2 Corinthians 6:2

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 5:17

5:17 So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away ²  – look, what is new ³  has come! ⁴ 

2 Corinthians 6:9

6:9 as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet – see! – we continue to live; as those who are scourged ⁵  and yet not executed;

2 Corinthians 7:11

7:11 For see what this very thing, this sadness ⁶  as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, ⁷  what indignation, ⁸  what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, ⁹  what punishment! ¹⁰  In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

2 Corinthians 12:14

12:14 Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have ¹¹  to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

[6:2]  ¹ sn A quotation from Isa 49:8.

[5:17]  ² tn Grk “old things have passed away.”

[5:17]  ³ tc Most mss have the words τὰ πάντα (ta panta, “all things”; cf. KJV “behold, all things are become new”), some after καίνα (kaina, “new”; D² K L P Ψ 104 326 945 2464 pm) and others before it (6 33 81 614 630 1241 1505 1881 pm). The reading without τὰ πάντα, however, has excellent support from both the Western and Alexandrian texttypes (Ì⁴⁶ א B C D* F G 048 0243 365 629 1175 1739 pc co), and the different word order of the phrase which includes it (“all things new” or “new all things”) in the ms tradition indicates its secondary character. This secondary addition may have taken place because of assimilation to τὰ δὲ πάντα (ta de panta, “and all [these] things”) that begins the following verse.

[5:17]  ⁴ tn Grk “new things have come [about].”

[6:9]  ³ tn Grk “disciplined,” but in this context probably a reference to scourging prior to execution (yet the execution is not carried out).

[7:11]  ⁴ tn Grk “this very thing, to be grieved.”

[7:11]  ⁵ tn The words “of yourselves” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[7:11]  ⁶ sn What indignation refers to the Corinthians’ indignation at the offender.

[7:11]  ⁷ tn Or “what zeal.”

[7:11]  ⁸ sn That is, punishment for the offender.

[12:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “children ought not,” but this might give the impression that children are not supposed to support sick or aging parents in need of help. That is not what Paul is saying. His point is that children should not have to pay their parent’s way.