2 Corinthians 7:9

7:9 Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, ¹  but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, ²  so that you were not harmed ³  in any way by us.

2 Corinthians 7:14

7:14 For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, ⁴  but just as everything we said to you was true, ⁵  so our boasting to Titus about you ⁶  has proved true as well.

2 Corinthians 8:9

8:9 For you know the grace ⁷  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.

[7:9]  ¹ tn Grk “were grieved” (so also twice later in the verse).

[7:9]  ² tn Grk “corresponding to God,” that is, corresponding to God’s will (κατὰ θεόν, kata qeon). The same phrase occurs in vv. 10 and 11.

[7:9]  ³ tn Grk “so that you did not suffer loss.”

[7:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “I have not been put to shame”; the words “by you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[7:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “just as we spoke everything to you in truth.”

[7:14]  ⁶ tn The words “about you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[8:9]  ⁷ tn Or “generosity.”