2 Korintus 2:9

2:9 For this reason also I wrote you: ¹  to test you to see ²  if you are obedient in everything.

2 Korintus 3:11

3:11 For if what was made ineffective ³  came with ⁴  glory, how much more has what remains ⁵  come in glory!

2 Korintus 4:8

4:8 We are experiencing trouble on every side, ⁶  but are not crushed; we are perplexed, ⁷  but not driven to despair;

2 Korintus 6:3

6:3 We do not give anyone ⁸  an occasion for taking an offense in anything, ⁹  so that no fault may be found with our ministry.

2 Korintus 13:8

13:8 For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the sake of the truth.

[2:9]  ¹ tn The word “you” is not in the Greek text, but is implied (as an understood direct object).

[2:9]  ² tn Grk “to know the proof of you,” that is, to know if the Corinthians’ obedience to Paul as an apostle was genuine (L&N 72.7).

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

[3:11]  ⁴ tn Or “through” (διά, dia).

[3:11]  ⁵ tn Or “what is permanent.”

[4:8]  ⁶ tn Grk “we are hard pressed [by crowds] on every side.”

[4:8]  ⁷ tn Or “at a loss.”

[6:3]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ 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).