2 Corinthians 1:14

1:14 just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours ¹  in the day of the Lord Jesus. ² 

2 Corinthians 9:2-4

9:2 because I know your eagerness to help. ³  I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, ⁴  that Achaia has been ready to give ⁵  since last year, and your zeal to participate ⁶  has stirred up most of them. ⁷  9:3 But I am sending ⁸  these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready ⁹  just as I kept telling them. 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 ¹⁰  (not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you. ¹¹ 

2 Corinthians 9:1

Preparing the Gift

9:1 For it is not necessary ¹²  for me to write you about this service ¹³  to the saints,

Colossians 1:4

1:4 since ¹⁴  we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ¹⁵  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Colossians 2:19

2:19 He has not held fast ¹⁶  to the head from whom the whole body, supported ¹⁷  and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God. ¹⁸ 

¹ tn Grk “that we are your boast even as you are our boast.”

² 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 tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

⁴ tn Grk “concerning which I keep boasting to the Macedonians about you.” A new sentence was started here and the translation was simplified by removing the relative clause and repeating the antecedent “this eagerness of yours.”

⁵ tn The words “to give” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

⁶ tn The words “to participate” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

⁷ sn Most of them is a reference to the Macedonians (cf. v. 4).

⁸ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

⁹ tn That is, ready with the collection for the saints.

¹⁰ tn Or “be disgraced”; Grk “be put to shame.”

¹¹ 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 tn Or “it is superfluous.”

¹³ tn Or “this ministry,” “this contribution.”

¹⁴ tn The adverbial participle ἀκούσαντες (akousante") is understood to be temporal and translated with “since.” A causal idea may also be in the apostle’s mind, but the context emphasizes temporal ideas, e.g., “from the day” (v. 6).

¹⁵ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

¹⁶ tn The Greek participle κρατῶν (kratwn) was translated as a finite verb to avoid an unusually long and pedantic sentence structure in English.

¹⁷ tn See BDAG 387 s.v. ἐπιχορηγέω 3.

¹⁸ tn The genitive τοῦ θεοῦ (tou qeou) has been translated as a genitive of source, “from God.”