2 Corinthians 1:14

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 

2 Corinthians 2:12

2:12 Now when I arrived in Troas ³  to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened ⁴  a door of opportunity ⁵  for me,

2 Corinthians 5:6

5:6 Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth ⁶  we are absent from the Lord –

2 Corinthians 5:8

5:8 Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away ⁷  from the body and at home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 6:17-18

6:17 Therefore “come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord, “and touch no unclean thing, ⁸  and I will welcome ⁹  you, ¹⁰  6:18 and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” ¹¹  says the All-Powerful Lord. ¹² 

2 Corinthians 8:5

8:5 And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

2 Corinthians 11:17

11:17 What I am saying with this boastful confidence ¹³  I do not say the way the Lord would. ¹⁴  Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

2 Corinthians 12:1

Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh

12:1 It is necessary to go on boasting. ¹⁵  Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

2 Corinthians 13:13

13:13 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship ¹⁶  of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

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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 sn Troas was a city and region in the northwest corner of Asia Minor.

⁴ tn This has been translated as a concessive participle (“even though”). The passive construction (“a door of opportunity had been opened for me by the Lord”) has been converted to an active one in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Grk “a door”; the phrase ἀνοίγω θύραν (anoigw quran, “to open a door”) is an idiom meaning “to make possible some opportunity” (L&N 71.9).

⁶ tn Grk “we know that being at home in the body”; an idiom for being alive (L&N 23.91).

⁷ tn Or “be absent.”

⁸ sn A quotation from Isa 52:11.

⁹ tn Or “will receive.”

¹⁰ sn A paraphrased quotation from Ezek 20:41.

¹¹ sn A paraphrased quotation from 2 Sam 7:14 and Isa 43:6.

¹² 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.”

¹³ tn Grk “with this confidence of boasting.” The genitive καυχήσεως (kauchsew") has been translated as an attributed genitive (the noun in the genitive gives an attribute of the noun modified).

¹⁴ tn Or “say with the Lord’s authority.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “Boasting is necessary.”

¹⁶ tn Or “communion.”