2 Corinthians 6:2

Context
6:2 For he says, “I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you.”¹ Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!

2 Corinthians 12:11

Context

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 comparison² to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

2 Corinthians 13:7

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13:7 Now we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong, not so that we may appear to have passed the test,³ but so that you may do what is right⁴ even if we may appear to have failed the test.⁵

[6:2] ¹sn A quotation from Isa 49:8.

[12:11] ²tn Or “I am in no way inferior.”

[13:7] ³tn Or “that we may appear to be approved.”

[13:7] ⁴tn Or “what is good.”

[13:7] ⁵tn Or “even if we appear disapproved.”