2 Corinthians 5:12
5:12 We are not trying to commend 1 ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, 2 so that you may be able to answer those who take pride 3 in outward appearance 4 and not in what is in the heart.
2 Corinthians 12:21
12:21 I am afraid that 5 when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for 6 many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.
1 tn The present tense of συνιστάνομεν (sunistanomen) has been translated as a conative present.
2 tn Or “to boast about us.”
3 tn Or “who boast.”
4 tn Or “in what is seen.”
5 tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text from v. 20, but are needed for clarity.
6 tn Or “I will mourn over.”