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 3:3

3:3 revealing⁴ that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us,⁵ written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets⁶ but on tablets of human hearts.

2 Corinthians 3:18

3:18 And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord,⁷ are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another,⁸ which is from⁹ the Lord, who is the Spirit.¹⁰

2 Corinthians 4:13

4:13 But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in¹¹ what has been written, “I believed; therefore I spoke,”¹² we also believe, therefore we also speak.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Self-Purification

7:1 Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves¹³ from everything that could defile the body¹⁴ and the spirit, and thus accomplish¹⁵ holiness out of reverence for God.¹⁶

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.¹⁷

2 Corinthians 12:18

12:18 I urged Titus to visit you¹⁸ and I sent our¹⁹ brother along with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he?²⁰ Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit? Did we not behave in the same way?²¹

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 Or “making plain.”

⁵tn Grk “cared for by us,” an expression that could refer either to the writing or the delivery of the letter (BDAG 229 s.v. διακονέω 1). Since the following phrase refers to the writing of the letter, and since the previous verse speaks of this “letter” being “written on our [Paul’s and his companions’] hearts” it is more probable that the phrase “cared for by us” refers to the delivery of the letter (in the person of Paul and his companions).

⁶sn An allusion to Exod 24:12; 31:18; 34:1; Deut 9:10-11.

⁷tn Or “we all with unveiled faces beholding the glory of the Lord as in a mirror.”

⁸tn Grk “from glory to glory.”

⁹tn Grk “just as from.”

¹⁰tn Grk “from the Lord, the Spirit”; the genitive πνεύματος (pneumato") has been translated as a genitive of apposition.

¹¹tn Grk “spirit of faith according to.”

¹²sn A quotation from Ps 116:10.

¹³tn Or “purify ourselves.”

¹⁴tn Grk “from every defilement of the flesh.”

¹⁵tn Grk “accomplishing.” The participle has been translated as a finite verb due to considerations of contemporary English style, and “thus” has been supplied to indicate that it represents a result of the previous cleansing.

¹⁶tn Grk “in the fear of God.”

¹⁷tn Or “all of you have put his mind at ease.”

¹⁸tn The words “to visit you” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, and must be supplied for the modern reader.

¹⁹tn Grk “the.”

²⁰tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative answer, indicated by the ‘tag’ question “did he?” at the end of the clause.

²¹tn Grk “[Did we not walk] in the same tracks?” This is an idiom that means to imitate someone else or to behave as they do. Paul’s point is that he and Titus have conducted themselves in the same way toward the Corinthians. If Titus did not take advantage of the Corinthians, then neither did Paul.