2 Corinthians 3:5

3:5 Not that we are adequate ¹  in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy ²  is from God,

2 Corinthians 8:17

8:17 because he not only accepted our request, but since he was very eager, ³  he is coming ⁴  to you of his own accord. ⁵ 

2 Corinthians 13:1

Paul’s Third Visit to Corinth

13:1 This is the third time I am coming to visit ⁶  you. By the testimony ⁷  of two or three witnesses every matter will be established. ⁸ 

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¹ tn Or “competent.”

² tn Or “competence.”

³ tn The comparative form of this adjective is used here with elative meaning.

⁴ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

⁵ tn Or “of his own free will.”

⁶ tn The word “visit” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

⁷ tn Grk “By the mouth.”

⁸ sn A quotation from Deut 19:15 (also quoted in Matt 18:16; 1 Tim 5:19).