¹ sn See 2 Cor 1:4-7.

¹ sn See 1 Cor 1:25-31.

² sn Here Death is personified (cf. 1 Cor 15:55).

³ sn On the image of opening, or of the door, see 1 Cor 16:9; 2 Cor 2:12; Col 4:3.

² tn Or “craftiness.” The term always has negative connotations in the NT (1 Cor 3:19; 2 Cor 4:2; 11:3; Eph 4:14).

¹ sn A quotation from Jer 9:24 (also quoted in 1 Cor 1:31).

² sn My letter. Paul is referring to the “severe” letter mentioned in 2 Cor 2:4.

¹ sn See Luke 6:22, 27; 1 Cor 1:25-31.

⁵ sn A general category for “sinners” (1 Cor 6:9; Lev 19:3).

² sn See Matt 5:10-12; 1 Cor 1:25-31.

¹ sn As a unit of dry measure a cor was roughly equivalent to six bushels.

² tn As a unit of dry measure a cor was roughly equivalent to six bushels.

⁴ sn That day is a reference to the day when Paul would stand before Christ to give account for his service (cf. 2 Tim 1:18; 1 Cor 3:13; 2 Cor 5:9-10).

¹ sn That day is a reference to the day when Onesiphorus (v. 16) stands before Christ to give account for his service (cf. v. 12; 1 Cor 3:13; 2 Cor 5:9-10).

⁴ tn Heb “10,000 cors of wheat and 10,000 of barley.” The unit of measure of the barley is omitted in the Hebrew text, but is understood to be “cors,” the same as the measures of wheat.

¹ tn That is, that Paul offers the gospel free of charge to the Corinthians (see 2 Cor 11:7).

¹ sn On the first day. This is the first mention of a Sunday gathering (1 Cor 16:2).

² sn Silas. See 2 Cor 1:19; 1 Thess 1:1; 2 Thess 1:1 (= Silvanus).

³ sn On the phrase the worker deserves his pay see 1 Tim 5:18 and 1 Cor 9:14.

³ sn As a unit of dry measure a cor was roughly equivalent to six bushels (about 220 liters).