Discovery Box2 Corinthians 1:23 
Context1:23 Now I appeal to God as my witness, 1 that to spare 2 you I did not come again to Corinth. 3
2 Corinthians 6:13
Context6:13 Now as a fair exchange – I speak as to my 4 children – open wide your hearts to us 5 also.
2 Corinthians 10:9
Context10:9 I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,
2 Corinthians 11:28
Context11:28 Apart from other things, 6 there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern 7 for all the churches.
1 tn Grk “I call upon God as witness against my soul.” Normally this implies an appeal for help (L&N 33.176).
2 tn Here φειδόμενος (feidomeno") has been translated as a telic participle.
3 sn Paul had promised to come again to visit (see 2 Cor 1:15, 24) but explains here why he had changed his plans.
map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.
4 tn The word “my” is not in the Greek text but is implied.
5 tn The words “to us” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
6 sn Apart from other things. Paul refers here either (1) to the external sufferings just mentioned, or (2) he refers to other things he has left unmentioned.
7 tn “Anxious concern,” so translated in L&N 25.224.
