2 Corinthians 1:4

1:4 who comforts us in all our troubles ¹  so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble ²  with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

2 Corinthians 3:18

3:18 And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, ³  are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, ⁴  which is from ⁵  the Lord, who is the Spirit. ⁶ 

2 Corinthians 10:13

10:13 But we will not boast beyond certain limits, ⁷  but will confine our boasting ⁸  according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, ⁹  that reaches even as far as you.

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¹ tn Or “our trials”; traditionally, “our affliction.” The term θλῖψις (qliyi") refers to trouble (including persecution) that involves direct suffering (L&N 22.2).

² tn Or “any trials”; traditionally, “any affliction.”

³ tn Or “we all with unveiled faces beholding the glory of the Lord as in a mirror.”

⁴ tn Grk “from glory to glory.”

⁵ tn Grk “just as from.”

⁶ tn Grk “from the Lord, the Spirit”; the genitive πνεύματος (pneumato") has been translated as a genitive of apposition.

⁷ tn Or “boast excessively.” The phrase εἰς τὰ ἄμετρα (ei" ta ametra) is an idiom; literally it means “into that which is not measured,” that is, a point on a scale that goes beyond what might be expected (L&N 78.27).

⁸ tn The words “will confine our boasting” are not in the Greek text, but the reference to boasting must be repeated from the previous clause to clarify for the modern reader what is being limited.

⁹ tn Grk “according to the measure of the rule which God has apportioned to us as a measure”; for the translation used in the text see L&N 37.100.