2 Corinthians 7:14

7:14 For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, ¹  but just as everything we said to you was true, ²  so our boasting to Titus about you ³  has proved true as well.

2 Corinthians 9:5

9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution ⁴  you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift ⁵  and not as something you feel forced to do. ⁶ 

[7:14]  ¹ tn Grk “I have not been put to shame”; the words “by you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[7:14]  ² tn Grk “just as we spoke everything to you in truth.”

[7:14]  ³ tn The words “about you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[9:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “the blessing.”

[9:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “a blessing.”

[9:5]  ⁶ tn Grk “as a covetousness”; that is, a gift given grudgingly or under compulsion.