2 Corinthians 8:1

Completing the Collection for the Saints

8:1 Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, ¹  the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,

2 Corinthians 8:13

8:13 For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

2 Corinthians 8:24

8:24 Therefore show ²  them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you. ³ 

2 Corinthians 9:11

9:11 You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, ⁴  which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,

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. ⁵ 

2 Corinthians 10:18

10:18 For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.

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

[8:24]  ² tc The sense of this translation is attested by the fact that most of the later mss, along with several early and important ones (א C D² Ψ 0225 0243 1739 1881 Ï lat), have the imperative verb ἐνδείξασθε (ejndeixasqe) in place of the participle ἐνδεικνύμενοι (endeiknumenoi), which is found in B D* F G 33 pc. Since an imperatival participle is more Hebraic in style, many scribes would not have understood the idiom as easily and would have been likely to change the participle to an imperative (so TCGNT 513-14). But there is no good reason why scribes would change the imperative into a participle. Thus, ἐνδεικνύμενοι is almost surely the wording of the original text.

[8:24]  ³ tn Or “our boasting about you.”

[9:11]  ³ tn Grk “in every way for every generosity,” or “he will always make you rich enough to be generous at all times” (L&N 57.29).

[9:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “the extraordinary grace of God to you”; the point is that God has given or shown grace to the Corinthians.