2 Corinthians 1:14-16

1:14 just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours ¹  in the day of the Lord Jesus. ²  1:15 And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us, ³  1:16 and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back ⁴  to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

2 Corinthians 1:24

1:24 I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm. ⁵ 

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? ⁶ 

2 Corinthians 6:18

6:18 and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” ⁷  says the All-Powerful Lord. ⁸ 

2 Corinthians 9:11

9:11 You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, ⁹  which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,

2 Corinthians 9:14

9:14 And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you. ¹⁰ 

2 Corinthians 11:1

Paul and His Opponents

11:1 I wish that you would be patient with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you are being patient with me!

2 Corinthians 11:7

11:7 Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself ¹¹  so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed ¹²  the gospel of God to you free of charge?

2 Corinthians 12:13

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

2 Corinthians 12:16

12:16 But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!

2 Corinthians 13:9

13:9 For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And we pray for this: that you may become fully qualified. ¹⁴ 

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¹ tn Grk “that we are your boast even as you are our boast.”

² tc ‡ On the wording “the Lord Jesus” (τοῦ κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ, tou kuriou Ihsou) there is some variation in the extant witnesses: ἡμῶν (Jhmwn, “our”) is found after κυρίου in several significant witnesses (א B F G P 0121 0243 6 33 81 1739 1881 2464 al lat co); the pronoun is lacking from Ì^46vid A C D Ψ Ï. Although in Paul “our Lord Jesus Christ” is a common expression, “our Lord Jesus” is relatively infrequent (cf., e.g., Rom 16:20; 2 Cor 1:14; 1 Thess 2:19; 3:11, 13; 2 Thess 1:8, 12). “The Lord Jesus” occurs about as often as “our Lord Jesus” (cf. 1 Cor 11:23; 16:23; 2 Cor 4:14; 11:31; Eph 1:15; 1 Thess 4:2; 2 Thess 1:7; Phlm 5). Thus, on balance, since scribes would tend to expand on the text, it is probably best to consider the shorter reading as authentic. NA²⁷ places the pronoun in brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.

³ tn Grk “a second grace,” “a second favor” (used figuratively of a second visit by Paul).

⁴ tn Grk “come again.”

⁵ tn Or “because you stand firm in the faith.”

⁶ 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?”

⁷ sn A paraphrased quotation from 2 Sam 7:14 and Isa 43:6.

⁸ tn Traditionally, “the Lord Almighty.” BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…κύριος π. (oft. LXX) 2 Cor 6:18.”

⁹ tn Grk “in every way for every generosity,” or “he will always make you rich enough to be generous at all times” (L&N 57.29).

¹⁰ tn Grk “the extraordinary grace of God to you”; the point is that God has given or shown grace to the Corinthians.

¹¹ sn Paul is referring to humbling himself to the point of doing manual labor to support himself.

¹² tn Or “preached.”

¹³ tn Grk “For in what respect.”

¹⁴ tn Or “fully equipped.”