2 Corinthians 1:13

1:13 For we do not write you anything other than what ¹  you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely ² 

2 Corinthians 3:1

A Living Letter

3:1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? We don’t need letters of recommendation to you or from you as some other people do, do we? ³ 

2 Corinthians 12:13

12:13 For how ⁴  were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!

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¹ tn Grk “than the things.”

² tn Grk “to the end,” a Greek idiom for “fully,” “totally,” “completely.”

³ tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative reply (“No, we do not”) which is indicated in the translation by the ‘tag’ at the end, “do we?”

⁴ tn Grk “For in what respect.”