Discovery Box2 Corinthians 5:12 
Context5:12 We are not trying to commend 1 ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, 2 so that you may be able to answer those who take pride 3 in outward appearance 4 and not in what is in the heart.
2 Corinthians 9:5
Context9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution 5 you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift 6 and not as something you feel forced to do. 7
2 Corinthians 12:20-21
Context12:20 For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me 8 not what you wish. I am afraid that 9 somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, 10 slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder. 12:21 I am afraid that 11 when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for 12 many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.
2 Corinthians 13:10
Context13:10 Because of this I am writing these things while absent, so that when I arrive 13 I may not have to deal harshly with you 14 by using my authority – the Lord gave it to me for building up, not for tearing down!
1 tn The present tense of συνιστάνομεν (sunistanomen) has been translated as a conative present.
2 tn Or “to boast about us.”
3 tn Or “who boast.”
4 tn Or “in what is seen.”
5 tn Grk “the blessing.”
6 tn Grk “a blessing.”
7 tn Grk “as a covetousness”; that is, a gift given grudgingly or under compulsion.
8 tn Grk “and I will be found by you.” The passive construction has been converted to an active one in the translation.
9 tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text, but are needed for clarity.
10 tn Or “intense anger, hostility.”
11 tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text from v. 20, but are needed for clarity.
12 tn Or “I will mourn over.”
13 tn Grk “when I am present,” but in the context of Paul’s third (upcoming) visit to Corinth, this is better translated as “when I arrive.”
14 tn The words “with you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
