Discovery Box2 Corinthians 7:4 
Context7:4 I have great confidence in you; I take great pride 1 on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; 2 I am overflowing with joy in the midst of 3 all our suffering.
2 Corinthians 8:22
Context8:22 And we are sending 4 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 9:4
Context9:4 For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated 5 (not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you. 6
2 Corinthians 10:2
Context10:2 now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving 7 according to human standards. 8
1 tn Grk “great is my boasting.”
2 tn Or “comfort.”
3 tn Grk “I am overflowing with joy in all our suffering”; the words “in the midst of” are not in the Greek text but are supplied to clarify that Paul is not rejoicing in the suffering itself, but in his relationship with the Corinthians in the midst of all his suffering.
4 tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.
5 tn Or “be disgraced”; Grk “be put to shame.”
6 tn Grk “by this confidence”; the words “we had in you” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied as a necessary clarification for the English reader.
7 tn Grk “consider us as walking.”
8 tn Grk “according to the flesh.”
