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 

2 Corinthians 8:9

8:9 For you know the grace ⁹  of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

2 Corinthians 9:8

9:8 And God is able to make all grace overflow ¹⁰  to you so that because you have enough ¹¹  of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow ¹²  in every good work.

[6:1]  ¹ tn Or “receive the grace of God uselessly.”

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

[8:4]  ³ tn Or “of ministering to.”

[8:6]  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.

[8:6]  ⁵ tn Or “we exhorted.”

[8:6]  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.

[8:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “this grace.”

[9:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “the extraordinary grace of God to you”; the point is that God has given or shown grace to the Corinthians.

[8:9]  ⁶ tn Or “generosity.”

[9:8]  ⁷ tn Or “abound.”

[9:8]  ⁸ tn Or “so that by having enough.” The Greek participle can be translated as a participle of cause (“because you have enough”) or means (“by having enough”).

[9:8]  ⁹ tn Or “abound.”