¹ tn Or “the love that I have in great measure for you.”

² tn Grk “spirit of faith according to.”

³ sn A quotation from Ps 116:10.

⁴ sn A quotation from Isa 49:8.

⁵ sn See 2 Cor 1:4-7.

⁶ tn The words “with you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

⁷ tn Grk “I have not been put to shame”; the words “by you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

⁸ tn Grk “just as we spoke everything to you in truth.”

⁹ tn The words “about you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

¹⁰ tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

¹¹ tn Grk “concerning which I keep boasting to the Macedonians about you.” A new sentence was started here and the translation was simplified by removing the relative clause and repeating the antecedent “this eagerness of yours.”

¹² tn The words “to give” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

¹³ tn The words “to participate” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

¹⁴ sn Most of them is a reference to the Macedonians (cf. v. 4).

¹⁵ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

¹⁶ tn That is, ready with the collection for the saints.

¹⁷ tn The Greek pronoun (“you”) is plural.

¹⁸ tn The word “personally” is supplied to reflect the force of the Greek intensive pronoun αὐτός (autos) at the beginning of the verse.

¹⁹ 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.”

²⁰ tn Or “who lack confidence.”

²¹ tn Or “when face to face with.”

²² tn Or “but bold.”

²³ tn The word “us” is not in the Greek text but is supplied. Indirect objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context, and must be supplied for the modern English reader.

²⁴ tn Grk “I will not be put to shame,” “I will not be ashamed.” The words “of doing so” are supplied to clarify for the reader that Paul will not be ashamed of boasting somewhat more about the authority the Lord gave him (beginning of v. 8).

²⁵ sn Unskilled in speaking means not professionally trained as a rhetorician.

²⁶ tc Most mss (Ì⁴⁶ D Ψ 1881 Ï) lack διό (dio, “Therefore”), but the widespread distribution and quality of mss which include it (א A B F G 0243 33 81 1175 1739 pc) argues for its authenticity. Internally, its case is equally strong in that its inclusion is grammatically rough (διό is hardly necessary to convey purpose, especially since Paul uses ἵνα [{ina, “so that”] next).

²⁷ tn Or “to harass.”

²⁸ tn The phrase “so that I might not become arrogant” is repeated here because it occurs in the Greek text two times in the verse. Although redundant, it is repeated because of the emphatic nature of its affirmation.

²⁹ tn The words “to visit you” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, and must be supplied for the modern reader.

³⁰ tn Grk “the.”

³¹ tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative answer, indicated by the ‘tag’ question “did he?” at the end of the clause.

³² tn Grk “[Did we not walk] in the same tracks?” This is an idiom that means to imitate someone else or to behave as they do. Paul’s point is that he and Titus have conducted themselves in the same way toward the Corinthians. If Titus did not take advantage of the Corinthians, then neither did Paul.