2 Corinthians 9:3

9:3 But I am sending ¹  these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready ²  just as I kept telling them.

2 Corinthians 9:5

9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution ³  you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift ⁴  and not as something you feel forced to do. ⁵ 

[9:3]  ¹ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

[9:3]  ² tn That is, ready with the collection for the saints.

[9:5]  ³ tn Grk “the blessing.”

[9:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “a blessing.”

[9:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “as a covetousness”; that is, a gift given grudgingly or under compulsion.