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 5:5

5:5 Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose ³  is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment. ⁴ 

2 Corinthians 8:20

8:20 We did this ⁵  as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

2 Corinthians 9:6

9:6 My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously ⁶  will also reap generously.

2 Corinthians 13:1

Paul’s Third Visit to Corinth

13:1 This is the third time I am coming to visit ⁷  you. By the testimony ⁸  of two or three witnesses every matter will be established. ⁹ 

2 Corinthians 13:9

13:9 For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And we pray for this: that you may become fully qualified. ¹⁰ 

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 Grk “for this very thing.”

⁴ tn Or “first installment,” “pledge,” “deposit” (see the note on the phrase “down payment” in 1:22).

⁵ tn “This” refers to sending the brother mentioned in 2 Cor 8:18 to Corinth along with Titus. The words “We did this” have no equivalent in the Greek text, but are necessary to maintain the thought flow in English. The Greek participle that begins v. 20 continues the sentence begun in v. 18 which concerns the sending of the other brother mentioned there.

⁷ tn Or “bountifully”; so also in the next occurrence in the verse.

⁹ tn The word “visit” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

¹⁰ tn Grk “By the mouth.”

¹¹ sn A quotation from Deut 19:15 (also quoted in Matt 18:16; 1 Tim 5:19).

¹¹ tn Or “fully equipped.”