2 Corinthians 3:9

3:9 For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, ¹  how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness ²  excel ³  in glory!

2 Corinthians 6:4

6:4 But as God’s servants, ⁴  we have commended ourselves in every way, ⁵  with great endurance, in persecutions, ⁶  in difficulties, in distresses,

2 Corinthians 6:10

6:10 as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

2 Corinthians 8:4

8:4 begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping ⁷  the saints.

2 Corinthians 8:15

8:15 as it is written: “The one who gathered ⁸  much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.” ⁹ 

¹ tn Grk “the ministry of condemnation”; translated as an objective genitive, “the ministry that produced condemnation.”

² tn Grk “the ministry of righteousness”; translated as an objective genitive, “the ministry that produces righteousness.”

³ tn Traditionally, “abound.”

⁴ tn Or “ministers.”

⁵ tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”

⁶ tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”

⁷ tn Or “of ministering to.”

¹⁰ tn The word “gathered” is not in the Greek text, but is implied (so also for the second occurrence of the word later in the verse).

¹¹ sn A quotation from Exod 16:18.