2 Korintus 2:10

2:10 If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him – for indeed what I have forgiven (if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ,

2 Korintus 4:16

4:16 Therefore we do not despair, ¹  but even if our physical body ²  is wearing away, our inner person ³  is being renewed day by day.

2 Korintus 5:16

5:16 So then from now on we acknowledge ⁴  no one from an outward human point of view. ⁵  Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, ⁶  now we do not know him in that way any longer.

2 Korintus 10:7

10:7 You are looking at outward appearances. ⁷  If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should reflect on this again: Just as he himself belongs to Christ, so too do we.

2 Korintus 11:15-16

11:15 Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves ⁸  as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions. ⁹ 

Paul’s Sufferings for Christ

11:16 I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. ¹⁰  But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

2 Korintus 12:11

The Signs of an Apostle

12:11 I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison ¹¹  to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

[4:16]  ¹ tn Or “do not lose heart.”

[4:16]  ² tn Grk “our outer man.”

[4:16]  ³ tn Grk “our inner [man].”

[5:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “we know.”

[5:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “no one according to the flesh.”

[5:16]  ⁶ tn Grk “we have known Christ according to the flesh.”

[10:7]  ⁷ tn The phrase is close to a recognized idiom for judging based on outward appearances (L&N 30.120). Some translators see a distinction, however, and translate 2 Cor 10:7a as “Look at what is in front of your eyes,” that is, the obvious facts of the case (so NRSV).

[11:15]  ⁸ tn Or “also masquerade.”

[11:15]  ⁹ tn Or “their works.”

[11:16]  ¹⁰ tn Or “am foolish.”

[12:11]  ¹¹ tn Or “I am in no way inferior.”