2 Corinthians 6:1

God’s Suffering Servants

6:1 Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain. ¹ 

2 Corinthians 8:1

Completing the Collection for the Saints

8:1 Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, ²  the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,

2 Corinthians 8:4

8:4 begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping ³  the saints.

2 Corinthians 8:6

8:6 Thus ⁴  we urged ⁵  Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, ⁶  so also he should complete this act of kindness ⁷  for you.

2 Corinthians 9:14

9:14 And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you. ⁸ 

¹ tn Or “receive the grace of God uselessly.”

² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:8.

³ tn Or “of ministering to.”

⁴ tn A new sentence was started here in the translation and the word “thus” was supplied to indicate that it expresses the result of the previous clause.

⁵ tn Or “we exhorted.”

⁶ tn The words “this work” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted and must be supplied from the context.

⁷ tn Grk “this grace.”

⁵ tn Grk “the extraordinary grace of God to you”; the point is that God has given or shown grace to the Corinthians.