2 Corinthians 3:1

A Living Letter

3:1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? We don’t need letters of recommendation to you or from you as some other people do, do we? ¹ 

2 Corinthians 6:4

6:4 But as God’s servants, ²  we have commended ourselves in every way, ³  with great endurance, in persecutions, ⁴  in difficulties, in distresses,

2 Corinthians 8:5

8:5 And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

[3:1]  ¹ tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative reply (“No, we do not”) which is indicated in the translation by the ‘tag’ at the end, “do we?”

[6:4]  ² tn Or “ministers.”

[6:4]  ³ tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”

[6:4]  ⁴ tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”