¹ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative clause “who delivered us…” was made a separate sentence in the translation.

² tn Grk “deliver us, on whom we have set our hope.”

³ tc Several important witnesses, especially Alexandrian (Ì⁴⁶ B D* 0121 0243 1739 1881 pc Did), lack ὅτι ({oti, “that”) here, while others, most notably Western (D¹ F G 104 630 1505 pc ar b sy^h Or Ambst), lack ἔτι (eti, “yet”). Most mss, including important Alexandrians (א A C D² Ψ 33 Ï f t vg), have the full expression ὅτι καὶ ἔτι ({oti kai eti). Although the predominantly Alexandrian reading has much to commend it, the fact that either ὅτι or ἔτι has been dropped, while the καί has been retained, suggests that the original wording had ὅτι καὶ ἔτι, and that either particle dropped out intentionally for stylistic reasons. (F and G have the order καί ὅτι, suggesting that in their archetype the ἔτι was unintentionally dropped due to homoioteleuton.) If, however, ὅτι is not authentic, v. 10b should be translated “We have set our hope on him, and he will deliver us again.” Overall, a decision is difficult, but preference should be given to ὅτι καὶ ἔτι.

⁴ tn The words “to you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

⁵ sn So that when I came. Regarding this still future visit by Paul, see 2 Cor 12:14; 13:1.

⁶ tn Or “the love that I have in great measure for you.”

⁷ tn L&N 13.156; the word can also mean “to assert opposition to,” thus here “we have denounced” (L&N 33.220).

⁸ tn Grk “the hidden things [deeds] of shame”; here αἰσχύνης (aiscunh") has been translated as an attributive genitive.

⁹ tn Or “not conducting ourselves”; Grk “not walking” (a common NT idiom for conduct, way of life, or behavior).

¹⁰ tn Or “craftiness.”

¹¹ tn Grk “spirit of faith according to.”

¹² sn A quotation from Ps 116:10.

¹³ sn The expression the tent we live in refers to “our earthly house, our body.” Paul uses the metaphor of the physical body as a house or tent, the residence of the immaterial part of a person.

¹⁴ tn Or “destroyed.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “we know.”

¹⁶ tn Grk “no one according to the flesh.”

¹⁷ tn Grk “we have known Christ according to the flesh.”

¹⁸ tn Or “purify ourselves.”

¹⁹ tn Grk “from every defilement of the flesh.”

²⁰ tn 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.

²¹ tn Grk “in the fear of God.”

²² tn Grk “great is my boasting.”

²³ tn Or “comfort.”

²⁴ tn Grk “I am overflowing with joy in all our suffering”; the words “in the midst of” are not in the Greek text but are supplied to clarify that Paul is not rejoicing in the suffering itself, but in his relationship with the Corinthians in the midst of all his suffering.

²⁵ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

²⁶ tn Or “abound.”

²⁷ tn 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”).

²⁸ tn Or “abound.”

²⁹ tn Grk “consider us as walking.”

³⁰ tn Grk “according to the flesh.”

³¹ sn Unskilled in speaking means not professionally trained as a rhetorician.