2 Korintus 3:18

3:18 And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, ¹  are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, ²  which is from ³  the Lord, who is the Spirit. ⁴ 

2 Korintus 5:4

5:4 For we groan while we are in this tent, ⁵  since we are weighed down, ⁶  because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

2 Korintus 7:9

7:9 Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, ⁷  but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, ⁸  so that you were not harmed ⁹  in any way by us.

[3:18]  ¹ tn Or “we all with unveiled faces beholding the glory of the Lord as in a mirror.”

[3:18]  ² tn Grk “from glory to glory.”

[3:18]  ³ tn Grk “just as from.”

[3:18]  ⁴ tn Grk “from the Lord, the Spirit”; the genitive πνεύματος (pneumato") has been translated as a genitive of apposition.

[5:4]  ⁵ sn See the note in 5:1 on the phrase the tent we live in.

[5:4]  ⁶ tn Or “we are burdened.”

[7:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “were grieved” (so also twice later in the verse).

[7:9]  ⁸ 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.

[7:9]  ⁹ tn Grk “so that you did not suffer loss.”