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 2:10
2:10 If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him – for indeed what I have forgiven (if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ,
2 Corinthians 11:6
11:6 And even if I am unskilled 3 in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.
2 Corinthians 13:4-5
13:4 For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God’s power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God’s power toward you.
13:5 Put yourselves to the test to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you – unless, indeed, you fail the test! 4
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 Unskilled in speaking means not professionally trained as a rhetorician.
4 tn Or “unless indeed you are disqualified.”