2 Corinthians 5:6

5:6 Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth ¹  we are absent from the Lord –

2 Corinthians 2:14

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2:14 But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession ²  in Christ ³  and who makes known ⁴  through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.

2 Corinthians 4:10

4:10 always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, ⁵  so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible ⁶  in our body.

2 Corinthians 9:8

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

[5:6]  ¹ tn Grk “we know that being at home in the body”; an idiom for being alive (L&N 23.91).

[2:14]  ² tn Or “who always causes us to triumph.”

[2:14]  ³ tn Or “in the Messiah.”

[2:14]  ⁴ tn Or “who reveals.”

[4:10]  ³ tn The first clause of 2 Cor 4:10 is elliptical and apparently refers to the fact that Paul was constantly in danger of dying in the same way Jesus died (by violence at least). According to L&N 23.99 it could be translated, “at all times we live in the constant threat of being killed as Jesus was.”

[4:10]  ⁴ tn Or “may also be revealed.”

[9:8]  ⁴ tn Or “abound.”

[9:8]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Or “abound.”