2 Corinthians 1:9

1:9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, ¹  so that we would not trust in ourselves ²  but in God who raises the dead.

2 Corinthians 1:19

1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us – by me and Silvanus ³  and Timothy – was not “Yes” and “No,” but it has always been “Yes” in him.

2 Corinthians 3:14

3:14 But their minds were closed. ⁴  For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. ⁵  It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away. ⁶ 

2 Corinthians 4:13

4:13 But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in ⁷  what has been written, “I believed; therefore I spoke,” ⁸  we also believe, therefore we also speak.

2 Corinthians 7:13-14

7:13 Therefore we have been encouraged. And in addition to our own encouragement, we rejoiced even more at the joy of Titus, because all of you have refreshed his spirit. ⁹  7:14 For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, ¹⁰  but just as everything we said to you was true, ¹¹  so our boasting to Titus about you ¹²  has proved true as well.

2 Corinthians 8:19

8:19 In addition, ¹³  this brother ¹⁴  has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift ¹⁵  to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help. ¹⁶ 

2 Corinthians 9:2

9:2 because I know your eagerness to help. ¹⁷  I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, ¹⁸  that Achaia has been ready to give ¹⁹  since last year, and your zeal to participate ²⁰  has stirred up most of them. ²¹ 

2 Corinthians 12:11

The Signs of an Apostle

12:11 I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison ²²  to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

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¹ tn Grk “we ourselves had the sentence of death within ourselves.” Here ἀπόκριμα (apokrima) is being used figuratively; no actual official verdict had been given, but in light of all the difficulties that Paul and his colleagues had suffered, it seemed to them as though such an official verdict had been rendered against them (L&N 56.26).

² tn Or “might not put confidence in ourselves.”

³ sn Silvanus is usually considered to be the same person as Silas (L&N 93.340).

⁴ tn Grk “their minds were hardened.”

⁵ tn Grk “the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant”; the phrase “they hear” has been introduced (“when they hear the old covenant read”) to make the link with the “Israelites” (v. 13) whose minds were closed (v. 14a) more obvious to the reader.

⁶ tn Or “only in Christ is it eliminated.”

⁷ tn Grk “spirit of faith according to.”

⁸ sn A quotation from Ps 116:10.

⁹ tn Or “all of you have put his mind at ease.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “I have not been put to shame”; the words “by you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

¹¹ tn Grk “just as we spoke everything to you in truth.”

¹² tn The words “about you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

¹³ tn Grk “gospel, and not only this, but.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation.

¹⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the brother mentioned in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵ tn That is, the offering or collection being taken to assist impoverished Christians.

¹⁶ tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied (see L&N 25.68).

¹⁷ tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

¹⁸ tn Grk “concerning which I keep boasting to the Macedonians about you.” A new sentence was started here and the translation was simplified by removing the relative clause and repeating the antecedent “this eagerness of yours.”

¹⁹ tn The words “to give” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

²⁰ tn The words “to participate” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

²¹ sn Most of them is a reference to the Macedonians (cf. v. 4).

²² tn Or “I am in no way inferior.”