2 Corinthians 5:15

5:15 And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised. ¹ 

2 Corinthians 8:13

8:13 For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

2 Corinthians 9:3

9:3 But I am sending ²  these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready ³  just as I kept telling them.

2 Corinthians 9:12

9:12 because the service of this ministry is not only providing for ⁴  the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God.

2 Corinthians 10:14

10:14 For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ. ⁵ 

2 Corinthians 12:18

12:18 I urged Titus to visit you ⁶  and I sent our ⁷  brother along with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? ⁸  Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit? Did we not behave in the same way? ⁹ 

[5:15]  ¹ tn Or “but for him who died and was raised for them.”

[9:3]  ² tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

[9:3]  ³ tn That is, ready with the collection for the saints.

[9:12]  ³ tn Or “not only supplying.”

[10:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “with the gospel of Christ,” but since Χριστοῦ (Cristou) is clearly an objective genitive here, it is better to translate “with the gospel about Christ.”

[12:18]  ⁵ tn The words “to visit you” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, and must be supplied for the modern reader.

[12:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “the.”

[12:18]  ⁷ tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative answer, indicated by the ‘tag’ question “did he?” at the end of the clause.

[12:18]  ⁸ tn Grk “[Did we not walk] in the same tracks?” This is an idiom that means to imitate someone else or to behave as they do. Paul’s point is that he and Titus have conducted themselves in the same way toward the Corinthians. If Titus did not take advantage of the Corinthians, then neither did Paul.