2 Corinthians 1:15

1:15 And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us, ¹ 

2 Corinthians 2:2

2:2 For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad ²  but the one I caused to be sad?

2 Corinthians 5:8

5:8 Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away ³  from the body and at home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:21

5:21 God ⁴  made the one who did not know sin ⁵  to be sin for us, so that in him ⁶  we would become the righteousness of God.

2 Corinthians 8:13

8:13 For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

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 11:17

11:17 What I am saying with this boastful confidence ⁷  I do not say the way the Lord would. ⁸  Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

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¹ tn Grk “a second grace,” “a second favor” (used figuratively of a second visit by Paul).

² tn Or “to cheer me up.” L&N 25.131 translates this “For if I were to make you sad, who would be left to cheer me up?”

³ tn Or “be absent.”

⁴ tn Grk “He”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ sn The one who did not know sin is a reference to Jesus Christ.

⁶ sn That is, “in Christ.”

⁷ 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).

⁸ tn Or “say with the Lord’s authority.”