2 Corinthians 1:16

1:16 and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back ¹  to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

2 Corinthians 3:5

3:5 Not that we are adequate ²  in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy ³  is from God,

2 Corinthians 5:13

5:13 For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

2 Corinthians 6:3

6:3 We do not give anyone ⁴  an occasion for taking an offense in anything, ⁵  so that no fault may be found with our ministry.

2 Corinthians 7:5

7:5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our body ⁶  had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way – struggles from the outside, fears from within.

2 Corinthians 8:17

8:17 because he not only accepted our request, but since he was very eager, ⁷  he is coming ⁸  to you of his own accord. ⁹ 

2 Corinthians 10:4

10:4 for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, ¹⁰  but are made powerful by God ¹¹  for tearing down strongholds. ¹²  We tear down arguments ¹³ 

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¹ tn Grk “come again.”

² tn Or “competent.”

³ tn Or “competence.”

⁴ tn The word “anyone” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.

⁵ tn Other interpretations of the first part of 2 Cor 6:3 are possible. The phrase could also mean, “not putting an obstacle in the way of anyone” (L&N 22.14), or “giving no one in anything a cause to sin” (L&N 88.307).

⁶ tn Grk “our flesh.”

⁷ tn The comparative form of this adjective is used here with elative meaning.

⁸ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

⁹ tn Or “of his own free will.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “are not fleshly [weapons].” The repetition of the word “warfare” does not occur in the Greek text, but is supplied for clarity.

¹¹ tn Or “but (are) divinely powerful,” “but they have divine power,” or “but are powerful for God’s [service]”; Grk “but are powerful to God.”

¹² sn Ultimately Paul is referring here to the false arguments of his opponents, calling them figuratively “strongholds.” This Greek word (ὀχύρωμα, ocurwma) is used only here in the NT.

¹³ tn Or “speculations.”