sn Paul had promised to come again to visit (see 2 Cor 1:15, 24) but explains here why he had changed his plans.

[2:2]  ³ tn Or “to cheer me up.” L&N 25.131 translates this “For if I were to make you sad, who would be left to cheer me up?”

[12:15]  ⁴ tn Grk “souls.”

[12:11]  ⁵ tn Or “I am in no way inferior.”

[10:1]  ⁶ tn The Greek pronoun (“you”) is plural.

[10:1]  ⁷ tn The word “personally” is supplied to reflect the force of the Greek intensive pronoun αὐτός (autos) at the beginning of the verse.

[10:1]  ⁸ tn Or “leniency and clemency.” D. Walker, “Paul’s Offer of Leniency of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:1): Populist Ideology and Rhetoric in a Pauline Letter Fragment (2 Cor 10:1-13:10)” (Ph.D. diss., University of Chicago, 1998), argues for this alternative translation for three main reasons: (1) When the two Greek nouns πραΰτης and ἐπιείκεια (prauth" and ejpieikeia) are used together, 90% of the time the nuance is “leniency and clemency.” (2) “Leniency and clemency” has a military connotation, which is precisely what appears in the following verses. (3) 2 Cor 10-13 speaks of Paul’s sparing use of his authority, which points to the nuance of “leniency and clemency.”

[10:1]  ⁹ tn Or “who lack confidence.”

[10:1]  ¹⁰ tn Or “when face to face with.”

[10:1]  ¹¹ tn Or “but bold.”

[12:13]  ⁷ tn Grk “For in what respect.”