2 Corinthians 8:22

8:22 And we are sending ¹  with them our brother whom we have tested many times and found eager in many matters, but who now is much more eager than ever because of the great confidence he has in you.

2 Corinthians 3:12

3:12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we behave with great boldness, ² 

2 Corinthians 1:11

1:11 as you also join in helping us by prayer, so that many people may give thanks to God ³  on our behalf for the gracious gift given to us through the help of many.

2 Corinthians 7:4

A Letter That Caused Sadness

7:4 I have great confidence in you; I take great pride ⁴  on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; ⁵  I am overflowing with joy in the midst of ⁶  all our suffering.

2 Corinthians 3:11

3:11 For if what was made ineffective ⁷  came with ⁸  glory, how much more has what remains ⁹  come in glory!

2 Corinthians 11:18

11:18 Since many ¹⁰  are boasting according to human standards, ¹¹  I too will boast.

2 Corinthians 2:4

2:4 For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you. ¹² 

2 Corinthians 3:9

3:9 For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, ¹³  how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness ¹⁴  excel ¹⁵  in glory!

2 Corinthians 6:4

6:4 But as God’s servants, ¹⁶  we have commended ourselves in every way, ¹⁷  with great endurance, in persecutions, ¹⁸  in difficulties, in distresses,

2 Corinthians 6:10

6:10 as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

2 Corinthians 8:4

8:4 begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping ¹⁹  the saints.

2 Corinthians 8:15

8:15 as it is written: “The one who gathered ²⁰  much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.” ²¹ 

2 Corinthians 2:17

2:17 For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, ²²  but we are speaking in Christ before ²³  God as persons of sincerity, ²⁴  as persons sent from God.

2 Corinthians 8:2

8:2 that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth ²⁵  of their generosity.

2 Corinthians 9:12

9:12 because the service of this ministry is not only providing for ²⁶  the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God.

2 Corinthians 12:21

12:21 I am afraid that ²⁷  when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for ²⁸  many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.

[8:22]  ¹ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

[3:12]  ² tn Or “we employ great openness of speech.”

[1:11]  ³ tn Grk “so that thanks may be given by many.” The words “to God” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. The passive construction has been converted to an active one for clarity, in keeping with contemporary English style.

[7:4]  ⁴ tn Grk “great is my boasting.”

[7:4]  ⁵ tn Or “comfort.”

[7:4]  ⁶ tn Grk “I am overflowing with joy in all our suffering”; the words “in the midst of” are not in the Greek text but are supplied to clarify that Paul is not rejoicing in the suffering itself, but in his relationship with the Corinthians in the midst of all his suffering.

[3:11]  ⁵ tn Or “what was fading away.” See note on “which was made ineffective” in v. 7.

[3:11]  ⁶ tn Or “through” (διά, dia).

[3:11]  ⁷ tn Or “what is permanent.”

[11:18]  ⁶ sn Many is a reference to Paul’s opponents.

[11:18]  ⁷ tn Grk “according to the flesh.”

[2:4]  ⁷ tn Or “the love that I have in great measure for you.”

[3:9]  ⁸ tn Grk “the ministry of condemnation”; translated as an objective genitive, “the ministry that produced condemnation.”

[3:9]  ⁹ tn Grk “the ministry of righteousness”; translated as an objective genitive, “the ministry that produces righteousness.”

[3:9]  ¹⁰ tn Traditionally, “abound.”

[6:4]  ⁹ tn Or “ministers.”

[6:4]  ¹⁰ tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”

[6:4]  ¹¹ tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”

[8:4]  ¹⁰ tn Or “of ministering to.”

[8:15]  ¹¹ tn The word “gathered” is not in the Greek text, but is implied (so also for the second occurrence of the word later in the verse).

[8:15]  ¹² sn A quotation from Exod 16:18.

[2:17]  ¹² tn The participle καπηλεύοντες (kaphleuonte") refers to those engaged in retail business, but with the negative connotations of deceptiveness and greed – “to peddle for profit,” “to huckster” (L&N 57.202). In the translation a noun form (“hucksters”) has been used in combination with the English verb “peddle…for profit” to convey the negative connotations of this term.

[2:17]  ¹³ tn Or “in the presence of.”

[2:17]  ¹⁴ tn Or “persons of pure motives.”

[8:2]  ¹³ tn Or “riches.”

[9:12]  ¹⁴ tn Or “not only supplying.”

[12:21]  ¹⁵ tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text from v. 20, but are needed for clarity.

[12:21]  ¹⁶ tn Or “I will mourn over.”