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2 Corinthians 07 General Notes
Structure and formatting
This chapter has a very abrupt change. In 7:2-4, Paul finishes his defense. He then talks about Titus' return and the comfort it brought.
Special concepts in this chapter
Clean and unclean
Christians are "clean" in the sense that they are in a right relationship with God, and they do not need to be concerned with being clean according to the law of Moses. Ungodly living can still make a Christian unclean. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/clean, rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lawofmoses, rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/ungodly and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/unclean)
Sadness and sorrow
Different terms for emotions can have great differences in meaning. The terms "sad" and "sorrow" in this chapter indicates that the Corinthians were upset to the point of repentance. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/repent)
Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter
We
It is likely that Paul's usage of the pronoun "we" represents at least Timothy and himself. It is possible that it may also include other people.
Original situation
This chapter discusses in detail a previous situation. Although some aspects of this situation can be assumed given the information in this chapter, it is best to leave this type of implicit information untranslated. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)