2 Corinthians 2:13

2:13 I had no relief in my spirit,¹ because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said good-bye to them² and set out³ for Macedonia.

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 4:14

4:14 We do so⁷ because we know that the one who raised up Jesus⁸ will also raise us up with Jesus and will bring us with you into his presence.

2 Corinthians 4:18

4:18 because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

2 Corinthians 5:4

5:4 For we groan while we are in this tent,⁹ since we are weighed down,¹⁰ because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

2 Corinthians 5:11

The Message of Reconciliation

5:11 Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord,¹¹ we try to persuade¹² people,¹³ but we are well known¹⁴ to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.

2 Corinthians 7:13

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.¹⁵

2 Corinthians 8:22

8:22 And we are sending¹⁶ with them our brother whom we have tested many times and found eager in many matters, but who now is much more eager than ever because of the great confidence he has in you.

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 give¹⁹ since last year, and your zeal to participate²⁰ has stirred up most of them.²¹

2 Corinthians 9:8

9:8 And God is able to make all grace overflow²² to you so that because you have enough²³ of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow²⁴ in every good work.

2 Corinthians 9:13

9:13 Through the evidence²⁵ of this service²⁶ they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing²⁷ with them and with everyone.

2 Corinthians 10:14

10:14 For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ.²⁸

2 Corinthians 12:7

12:7 even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore,²⁹ so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble³⁰ me – so that I would not become arrogant.³¹

¹tn Or “I had no peace of mind.”

²tn Or “I took my leave of them.”

³tn Since this refers to the outset of a journey, the aorist ἐξῆλθον (exhlqon) is taken ingressively.

⁴tn Grk “their minds were hardened.”

⁵tn 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.

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

⁷tn Grk “speak, because.” A new sentence was started here in the translation, with the words “We do so” supplied to preserve the connection with the preceding statement.

⁸tc ‡ Several important witnesses (א C D F G Ψ 1881), as well as the Byzantine text, add κύριον (kurion) here, changing the reading to “the Lord Jesus.” Although the external evidence in favor of the shorter reading is slim, the witnesses are important, early, and diverse (Ì⁴⁶ B [0243 33] 629 [630] 1175* [1739] pc r sa). Very likely scribes with pietistic motives added the word κύριον, as they were prone to do, thus compounding this title for the Lord.

⁹sn See the note in 5:1 on the phrase the tent we live in.

¹⁰tn Or “we are burdened.”

¹¹tn Or “because we know what it means to fear the Lord.”

¹²tn The present tense of πείθομεν (peiqomen) has been translated as a conative present.

¹³tn Grk “men”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is generic here since clearly both men and women are in view (Paul did not attempt to win only men to the gospel he preached).

¹⁴tn Or “clearly evident.” BDAG 1048 s.v. φανερόω 2.b.β has “θεῷ πεφανερώμεθα we are well known to God 2 Cor 5:11a, cp. 11b; 11:6 v.l.”

¹⁵tn Or “all of you have put his mind at ease.”

¹⁶tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

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

¹⁸tn 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.”

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

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

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

²²tn Or “abound.”

²³tn Or “so that by having enough.” The Greek participle can be translated as a participle of cause (“because you have enough”) or means (“by having enough”).

²⁴tn Or “abound.”

²⁵tn Or “proof,” or perhaps “testing” (NRSV).

²⁶tn Or “ministry.”

²⁷tn Or “your partnership”; Grk “your fellowship.”

²⁸tn Grk “with the gospel of Christ,” but since Χριστοῦ (Cristou) is clearly an objective genitive here, it is better to translate “with the gospel about Christ.”

²⁹tc Most mss (Ì⁴⁶ D Ψ 1881 Ï) lack διό (dio, “Therefore”), but the widespread distribution and quality of mss which include it (א A B F G 0243 33 81 1175 1739 pc) argues for its authenticity. Internally, its case is equally strong in that its inclusion is grammatically rough (διό is hardly necessary to convey purpose, especially since Paul uses ἵνα [{ina, “so that”] next).

³⁰tn Or “to harass.”

³¹tn The phrase “so that I might not become arrogant” is repeated here because it occurs in the Greek text two times in the verse. Although redundant, it is repeated because of the emphatic nature of its affirmation.