2 Corinthians 9:1-2

Preparing the Gift

9:1 For it is not necessary ¹  for me to write you about this service ²  to the saints, 9:2 because I know your eagerness to help. ³  I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, ⁴  that Achaia has been ready to give ⁵  since last year, and your zeal to participate ⁶  has stirred up most of them. ⁷ 

2 Corinthians 9:12

9:12 because the service of this ministry is not only providing for ⁸  the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God.

[9:1]  ¹ tn Or “it is superfluous.”

[9:1]  ² tn Or “this ministry,” “this contribution.”

[9:2]  ³ tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[9:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “concerning which I keep boasting to the Macedonians about you.” A new sentence was started here and the translation was simplified by removing the relative clause and repeating the antecedent “this eagerness of yours.”

[9:2]  ⁵ tn The words “to give” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[9:2]  ⁶ tn The words “to participate” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[9:2]  ⁷ sn Most of them is a reference to the Macedonians (cf. v. 4).

[9:12]  ⁵ tn Or “not only supplying.”