2 Corinthians 8:8

8:8 I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others. ¹ 

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 13:11

Final Exhortations and Greetings

13:11 Finally, brothers and sisters, ⁴  rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

[8:8]  ¹ tn Grk “by means of the eagerness of others.”

[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.”

[13:11]  ³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:8.