Discovery Box2 Corinthians 1:6 
Context1:6 But if we are afflicted, 1 it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.
2 Corinthians 1:9
Context1:9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, 2 so that we would not trust in ourselves 3 but in God who raises the dead.
2 Corinthians 1:19
Context1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us – by me and Silvanus 4 and Timothy – was not “Yes” and “No,” but it has always been “Yes” in him.
2 Corinthians 2:4
Context2:4 For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you. 5
2 Corinthians 2:14
Context2:14 But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession 6 in Christ 7 and who makes known 8 through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.
2 Corinthians 2:17
Context2:17 For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, 9 but we are speaking in Christ before 10 God as persons of sincerity, 11 as persons sent from God.
2 Corinthians 3:14
Context3:14 But their minds were closed. 12 For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. 13 It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away. 14
2 Corinthians 4:13
Context4:13 But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in 15 what has been written, “I believed; therefore I spoke,” 16 we also believe, therefore we also speak.
2 Corinthians 5:4
Context5:4 For we groan while we are in this tent, 17 since we are weighed down, 18 because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
2 Corinthians 5:11
Context5:11 Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, 19 we try to persuade 20 people, 21 but we are well known 22 to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.
2 Corinthians 7:7
Context7:7 We were encouraged 23 not only by his arrival, but also by the encouragement 24 you gave 25 him, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, 26 your deep concern 27 for me, so that I rejoiced more than ever.
2 Corinthians 7:9
Context7:9 Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, 28 but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, 29 so that you were not harmed 30 in any way by us.
2 Corinthians 7:12
Context7:12 So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf 31 before God.
2 Corinthians 7:14
Context7:14 For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, 32 but just as everything we said to you was true, 33 so our boasting to Titus about you 34 has proved true as well.
2 Corinthians 8:7
Context8:7 But as you excel 35 in everything – in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you 36 – make sure that you excel 37 in this act of kindness 38 too.
2 Corinthians 8:22
Context8:22 And we are sending 39 with them our brother whom we have tested many times and found eager in many matters, but who now is much more eager than ever because of the great confidence he has in you.
2 Corinthians 9:3
Context9:3 But I am sending 40 these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready 41 just as I kept telling them.
2 Corinthians 10:1
Context10:1 Now I, Paul, appeal to you 42 personally 43 by the meekness and gentleness 44 of Christ (I who am meek 45 when present among 46 you, but am full of courage 47 toward you when away!) –
2 Corinthians 10:12
Context10:12 For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding. 48
2 Corinthians 10:15
Context10:15 Nor do we boast beyond certain limits 49 in the work 50 done by others, but we hope 51 that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded 52 among you according to our limits, 53
2 Corinthians 11:16
Context11:16 I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. 54 But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
2 Corinthians 11:21
Context11:21 (To my disgrace 55 I must say that we were too weak for that!) 56 But whatever anyone else dares to boast about 57 (I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing. 58
2 Corinthians 12:9
Context12:9 But 59 he said to me, “My grace is enough 60 for you, for my 61 power is made perfect 62 in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly 63 about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in 64 me.
1 tn Or “are troubled.”
2 tn Grk “we ourselves had the sentence of death within ourselves.” Here ἀπόκριμα (apokrima) is being used figuratively; no actual official verdict had been given, but in light of all the difficulties that Paul and his colleagues had suffered, it seemed to them as though such an official verdict had been rendered against them (L&N 56.26).
3 tn Or “might not put confidence in ourselves.”
4 sn Silvanus is usually considered to be the same person as Silas (L&N 93.340).
5 tn Or “the love that I have in great measure for you.”
6 tn Or “who always causes us to triumph.”
7 tn Or “in the Messiah.”
8 tn Or “who reveals.”
9 tn The participle καπηλεύοντες (kaphleuonte") refers to those engaged in retail business, but with the negative connotations of deceptiveness and greed – “to peddle for profit,” “to huckster” (L&N 57.202). In the translation a noun form (“hucksters”) has been used in combination with the English verb “peddle…for profit” to convey the negative connotations of this term.
10 tn Or “in the presence of.”
11 tn Or “persons of pure motives.”
12 tn Grk “their minds were hardened.”
13 tn Grk “the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant”; the phrase “they hear” has been introduced (“when they hear the old covenant read”) to make the link with the “Israelites” (v. 13) whose minds were closed (v. 14a) more obvious to the reader.
14 tn Or “only in Christ is it eliminated.”
15 tn Grk “spirit of faith according to.”
16 sn A quotation from Ps 116:10.
17 sn See the note in 5:1 on the phrase the tent we live in.
18 tn Or “we are burdened.”
19 tn Or “because we know what it means to fear the Lord.”
20 tn The present tense of πείθομεν (peiqomen) has been translated as a conative present.
21 tn Grk “men”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is generic here since clearly both men and women are in view (Paul did not attempt to win only men to the gospel he preached).
22 tn Or “clearly evident.” BDAG 1048 s.v. φανερόω 2.b.β has “θεῷ πεφανερώμεθα we are well known to God 2 Cor 5:11a, cp. 11b; 11:6 v.l.”
23 tn Because of the length and complexity of this Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the phrase “We were encouraged.”
24 tn Or “comfort,” “consolation.”
25 tn Grk “by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you.” The passive construction was translated as an active one in keeping with contemporary English style, and the repeated word “encouraged” was replaced in the translation by “gave” to avoid redundancy in the translation.
26 tn Or “your grieving,” “your deep sorrow.”
27 tn Or “your zeal.”
28 tn Grk “were grieved” (so also twice later in the verse).
29 tn Grk “corresponding to God,” that is, corresponding to God’s will (κατὰ θεόν, kata qeon). The same phrase occurs in vv. 10 and 11.
30 tn Grk “so that you did not suffer loss.”
31 tn Grk “but in order that your eagerness on our behalf might be revealed to you.”
32 tn Grk “I have not been put to shame”; the words “by you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
33 tn Grk “just as we spoke everything to you in truth.”
34 tn The words “about you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
35 tn Grk “as you abound.”
36 tc The reading “the love from us that is in you” is very difficult in this context, for Paul is here enumerating the Corinthians’ attributes: How is it possible for them to excel “in the love from us that is in you”? Most likely, because of this difficulty, several early scribes, as well as most later ones (א C D F G Ψ [33] Ï lat), altered the text to read “your love for us” (so NIV; Grk ἐξ ὑμῶν ἐν ἡμῖν ἀγάπῃ [ex Jumwn en Jhmin agaph]). The reading ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐν ὑμῖν ἀγάπῃ (ex Jhmwn en Jumin agaph) is found, however, in excellent and early witnesses (Ì46 B 0243 6 104 630 1175 1739 1881 co). As the harder reading it explains the rise of the other reading. What, then, is the force of “in the love from us that is in you”? Most likely, Paul is commending the Corinthians for excelling in deriving some inspiration from the apostles’ love for them.
37 tn Grk “you abound.”
38 tn Grk “this grace.”
39 tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.
40 tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.
41 tn That is, ready with the collection for the saints.
42 tn The Greek pronoun (“you”) is plural.
43 tn The word “personally” is supplied to reflect the force of the Greek intensive pronoun αὐτός (autos) at the beginning of the verse.
44 tn Or “leniency and clemency.” D. Walker, “Paul’s Offer of Leniency of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:1): Populist Ideology and Rhetoric in a Pauline Letter Fragment (2 Cor 10:1-13:10)” (Ph.D. diss., University of Chicago, 1998), argues for this alternative translation for three main reasons: (1) When the two Greek nouns πραΰτης and ἐπιείκεια (prauth" and ejpieikeia) are used together, 90% of the time the nuance is “leniency and clemency.” (2) “Leniency and clemency” has a military connotation, which is precisely what appears in the following verses. (3) 2 Cor 10-13 speaks of Paul’s sparing use of his authority, which points to the nuance of “leniency and clemency.”
45 tn Or “who lack confidence.”
46 tn Or “when face to face with.”
47 tn Or “but bold.”
48 tn Or “they are unintelligent.”
49 tn Or “boast excessively.” The phrase εἰς τὰ ἄμετρα (ei" ta ametra) is an idiom; literally it means “into that which is not measured,” that is, a point on a scale that goes beyond what might be expected (L&N 78.27).
50 tn Or “in the labors.”
51 tn Grk “but we have the hope.”
52 tn Or “greatly enlarged.”
53 tn That is, Paul’s work might be greatly expanded within the area of activity assigned to him by God.
54 tn Or “am foolish.”
55 tn Or “my shame.”
56 sn It seems best, in context, to see the statement we were too weak for that as a parenthetical and ironic comment by Paul on his physical condition (weakness or sickness) while he was with the Corinthians (cf. 2 Cor 12:7-10; Gal 4:15).
57 tn The words “to boast about” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, and this phrase serves as the direct object of the preceding verb.
58 tn Grk “I also dare”; the words “to boast about the same thing” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, and this phrase serves as the direct object of the preceding verb.
59 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” because of the contrast implicit in the context.
60 tn Or “is sufficient.”
61 tc The majority of later
tn The pronoun “my” was supplied in the translation to clarify the sense of Paul’s expression.
62 tn Or “my power comes to full strength.”
63 tn “Most gladly,” a comparative form used with superlative meaning and translated as such.
64 tn Or “may rest on.”
