2 Korintus 1:15

1:15 And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us, ¹ 

2 Korintus 2:5

2:5 But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent (not to exaggerate) ²  he has saddened all of you as well.

2 Korintus 2:15

2:15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing –

2 Korintus 5:20

5:20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea ³  through us. We plead with you ⁴  on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!”

2 Korintus 8:6

8:6 Thus ⁵  we urged ⁶  Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, ⁷  so also he should complete this act of kindness ⁸  for you.

2 Korintus 8:10

8:10 So here is my opinion on this matter: It is to your advantage, since you ⁹  made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give,

2 Korintus 11:6

11:6 And even if I am unskilled ¹⁰  in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.

2 Korintus 11:17

11:17 What I am saying with this boastful confidence ¹¹  I do not say the way the Lord would. ¹²  Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

[1:15]  ¹ tn Grk “a second grace,” “a second favor” (used figuratively of a second visit by Paul).

[2:5]  ² tn Or “(not to say too much)”; Grk “(not to burden you [with words]).”

[5:20]  ³ tn Or “as though God were begging.”

[5:20]  ⁴ tn Or “we beg you.”

[8:6]  ⁵ tn A new sentence was started here in the translation and the word “thus” was supplied to indicate that it expresses the result of the previous clause.

[8:6]  ⁶ tn Or “we exhorted.”

[8:6]  ⁷ tn The words “this work” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted and must be supplied from the context.

[8:6]  ⁸ tn Grk “this grace.”

[8:10]  ⁹ tn Grk “who.”

[11:6]  ¹⁰ sn Unskilled in speaking means not professionally trained as a rhetorician.

[11:17]  ¹¹ tn Grk “with this confidence of boasting.” The genitive καυχήσεως (kauchsew") has been translated as an attributed genitive (the noun in the genitive gives an attribute of the noun modified).

[11:17]  ¹² tn Or “say with the Lord’s authority.”