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.

[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).

[3:2]  ³ tn That is, “letter of recommendation.”

[5:21]  ⁵ tn Grk “He”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:21]  ⁶ sn The one who did not know sin is a reference to Jesus Christ.

[5:21]  ⁷ sn That is, “in Christ.”