2 Corinthians 9:2

9:2 because I know your eagerness to help. ¹  I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, ²  that Achaia has been ready to give ³  since last year, and your zeal to participate ⁴  has stirred up most of them. ⁵ 

2 Corinthians 2:4

2:4 For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you. ⁶ 

2 Corinthians 5:19

5:19 In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us ⁷  the message of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 13:10

13:10 Because of this I am writing these things while absent, so that when I arrive ⁸  I may not have to deal harshly with you ⁹  by using my authority – the Lord gave it to me for building up, not for tearing down!

[9:2]  ¹ tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

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

[9:2]  ⁴ tn The words “to participate” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[9:2]  ⁵ sn Most of them is a reference to the Macedonians (cf. v. 4).

[2:4]  ⁶ tn Or “the love that I have in great measure for you.”

[5:19]  ¹¹ tn Or “he has entrusted to us.”

[13:10]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “when I am present,” but in the context of Paul’s third (upcoming) visit to Corinth, this is better translated as “when I arrive.”

[13:10]  ¹⁷ tn The words “with you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.