2 Corinthians 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 Corinthians 3:2

3:2 You yourselves are our letter, ³  written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,

2 Corinthians 5:21

5:21 God ⁴  made the one who did not know sin ⁵  to be sin for us, so that in him ⁶  we would become the righteousness of God.

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

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 tn That is, “letter of recommendation.”

⁵ tn Grk “He”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ sn The one who did not know sin is a reference to Jesus Christ.

⁷ sn That is, “in Christ.”