Discovery Box2 Corinthians 1:2 
Context1:2 Grace and peace to you 1 from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
2 Corinthians 1:15
Context1:15 And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us, 2
2 Corinthians 2:11-12
Context2:11 so that we may not be exploited 3 by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes). 2:12 Now when I arrived in Troas 4 to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened 5 a door of opportunity 6 for me,
2 Corinthians 8:13
Context8:13 For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.
2 Corinthians 11:24
Context11:24 Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one. 7
1 tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”
2 tn Grk “a second grace,” “a second favor” (used figuratively of a second visit by Paul).
3 tn Or “be taken advantage of.”
4 sn Troas was a city and region in the northwest corner of Asia Minor.
5 tn This has been translated as a concessive participle (“even though”). The passive construction (“a door of opportunity had been opened for me by the Lord”) has been converted to an active one in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Grk “a door”; the phrase ἀνοίγω θύραν (anoigw quran, “to open a door”) is an idiom meaning “to make possible some opportunity” (L&N 71.9).
7 tn Grk “forty less one”; this was a standard sentence. “Lashes” is supplied to clarify for the modern reader what is meant.
