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 2:3-4

2:3 And I wrote this very thing to you, ³  so that when I came ⁴  I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours. 2:4 For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you. ⁵ 

2 Corinthians 7:12

7:12 So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf ⁶  before God.

[2:9]  ¹ tn The word “you” is not in the Greek text, but is implied (as an understood direct object).

[2:9]  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).

[2:3]  ³ tn The words “to you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[2:3]  ⁴ sn So that when I came. Regarding this still future visit by Paul, see 2 Cor 12:14; 13:1.

[2:4]  ⁵ tn Or “the love that I have in great measure for you.”

[7:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “but in order that your eagerness on our behalf might be revealed to you.”