2 Korintus 2:1

2:1 So ¹  I made up my own mind ²  not to pay you another painful visit. ³ 

2 Korintus 10:14

10:14 For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ. ⁴ 

2 Korintus 13:1

Paul’s Third Visit to Corinth

13:1 This is the third time I am coming to visit ⁵  you. By the testimony ⁶  of two or three witnesses every matter will be established. ⁷ 

2 Korintus 1:23

Why Paul Postponed His Visit

1:23 Now I appeal to God as my witness, ⁸  that to spare ⁹  you I did not come again to Corinth. ¹⁰ 

2 Korintus 7:6

7:6 But God, who encourages ¹¹  the downhearted, encouraged ¹²  us by the arrival of Titus.

2 Korintus 11:9

11:9 When ¹³  I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. ¹⁴  I ¹⁵  kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

2 Korintus 2:3

2:3 And I wrote this very thing to you, ¹⁶  so that when I came ¹⁷  I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

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, ¹⁸ 

2 Korintus 7:10

7:10 For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.

2 Korintus 9:4

9:4 For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated ¹⁹  (not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you. ²⁰ 

2 Korintus 12:21

12:21 I am afraid that ²¹  when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for ²²  many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.

2 Korintus 3:5

3:5 Not that we are adequate ²³  in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy ²⁴  is from God,

2 Korintus 11:4

11:4 For if someone comes and proclaims ²⁵  another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, ²⁶  or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, ²⁷  or a different gospel than the one you accepted, ²⁸  you put up with it well enough! ²⁹ 

2 Korintus 12:20

12:20 For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me ³⁰  not what you wish. I am afraid that ³¹  somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, ³²  slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

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) ³³  he has saddened all of you as well.

2 Korintus 1:16

1:16 and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back ³⁴  to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

2 Korintus 13:2

13:2 I said before when I was present the second time and now, though absent, I say again to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone, ³⁵ 

2 Korintus 2:2

2:2 For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad ³⁶  but the one I caused to be sad?

2 Korintus 12:14

12:14 Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have ³⁷  to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

2 Korintus 6:3

6:3 We do not give anyone ³⁸  an occasion for taking an offense in anything, ³⁹  so that no fault may be found with our ministry.

2 Korintus 12:1

Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh

12:1 It is necessary to go on boasting. ⁴⁰  Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

2 Korintus 2:12

2:12 Now when I arrived in Troas ⁴¹  to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened ⁴²  a door of opportunity ⁴³  for me,

2 Korintus 7:9

7:9 Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, ⁴⁴  but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, ⁴⁵  so that you were not harmed ⁴⁶  in any way by us.

2 Korintus 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ⁴⁷  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, ⁴⁸  with all the saints who are in all Achaia. ⁴⁹ 

2 Korintus 4:17

4:17 For our momentary, light suffering ⁵⁰  is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

2 Korintus 7:5

7:5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our body ⁵¹  had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way – struggles from the outside, fears from within.

2 Korintus 7:15

7:15 And his affection for you is much greater ⁵²  when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

2 Korintus 1:12

Paul Defends His Changed Plans

1:12 For our reason for confidence ⁵³  is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives ⁵⁴  and sincerity which are from God ⁵⁵  – not by human wisdom ⁵⁶  but by the grace of God – we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more ⁵⁷  toward you.

2 Korintus 3:18

3:18 And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, ⁵⁸  are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, ⁵⁹  which is from ⁶⁰  the Lord, who is the Spirit. ⁶¹ 

2 Korintus 9:5

9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution ⁶²  you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift ⁶³  and not as something you feel forced to do. ⁶⁴ 

2 Korintus 4:2

4:2 But we have rejected ⁶⁵  shameful hidden deeds, ⁶⁶  not behaving ⁶⁷  with deceptiveness ⁶⁸  or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.

2 Korintus 5:18

5:18 And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

2 Korintus 1:18

1:18 But as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

2 Korintus 1:21

1:21 But it is God who establishes ⁶⁹  us together with you in Christ and who anointed us, ⁷⁰ 

2 Korintus 2:16

2:16 to the latter an odor ⁷¹  from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things? ⁷² 

2 Korintus 4:7

An Eternal Weight of Glory

4:7 But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power ⁷³  belongs to God and does not come from us.

2 Korintus 4:16

4:16 Therefore we do not despair, ⁷⁴  but even if our physical body ⁷⁵  is wearing away, our inner person ⁷⁶  is being renewed day by day.

2 Korintus 12:13

12:13 For how ⁷⁷  were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!

2 Korintus 12:16

12:16 But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!

2 Korintus 7:7

7:7 We were encouraged ⁷⁸  not only by his arrival, but also by the encouragement ⁷⁹  you gave ⁸⁰  him, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, ⁸¹  your deep concern ⁸²  for me, so that I rejoiced more than ever.

2 Korintus 3:16

3:16 but when one ⁸³  turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. ⁸⁴ 

2 Korintus 1:8

1:8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, ⁸⁵  regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, ⁸⁶  that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.

2 Korintus 10:13

10:13 But we will not boast beyond certain limits, ⁸⁷  but will confine our boasting ⁸⁸  according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, ⁸⁹  that reaches even as far as you.

2 Korintus 10:2

10:2 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 ⁹⁰  according to human standards. ⁹¹ 

2 Korintus 3:7

The Greater Glory of the Spirit’s Ministry

3:7 But if the ministry that produced death – carved in letters on stone tablets ⁹²  – came with glory, so that the Israelites ⁹³  could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face ⁹⁴  (a glory ⁹⁵  which was made ineffective), ⁹⁶ 

2 Korintus 13:10

13:10 Because of this I am writing these things while absent, so that when I arrive ⁹⁷  I may not have to deal harshly with you ⁹⁸  by using my authority – the Lord gave it to me for building up, not for tearing down!

2 Korintus 1:13-14

1:13 For we do not write you anything other than what ⁹⁹  you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely ¹⁰⁰  1:14 just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours ¹⁰¹  in the day of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁰² 

2 Korintus 3:9

3:9 For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, ¹⁰³  how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness ¹⁰⁴  excel ¹⁰⁵  in glory!

2 Korintus 8:17

8:17 because he not only accepted our request, but since he was very eager, ¹⁰⁶  he is coming ¹⁰⁷  to you of his own accord. ¹⁰⁸ 

2 Korintus 1:2

1:2 Grace and peace to you ¹⁰⁹  from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

2 Korintus 3:11

3:11 For if what was made ineffective ¹¹⁰  came with ¹¹¹  glory, how much more has what remains ¹¹²  come in glory!

2 Korintus 4:12

4:12 As a result, ¹¹³  death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. ¹¹⁴ 

2 Korintus 9:9

9:9 Just as it is written, “He ¹¹⁵  has scattered widely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever.” ¹¹⁶ 

2 Korintus 10:6

10:6 We are also ready to punish every act of disobedience, ¹¹⁷  whenever your obedience is complete.

2 Korintus 2:4

2:4 For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you. ¹¹⁸ 

2 Korintus 3:6

3:6 who made us adequate ¹¹⁹  to be servants of a new covenant ¹²⁰  not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Korintus 7:11

7:11 For see what this very thing, this sadness ¹²¹  as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, ¹²²  what indignation, ¹²³  what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, ¹²⁴  what punishment! ¹²⁵  In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

2 Korintus 1:19

1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us – by me and Silvanus ¹²⁶  and Timothy – was not “Yes” and “No,” but it has always been “Yes” in him.

2 Korintus 1:24

1:24 I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm. ¹²⁷ 

2 Korintus 4:18

4:18 because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

2 Korintus 5:17

5:17 So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away ¹²⁸  – look, what is new ¹²⁹  has come! ¹³⁰ 

2 Korintus 8:6

8:6 Thus ¹³¹  we urged ¹³²  Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, ¹³³  so also he should complete this act of kindness ¹³⁴  for you.

2 Korintus 9:11-12

9:11 You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, ¹³⁵  which is producing through us thanksgiving to God, 9:12 because the service of this ministry is not only providing for ¹³⁶  the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God.

2 Korintus 5:12

5:12 We are not trying to commend ¹³⁷  ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, ¹³⁸  so that you may be able to answer those who take pride ¹³⁹  in outward appearance ¹⁴⁰  and not in what is in the heart.

2 Korintus 6:2

6:2 For he says, “I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” ¹⁴¹  Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!

2 Korintus 8:19

8:19 In addition, ¹⁴²  this brother ¹⁴³  has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift ¹⁴⁴  to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help. ¹⁴⁵ 

[2:1]  ¹ tc Although usually δέ (de, “now”; found in א A C D¹ F G Ψ 0285 Ï lat) should take precedent over γάρ (gar) in textually disputed places in the corpus Paulinum, the credentials for γάρ here are not easily dismissed (Ì⁴⁶ B 0223 0243 33 1739 1881 al); here it is the preferred reading, albeit slightly.

[2:1]  ² tn Or “I decided this for myself.”

[2:1]  ³ tn Grk “not to come to you again in sorrow.”

[2:1]  sn Paul was not speaking absolutely about not making another visit, but meant he did not want to come to the Corinthians again until the conflict he mentioned in 2 Cor 2:4-11 was settled.

[10:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “with the gospel of Christ,” but since Χριστοῦ (Cristou) is clearly an objective genitive here, it is better to translate “with the gospel about Christ.”

[13:1]  ⁵ tn The word “visit” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[13:1]  ⁶ tn Grk “By the mouth.”

[13:1]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Deut 19:15 (also quoted in Matt 18:16; 1 Tim 5:19).

[1:23]  ⁸ tn Grk “I call upon God as witness against my soul.” Normally this implies an appeal for help (L&N 33.176).

[1:23]  ⁹ tn Here φειδόμενος (feidomeno") has been translated as a telic participle.

[1:23]  ¹⁰ sn Paul had promised to come again to visit (see 2 Cor 1:15, 24) but explains here why he had changed his plans.

[1:23]  map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

[7:6]  ¹¹ tn Or “comforts,” “consoles.”

[7:6]  ¹² tn Or “comforted,” “consoled.”

[11:9]  ¹³ tn Grk “you, and when.” A new sentence was started here in the translation.

[11:9]  ¹⁴ tn If the participle ἐλθόντες (elqonte") is taken as temporal rather than adjectival, the translation would be, “for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, fully supplied my needs” (similar to NASB).

[11:9]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “needs, and I kept.” A new sentence was started here in the translation.

[2:3]  ¹⁶ tn The words “to you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[2:3]  ¹⁷ sn So that when I came. Regarding this still future visit by Paul, see 2 Cor 12:14; 13:1.

[1:15]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “a second grace,” “a second favor” (used figuratively of a second visit by Paul).

[9:4]  ¹⁹ tn Or “be disgraced”; Grk “be put to shame.”

[9:4]  ²⁰ 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.

[12:21]  ²¹ tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text from v. 20, but are needed for clarity.

[12:21]  ²² tn Or “I will mourn over.”

[3:5]  ²³ tn Or “competent.”

[3:5]  ²⁴ tn Or “competence.”

[11:4]  ²⁵ tn Or “preaches.”

[11:4]  ²⁶ tn Grk “another Jesus whom we have not proclaimed.”

[11:4]  ²⁷ tn Grk “a different spirit which you did not receive.”

[11:4]  ²⁸ tn Grk “a different gospel which you did not accept.”

[11:4]  ²⁹ tn Or “you endure it very well.”

[12:20]  ³⁰ tn Grk “and I will be found by you.” The passive construction has been converted to an active one in the translation.

[12:20]  ³¹ tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text, but are needed for clarity.

[12:20]  ³² tn Or “intense anger, hostility.”

[2:5]  ³³ tn Or “(not to say too much)”; Grk “(not to burden you [with words]).”

[1:16]  ³⁴ tn Grk “come again.”

[13:2]  ³⁵ tn The word “anyone” is not in the Greek text but is implied.

[2:2]  ³⁶ tn Or “to cheer me up.” L&N 25.131 translates this “For if I were to make you sad, who would be left to cheer me up?”

[12:14]  ³⁷ tn Grk “children ought not,” but this might give the impression that children are not supposed to support sick or aging parents in need of help. That is not what Paul is saying. His point is that children should not have to pay their parent’s way.

[6:3]  ³⁸ tn The word “anyone” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.

[6:3]  ³⁹ tn Other interpretations of the first part of 2 Cor 6:3 are possible. The phrase could also mean, “not putting an obstacle in the way of anyone” (L&N 22.14), or “giving no one in anything a cause to sin” (L&N 88.307).

[12:1]  ⁴⁰ tn Grk “Boasting is necessary.”

[2:12]  ⁴¹ sn Troas was a city and region in the northwest corner of Asia Minor.

[2:12]  ⁴² tn This has been translated as a concessive participle (“even though”). The passive construction (“a door of opportunity had been opened for me by the Lord”) has been converted to an active one in the translation for clarity.

[2:12]  ⁴³ tn Grk “a door”; the phrase ἀνοίγω θύραν (anoigw quran, “to open a door”) is an idiom meaning “to make possible some opportunity” (L&N 71.9).

[7:9]  ⁴⁴ tn Grk “were grieved” (so also twice later in the verse).

[7:9]  ⁴⁵ 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]  ⁴⁶ tn Grk “so that you did not suffer loss.”

[1:1]  ⁴⁷ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[1:1]  ⁴⁸ map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

[1:1]  ⁴⁹ tn Or “are throughout Achaia.”

[4:17]  ⁵⁰ tn Grk “momentary lightness of affliction.”

[7:5]  ⁵¹ tn Grk “our flesh.”

[7:15]  ⁵² tn Or “is all the more.”

[1:12]  ⁵³ tn Or “for boasting.”

[1:12]  ⁵⁴ tc Two viable variants exist at this place in the text: ἁγιότητι (Jagiothti, “holiness”) vs. ἁπλότητι (Japlothti, “pure motives”). A confusion of letters could well have produced the variant (TCGNT 507): In uncial script the words would have been written agiothti and aplothti. This, however, does not explain which reading created the other. Overall ἁπλότητι, though largely a Western-Byzantine reading (א² D F G Ï lat sy), is better suited to the context; it is also a Pauline word while ἁγιότης (Jagioth") is not. It also best explains the rise of the other variants, πραότητι (praothti, “gentleness”) and {σπλάγχνοις} (splancnoi", “compassion”). On the other hand, the external evidence in favor of ἁγιότητι is extremely strong (Ì⁴⁶ א* A B C K P Ψ 0121 0243 33 81 1739 1881 al co). This diversity of mss provides excellent evidence for authenticity, but because of the internal evidence listed above, ἁπλότητι is to be preferred, albeit only slightly.

[1:12]  tn Or “sincerity.” The two terms translated “pure motives” (ἁπλότης, Japloth") and “sincerity” (εἰλικρίνεια, eilikrineia) are close synonyms.

[1:12]  ⁵⁵ tn Grk “pure motives and sincerity of God.”

[1:12]  ⁵⁶ tn Or “not by worldly wisdom.”

[1:12]  ⁵⁷ tn Or “and especially.”

[3:18]  ⁵⁸ tn Or “we all with unveiled faces beholding the glory of the Lord as in a mirror.”

[3:18]  ⁵⁹ tn Grk “from glory to glory.”

[3:18]  ⁶⁰ tn Grk “just as from.”

[3:18]  ⁶¹ tn Grk “from the Lord, the Spirit”; the genitive πνεύματος (pneumato") has been translated as a genitive of apposition.

[9:5]  ⁶² tn Grk “the blessing.”

[9:5]  ⁶³ tn Grk “a blessing.”

[9:5]  ⁶⁴ tn Grk “as a covetousness”; that is, a gift given grudgingly or under compulsion.

[4:2]  ⁶⁵ tn L&N 13.156; the word can also mean “to assert opposition to,” thus here “we have denounced” (L&N 33.220).

[4:2]  ⁶⁶ tn Grk “the hidden things [deeds] of shame”; here αἰσχύνης (aiscunh") has been translated as an attributive genitive.

[4:2]  ⁶⁷ tn Or “not conducting ourselves”; Grk “not walking” (a common NT idiom for conduct, way of life, or behavior).

[4:2]  ⁶⁸ tn Or “craftiness.”

[1:21]  ⁶⁹ tn Or “strengthens.”

[1:21]  ⁷⁰ tn Grk “But he who establishes us together with you in Christ and anointed us is God.”

[2:16]  ⁷¹ tn The same Greek word (ὀσμή, osmh) translated “odor” here (in relation to the stench of death) has been translated “fragrance” in 2:14 and in the next phrase of the present verse. The word itself can describe a smell or odor either agreeable or disagreeable depending on the context (L&N 79.45).

[2:16]  ⁷² sn These things refer to the things Paul is doing in his apostolic ministry.

[4:7]  ⁷³ tn Grk “the surpassingness of the power”; δυνάμεως (dunamew") has been translated as an attributed genitive (“extraordinary power”).

[4:16]  ⁷⁴ tn Or “do not lose heart.”

[4:16]  ⁷⁵ tn Grk “our outer man.”

[4:16]  ⁷⁶ tn Grk “our inner [man].”

[12:13]  ⁷⁷ tn Grk “For in what respect.”

[7:7]  ⁷⁸ tn Because of the length and complexity of this Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the phrase “We were encouraged.”

[7:7]  ⁷⁹ tn Or “comfort,” “consolation.”

[7:7]  ⁸⁰ tn Grk “by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you.” The passive construction was translated as an active one in keeping with contemporary English style, and the repeated word “encouraged” was replaced in the translation by “gave” to avoid redundancy in the translation.

[7:7]  ⁸¹ tn Or “your grieving,” “your deep sorrow.”

[7:7]  ⁸² tn Or “your zeal.”

[3:16]  ⁸³ tn Or perhaps “when(ever) he turns,” referring to Moses.

[3:16]  ⁸⁴ sn An allusion to Exod 34:34. The entire verse may refer to Moses, viewing him as a type portraying the Jewish convert to Christianity in Paul’s day.

[1:8]  ⁸⁵ tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1., where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).

[1:8]  ⁸⁶ tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.

[10:13]  ⁸⁷ tn Or “boast excessively.” The phrase εἰς τὰ ἄμετρα (ei" ta ametra) is an idiom; literally it means “into that which is not measured,” that is, a point on a scale that goes beyond what might be expected (L&N 78.27).

[10:13]  ⁸⁸ tn The words “will confine our boasting” are not in the Greek text, but the reference to boasting must be repeated from the previous clause to clarify for the modern reader what is being limited.

[10:13]  ⁸⁹ tn Grk “according to the measure of the rule which God has apportioned to us as a measure”; for the translation used in the text see L&N 37.100.

[10:2]  ⁹⁰ tn Grk “consider us as walking.”

[10:2]  ⁹¹ tn Grk “according to the flesh.”

[3:7]  ⁹² tn Grk “on stones”; but since this is clearly an allusion to the tablets of the Decalogue (see 2 Cor 3:3) the word “tablets” was supplied in the translation to make the connection clear.

[3:7]  ⁹³ tn Grk “so that the sons of Israel.”

[3:7]  ⁹⁴ sn The glory of his face. When Moses came down from Mt. Sinai with the tablets of the Decalogue, the people were afraid to approach him because his face was so radiant (Exod 34:29-30).

[3:7]  ⁹⁵ tn The words “a glory” are not in the Greek text, but the reference to “glory” has been repeated from the previous clause for clarity.

[3:7]  ⁹⁶ tn Or “which was transitory.” Traditionally this phrase is translated as “which was fading away.” The verb καταργέω in the corpus Paulinum uniformly has the meaning “to render inoperative, ineffective”; the same nuance is appropriate here. The glory of Moses’ face was rendered ineffective by the veil Moses wore. For discussion of the meaning of this verb in this context, see S. J. Hafemann, Paul, Moses, and the History of Israel (WUNT 81), 301-13. A similar translation has been adopted in the two other occurrences of the verb in this paragraph in vv. 11 and 13.

[13:10]  ⁹⁷ 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.”

[13:10]  ⁹⁸ tn The words “with you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[1:13]  ⁹⁹ tn Grk “than the things.”

[1:13]  ¹⁰⁰ tn Grk “to the end,” a Greek idiom for “fully,” “totally,” “completely.”

[1:14]  ¹⁰¹ tn Grk “that we are your boast even as you are our boast.”

[1:14]  ¹⁰² tc ‡ On the wording “the Lord Jesus” (τοῦ κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ, tou kuriou Ihsou) there is some variation in the extant witnesses: ἡμῶν (Jhmwn, “our”) is found after κυρίου in several significant witnesses (א B F G P 0121 0243 6 33 81 1739 1881 2464 al lat co); the pronoun is lacking from Ì^46vid A C D Ψ Ï. Although in Paul “our Lord Jesus Christ” is a common expression, “our Lord Jesus” is relatively infrequent (cf., e.g., Rom 16:20; 2 Cor 1:14; 1 Thess 2:19; 3:11, 13; 2 Thess 1:8, 12). “The Lord Jesus” occurs about as often as “our Lord Jesus” (cf. 1 Cor 11:23; 16:23; 2 Cor 4:14; 11:31; Eph 1:15; 1 Thess 4:2; 2 Thess 1:7; Phlm 5). Thus, on balance, since scribes would tend to expand on the text, it is probably best to consider the shorter reading as authentic. NA²⁷ places the pronoun in brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.

[3:9]  ¹⁰³ tn Grk “the ministry of condemnation”; translated as an objective genitive, “the ministry that produced condemnation.”

[3:9]  ¹⁰⁴ tn Grk “the ministry of righteousness”; translated as an objective genitive, “the ministry that produces righteousness.”

[3:9]  ¹⁰⁵ tn Traditionally, “abound.”

[8:17]  ¹⁰⁶ tn The comparative form of this adjective is used here with elative meaning.

[8:17]  ¹⁰⁷ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

[8:17]  ¹⁰⁸ tn Or “of his own free will.”

[1:2]  ¹⁰⁹ tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”

[3:11]  ¹¹⁰ tn Or “what was fading away.” See note on “which was made ineffective” in v. 7.

[3:11]  ¹¹¹ tn Or “through” (διά, dia).

[3:11]  ¹¹² tn Or “what is permanent.”

[4:12]  ¹¹³ tn Or “So then.”

[4:12]  ¹¹⁴ tn Grk “death is at work in us, but life in you”; the phrase “is at work in” is repeated in the translation for clarity.

[9:9]  ¹¹⁵ sn He in the quotation refers to the righteous person.

[9:9]  ¹¹⁶ sn A quotation from Ps 112:9.

[10:6]  ¹¹⁷ tn Or “punish all disobedience.”

[2:4]  ¹¹⁸ tn Or “the love that I have in great measure for you.”

[3:6]  ¹¹⁹ tn Or “competent.”

[3:6]  ¹²⁰ sn This new covenant is promised in Jer 31:31-34; 32:40.

[7:11]  ¹²¹ tn Grk “this very thing, to be grieved.”

[7:11]  ¹²² tn The words “of yourselves” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[7:11]  ¹²³ sn What indignation refers to the Corinthians’ indignation at the offender.

[7:11]  ¹²⁴ tn Or “what zeal.”

[7:11]  ¹²⁵ sn That is, punishment for the offender.

[1:19]  ¹²⁶ sn Silvanus is usually considered to be the same person as Silas (L&N 93.340).

[1:24]  ¹²⁷ tn Or “because you stand firm in the faith.”

[5:17]  ¹²⁸ tn Grk “old things have passed away.”

[5:17]  ¹²⁹ tc Most mss have the words τὰ πάντα (ta panta, “all things”; cf. KJV “behold, all things are become new”), some after καίνα (kaina, “new”; D² K L P Ψ 104 326 945 2464 pm) and others before it (6 33 81 614 630 1241 1505 1881 pm). The reading without τὰ πάντα, however, has excellent support from both the Western and Alexandrian texttypes (Ì⁴⁶ א B C D* F G 048 0243 365 629 1175 1739 pc co), and the different word order of the phrase which includes it (“all things new” or “new all things”) in the ms tradition indicates its secondary character. This secondary addition may have taken place because of assimilation to τὰ δὲ πάντα (ta de panta, “and all [these] things”) that begins the following verse.

[5:17]  ¹³⁰ tn Grk “new things have come [about].”

[8:6]  ¹³¹ 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]  ¹³² tn Or “we exhorted.”

[8:6]  ¹³³ 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]  ¹³⁴ tn Grk “this grace.”

[9:11]  ¹³⁵ tn Grk “in every way for every generosity,” or “he will always make you rich enough to be generous at all times” (L&N 57.29).

[9:12]  ¹³⁶ tn Or “not only supplying.”

[5:12]  ¹³⁷ tn The present tense of συνιστάνομεν (sunistanomen) has been translated as a conative present.

[5:12]  ¹³⁸ tn Or “to boast about us.”

[5:12]  ¹³⁹ tn Or “who boast.”

[5:12]  ¹⁴⁰ tn Or “in what is seen.”

[6:2]  ¹⁴¹ sn A quotation from Isa 49:8.

[8:19]  ¹⁴² tn Grk “gospel, and not only this, but.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation.

[8:19]  ¹⁴³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the brother mentioned in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:19]  ¹⁴⁴ tn That is, the offering or collection being taken to assist impoverished Christians.

[8:19]  ¹⁴⁵ tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied (see L&N 25.68).