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1. 2 Corinthians 5:1 sn The expression the tent we live in refers to “our earthly house, our body.” Paul uses the metaphor of the physical body as a house or tent, the residence of the immaterial part of a person.
2. 2 Corinthians 5:1 tn Or “destroyed.”
3. 2 Corinthians 5:2 tn Or “dwelling place.”
4. 2 Corinthians 5:2 tn Or “to be clothed with.”
5. 2 Corinthians 5:3 tc ‡ Some mss read “taken off” (ἐκδυσάμενοι, ekdusamenoi) instead of “put on” (ἐνδυσάμενοι, endusamenoi). This alternative reading would change the emphasis of the verse from putting on “our heavenly house” to taking off “our earthly house” (see the following note regarding the specification of the referent). The difference between the two readings is one letter (ν or κ), either of which may be mistaken for the other especially when written in majuscule script. ἐνδυσάμενοι enjoys strong support from the Alexandrian text (P⁴⁶ א B C 33 1739 1881), Byzantine witnesses, versions (lat sy co), and Clement of Alexandria. The Western text is the only text-form to differ: D*^,c reads ἐκδυσάμενοι, as does ar f^c Mcion Tert Spec; F and G read εκλ for εκδ which indirectly aligns them with D (and was surely due to confusion of letters in majuscule script). Thus “put on” has the oldest and best external attestation by far. Internal evidence also favors this reading. At first glance, it may seem that “after we have put on our heavenly house we will not be found naked” is an obvious statement; the scribe of D may have thought so and changed the participle. But v. 3 seems parenthetical (so A. Plummer, Second Corinthians [ICC], 147), and the idea that “we do not want to be unclothed but clothed” is repeated in v. 4 with an explanatory “for.” This concept also shows up in v. 2 with the phrase “we desire to put on.” So the context can be construed to argue for “put on” as the reading of the initial text. B. M. Metzger argues against the reading of NA²⁸, stating that ἐκδυσάμενοι is “an early alteration to avoid apparent tautology” (TCGNT 511; so also Plummer, 148). In addition, the reading ἐνδυσάμενοι fits the Pauline pattern of equivalence between apodosis and protasis that is found often enough in his conditional clauses. Thus, “put on” has the mark of authenticity and should be considered autographic.
6. 2 Corinthians 5:3 tn Grk “it”; the referent (the “heavenly dwelling” of the previous verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7. 2 Corinthians 5:4 sn See the note in 5:1 on the phrase the tent we live in.
8. 2 Corinthians 5:4 tn Or “we are burdened.”
9. 2 Corinthians 5:5 tn Grk “for this very thing.”
10. 2 Corinthians 5:5 tn Or “first installment,” “pledge,” “deposit” (see the note on the phrase “down payment” in 1:22).
11. 2 Corinthians 5:6 tn Grk “we know that being at home in the body”; an idiom for being alive (L&N 23.91).
12. 2 Corinthians 5:7 tn Grk “we walk.”
13. 2 Corinthians 5:8 tn Or “be absent.”
14. 2 Corinthians 5:9 tn Grk “whether we are at home” [in the body]; an idiom for being alive (L&N 23.91).
15. 2 Corinthians 5:9 tn Grk “to be pleasing to him.”
16. 2 Corinthians 5:10 sn The judgment seat (βῆμα, bēma) was a raised platform mounted by steps and sometimes furnished with a seat, used by officials in addressing an assembly or making pronouncements, often on judicial matters. The judgment seat was a common item in Greco-Roman culture, often located in the agora, the public square or marketplace in the center of a city. Use of the term in reference to Christ’s judgment would be familiar to Paul’s 1st century readers.
17. 2 Corinthians 5:10 tn Or “whether good or bad.”
18. 2 Corinthians 5:11 tn Or “because we know what it means to fear the Lord.”
19. 2 Corinthians 5:11 tn The present tense of πείθομεν (peithomen) has been translated as a conative present.
20. 2 Corinthians 5:11 tn Grk “men,” but ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is generic here since clearly both men and women are in view (Paul did not attempt to win only men to the gospel he preached).
21. 2 Corinthians 5:11 tn Or “clearly evident.” BDAG 1048 s.v. φανερόω 2.b.β has “θεῷ πεφανερώμεθα we are well known to God 2 Cor 5:11a, cp. 11b; 11:6 v.l.”
22. 2 Corinthians 5:12 tn The present tense of συνιστάνομεν (sunistanomen) has been translated as a conative present.
23. 2 Corinthians 5:12 tn Or “to boast about us.”
24. 2 Corinthians 5:12 tn Or “who boast.”
25. 2 Corinthians 5:12 tn Or “in what is seen.”
26. 2 Corinthians 5:14 tn The phrase ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Χριστοῦ (hē agapē tou Christou, “the love of Christ”) could be translated as either objective genitive (“our love for Christ”) or subjective genitive (“Christ’s love for us”). Either is grammatically possible, but with the reference to Christ’s death for all in the following clauses, a subjective genitive (“Christ’s love for us”) is more likely.
27. 2 Corinthians 5:14 tn Grk “one”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
28. 2 Corinthians 5:15 tn Or “but for him who died and was raised for them.”
29. 2 Corinthians 5:16 tn Grk “we know.”
30. 2 Corinthians 5:16 tn Grk “no one according to the flesh.”
31. 2 Corinthians 5:16 tn Grk “we have known Christ according to the flesh.”
32. 2 Corinthians 5:17 tn Grk “old things have passed away.”
33. 2 Corinthians 5:17 tc Most mss have the words τὰ πάντα (ta panta, “all things”; cf. KJV “behold, all things are become new”), some after καίνα (kaina, “new”; D² K L P Ψ 104 326 945 2464 pm) and others before it (6 33 81 614 630 1241 1505 1881 pm). The reading without τὰ πάντα, however, has excellent support from both the Western and Alexandrian text-forms (P⁴⁶ א B C D* F G 048 0243 365 629 1175 1739 co), and the different word order of the phrase which includes it (“all things new” or “new all things”) in the ms tradition indicates its secondary character. This secondary addition may have taken place because of assimilation to τὰ δὲ πάντα (ta de panta, “and all [these] things”) that begins the following verse.
34. 2 Corinthians 5:17 tn Grk “new things have come [about].”
35. 2 Corinthians 5:19 tn Or “he has entrusted to us.”
36. 2 Corinthians 5:20 tn Or “as though God were begging.”
37. 2 Corinthians 5:20 tn Or “we beg you.”
38. 2 Corinthians 5:21 tn Grk “He”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
39. 2 Corinthians 5:21 sn The one who did not know sin is a reference to Jesus Christ.
40. 2 Corinthians 5:21 sn That is, “in Christ.”
41. 2 Corinthians 6:1 tn Or “receive the grace of God uselessly.”
42. 2 Corinthians 6:2 sn A quotation from Isa 49:8.
43. 2 Corinthians 6:3 tn The word “anyone” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.
44. 2 Corinthians 6:3 tn Other interpretations of the first part of 2 Cor 6:3 are possible. The phrase could also mean, “not putting an obstacle in the way of anyone” (L&N 22.14), or “giving no one in anything a cause to sin” (L&N 88.307).
45. 2 Corinthians 6:4 tn Or “ministers.”
46. 2 Corinthians 6:4 tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”
47. 2 Corinthians 6:4 tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”
48. 2 Corinthians 6:5 tn Or “rebellions” (uprisings in open defiance of civil authority).
49. 2 Corinthians 6:5 tn Usually κόποις (kopois) has been translated as “labors” or “hard work,” but see Matt 26:10 where it means “trouble”; “distress” (L&N 22.7). In this context with so many other terms denoting suffering and difficulty, such a meaning is preferable.
50. 2 Corinthians 6:6 tn Or “by holiness of spirit.”
51. 2 Corinthians 6:6 tn Or “sincere.”
52. 2 Corinthians 6:7 tn Grk “by the word of truth”; understanding ἀληθείας (alētheias) as an attributive genitive (“truthful word”).
53. 2 Corinthians 6:7 tn Or “speech.” In this context it is more likely that λόγος (logos) refers to Paul’s message (thus “teaching”) than to his speech in general.
54. 2 Corinthians 6:7 tn The phrase “for the right hand and for the left” possibly refers to a combination of an offensive weapon (a sword for the right hand) and a defensive weapon (a shield for the left).
55. 2 Corinthians 6:8 tn Or “regarded as deceivers.”
56. 2 Corinthians 6:9 tn Grk “disciplined,” but in this context probably a reference to scourging prior to execution (yet the execution is not carried out).
57. 2 Corinthians 6:11 tn Grk “our mouth has been open to you,” an idiom for openness in communication.
58. 2 Corinthians 6:12 tn Grk “You are not restricted by us.”
59. 2 Corinthians 6:13 tn The word “my” is not in the Greek text but is implied.
60. 2 Corinthians 6:13 tn The words “to us” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
61. 2 Corinthians 6:14 tn Or “Do not be mismatched.”
62. 2 Corinthians 6:15 sn The Greek term Βελιάρ (Beliar) is a spelling variant for Βελιάλ (Belial, see Judg 20:13 LXX). It occurs only here in the NT. Beliar is a reference to Satan.
63. 2 Corinthians 6:16 tc Most witnesses, including some significant ones (P⁴⁶ א² C D² F G Ψ 0209 M lat sy Tert), read ὑμεῖς…ἐστε (humeis…este, “you are”) instead of ἡμεῖς…ἐσμεν (hēmeis…esmen, “we are”) here, but several other early and significant mss (א* B D* L P 0243 6 33 81 326 365 1175 1739 1881 2464 co Cl Or) have ἡμεῖς…ἐσμεν. The external evidence is somewhat in favor of the first person pronoun and verb; the internal evidence weighs in even stronger. In light of the parallel in 1 Cor 3:16, where Paul uses ἐστε (“you are the temple of God”), as well as the surrounding context here in which the second person verb or pronoun is used in vv. 14, 17, and 18, the second person reading seems obviously motivated. The first person reading can explain the rise of the other reading, but the reverse is not as easily done. Consequently, the first person reading of ἡμεῖς…ἐσμεν has all the credentials of authenticity.
64. 2 Corinthians 6:16 tn Or “live among them,” “live with them.” sn I will live in them. The OT text that lies behind this passage (Lev 26:11-12) speaks of God dwelling in the midst of his people. The Greek preposition en in the phrase en autois (“in them”) can also have that meaning (“among” or “with”). However, Paul appears to be extending the imagery here to involve God (as the Spirit) dwelling in his people, since he calls believers “the temple of the living God” in the previous clause, imagery he uses elsewhere in his writings (1 Cor 3:16; Eph 2:21-22).
65. 2 Corinthians 6:16 sn A quotation from Lev 26:12; also similar to Jer 32:38; Ezek 37:27.
66. 2 Corinthians 6:17 sn A quotation from Isa 52:11.
67. 2 Corinthians 6:17 tn Or “will receive.”
68. 2 Corinthians 6:17 sn A paraphrased quotation from Ezek 20:41.
69. 2 Corinthians 6:18 sn A paraphrased quotation from 2 Sam 7:14 and Isa 43:6.
70. 2 Corinthians 6:18 tn Traditionally, “the Lord Almighty.” BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…κύριος π. (oft. LXX) 2 Cor 6:18.”
71. 2 Corinthians 7:1 tn Or “purify ourselves.”
72. 2 Corinthians 7:1 tn Grk “from every defilement of the flesh.”
73. 2 Corinthians 7:1 tn Grk “accomplishing.” The participle has been translated as a finite verb due to considerations of contemporary English style, and “thus” has been supplied to indicate that it represents a result of the previous cleansing.
74. 2 Corinthians 7:1 tn Grk “in the fear of God.”
75. 2 Corinthians 7:2 tn The phrase “in your hearts” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
76. 2 Corinthians 7:2 tn “We have ruined no one” may refer to financial loss (“we have caused no one to suffer financial loss”) but it may also refer to the undermining of faith (“we have corrupted no one’s faith,”). Both options are mentioned in L&N 20.23.
77. 2 Corinthians 7:2 tn Or “we have taken advantage of no one.”
78. 2 Corinthians 7:3 sn See 2 Cor 1:4-7.
79. 2 Corinthians 7:3 tn The words “with you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
80. 2 Corinthians 7:4 tn Grk “great is my boasting.”
81. 2 Corinthians 7:4 tn Or “comfort.”
82. 2 Corinthians 7:4 tn Grk “I am overflowing with joy in all our suffering”; the words “in the midst of” are not in the Greek text but are supplied to clarify that Paul is not rejoicing in the suffering itself, but in his relationship with the Corinthians in the midst of all his suffering.
83. 2 Corinthians 7:5 tn Grk “our flesh.”
84. 2 Corinthians 7:6 tn Or “comforts,” “consoles.”
85. 2 Corinthians 7:6 tn Or “comforted,” “consoled.”
86. 2 Corinthians 7:7 tn Because of the length and complexity of this Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the phrase “We were encouraged.”
87. 2 Corinthians 7:7 tn Or “comfort,” “consolation.”
88. 2 Corinthians 7:7 tn Grk “by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you.” The passive construction was translated as an active one in keeping with contemporary English style, and the repeated word “encouraged” was replaced in the translation by “gave” to avoid redundancy in the translation.
89. 2 Corinthians 7:7 tn Or “your grieving,” “your deep sorrow.”
90. 2 Corinthians 7:7 tn Or “your zeal.”
91. 2 Corinthians 7:8 tn Grk “if I grieved you.”
92. 2 Corinthians 7:8 sn My letter. Paul is referring to the “severe” letter mentioned in 2 Cor 2:4.
93. 2 Corinthians 7:8 tn Grk “I do not regret”; direct objects in Greek must often be supplied from the context. Here one could simply supply “it,” but since Paul is referring to the effects of his previous letter, clarity is improved if “having written it” is supplied.
94. 2 Corinthians 7:8 tn Grk “I did regret”; the direct object “it” must be supplied from the context.
95. 2 Corinthians 7:8 tc A few significant mss (P^46c B D* it sa) lack γάρ (gar, “for”), while the majority of witnesses have it (א C D¹ F G Ψ 0243 33 1739 1881 M sy bo). Even though P^46* omits γάρ, it has the same sense (viz., a subordinate clause) because it reads the participle βλέπων (blepōn, “seeing”; the Vulgate does the same). A decision is difficult because although the overwhelming external evidence is on the side of the conjunction, the lack of γάρ is a significantly harder reading, for the whole clause is something of an anacoluthon. Without the conjunction, the sentence reads more harshly. This would fit with Paul’s “vehemence of spirit” (A. T. Robertson, A Grammar of the Greek New Testament, 435) that is found especially in 2 Corinthians and Galatians. However, the mss that omit the conjunction are prone to such tendencies at times. In this instance, the conjunction should probably stand.
96. 2 Corinthians 7:8 tn Grk “my letter grieved you.”
97. 2 Corinthians 7:9 tn Grk “were grieved” (so also twice later in the verse).
98. 2 Corinthians 7:9 tn Grk “corresponding to God,” that is, corresponding to God’s will (κατὰ θεόν, kata theon). The same phrase occurs in vv. 10 and 11.
99. 2 Corinthians 7:9 tn Grk “so that you did not suffer loss.”
100. 2 Corinthians 7:11 tn Grk “this very thing, to be grieved.”
101. 2 Corinthians 7:11 tn The words “of yourselves” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
102. 2 Corinthians 7:11 sn What indignation refers to the Corinthians’ indignation at the offender.
103. 2 Corinthians 7:11 tn Or “what zeal.”
104. 2 Corinthians 7:11 sn That is, punishment for the offender.
105. 2 Corinthians 7:12 tn Grk “but in order that your eagerness on our behalf might be revealed to you.”
106. 2 Corinthians 7:13 tn Or “all of you have put his mind at ease.”
107. 2 Corinthians 7:14 tn Grk “I have not been put to shame”; the words “by you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
108. 2 Corinthians 7:14 tn Grk “just as we spoke everything to you in truth.”
109. 2 Corinthians 7:14 tn The words “about you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
110. 2 Corinthians 7:15 tn Or “is all the more.”
111. 2 Corinthians 8:1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:8.
112. 2 Corinthians 8:2 tn Or “riches.”
113. 2 Corinthians 8:3 tn Or “spontaneously.”
114. 2 Corinthians 8:4 tn Or “of ministering to.”
115. 2 Corinthians 8:6 tn A new sentence was started here in the translation and the word “thus” was supplied to indicate that it expresses the result of the previous clause.
116. 2 Corinthians 8:6 tn Or “we exhorted.”
117. 2 Corinthians 8:6 tn The words “this work” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted and must be supplied from the context.
118. 2 Corinthians 8:6 tn Grk “this grace.”
119. 2 Corinthians 8:7 tn Grk “as you abound.”
120. 2 Corinthians 8:7 tc The reading “the love from us that is in you” is very difficult in this context, for Paul is here enumerating the Corinthians’ attributes: How is it possible for them to excel “in the love from us that is in you”? Most likely, because of this difficulty, several early scribes, as well as most later ones (א C D F G Ψ [33] M lat), altered the text to read “your love for us” (so NIV; Grk ἐξ ὑμῶν ἐν ἡμῖν ἀγάπῃ [ex humōn en hēmin agapē]). The reading ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐν ὑμῖν ἀγάπῃ (ex hēmōn en humin agapē) is found, however, in excellent and early witnesses (P⁴⁶ B 0243 6 104 630 1175 1739 1881 co). As the harder reading it explains the rise of the other reading. What, then, is the force of “in the love from us that is in you”? Most likely, Paul is commending the Corinthians for excelling in deriving some inspiration from the apostles’ love for them.
121. 2 Corinthians 8:7 tn Grk “you abound.”
122. 2 Corinthians 8:7 tn Grk “this grace.”
123. 2 Corinthians 8:8 tn Grk “by means of the eagerness of others.”
124. 2 Corinthians 8:9 tn Or “generosity.”
125. 2 Corinthians 8:10 tn Grk “who.”
126. 2 Corinthians 8:11 tn Grk “and now also complete the doing.”
127. 2 Corinthians 8:11 tn Grk “just as the eagerness to want [it].”
128. 2 Corinthians 8:11 tn Grk “complete from what you have.”
129. 2 Corinthians 8:12 tn The words “the gift itself” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Translators often supply an English phrase like “it is” (NASB) but in the context, Paul is clearly referring to the collection Titus was to oversee (2 Cor 8:4-7). Therefore there is no reason not to specify the referent (the gift) more narrowly for clarity.
130. 2 Corinthians 8:14 tn Or “their lack.”
131. 2 Corinthians 8:15 tn The word “gathered” is not in the Greek text, but is implied (so also for the second occurrence of the word later in the verse).
132. 2 Corinthians 8:15 sn A quotation from Exod 16:18.
133. 2 Corinthians 8:16 tn Or “eagerness.”
134. 2 Corinthians 8:17 tn The comparative form of this adjective is used here with elative meaning.
135. 2 Corinthians 8:17 tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.
136. 2 Corinthians 8:17 tn Or “of his own free will.”
137. 2 Corinthians 8:18 tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.
138. 2 Corinthians 8:18 tn Grk “the brother of whom the praise in the gospel [is] throughout all the churches.”
139. 2 Corinthians 8:19 tn Grk “gospel, and not only this, but.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation.
140. 2 Corinthians 8:19 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the brother mentioned in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
141. 2 Corinthians 8:19 tn That is, the offering or collection being taken to assist impoverished Christians.
142. 2 Corinthians 8:19 tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied (see L&N 25.68).
143. 2 Corinthians 8:20 tn “This” refers to sending the brother mentioned in 2 Cor 8:18 to Corinth along with Titus. The words “We did this” have no equivalent in the Greek text, but are necessary to maintain the thought flow in English. The Greek participle that begins v. 20 continues the sentence begun in v. 18 which concerns the sending of the other brother mentioned there.
144. 2 Corinthians 8:21 sn An allusion to Prov 3:4.
145. 2 Corinthians 8:22 tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.
146. 2 Corinthians 8:23 tn Grk “If concerning Titus” (εἴτε ὑπὲρ Τίτου, eite huper Titou); the Greek sentence opens with an ellipsis which must be supplied: If [there is any question] about Titus.”
147. 2 Corinthians 8:23 tn Grk “apostles.”
148. 2 Corinthians 8:24 tc The sense of this translation is attested by the fact that most of the later mss, along with several early and significant ones (א C D² Ψ 0225 0243 1739 1881 M lat), have the imperative verb ἐνδείξασθε (endeixasthe) in place of the participle ἐνδεικνύμενοι (endeiknumenoi), which is found in B D* F G 33. 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.tn In the Greek text ἐνδεικνύμενοι (endeiknumenoi) is a present participle which is translated as an imperative verb (see BDF §468; ExSyn 650-52).
149. 2 Corinthians 8:24 tn Or “our boasting about you.”
150. 2 Corinthians 9:1 tn Or “it is superfluous.”
151. 2 Corinthians 9:1 tn Or “this ministry,” “this contribution.”
152. 2 Corinthians 9:2 tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
153. 2 Corinthians 9:2 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.”
154. 2 Corinthians 9:2 tn The words “to give” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
155. 2 Corinthians 9:2 tn The words “to participate” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
156. 2 Corinthians 9:2 sn Most of them is a reference to the Macedonians (cf. v. 4).
157. 2 Corinthians 9:3 tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.
158. 2 Corinthians 9:3 tn That is, ready with the collection for the saints.
159. 2 Corinthians 9:4 tn Or “be disgraced”; Grk “be put to shame.”
160. 2 Corinthians 9:4 tn Grk “by this confidence”; the words “we had in you” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied as a necessary clarification for the English reader.
161. 2 Corinthians 9:5 tn Grk “the blessing.”
162. 2 Corinthians 9:5 tn Grk “a blessing.”
163. 2 Corinthians 9:5 tn Grk “as a covetousness”; that is, a gift given grudgingly or under compulsion.
164. 2 Corinthians 9:6 tn Or “bountifully”; so also in the next occurrence in the verse.
165. 2 Corinthians 9:7 tn Or “must do.” The words “of you” and “should give” are not in the Greek text, which literally reads, “Each one just as he has decided in his heart.” The missing words are an ellipsis; these or similar phrases must be supplied for the English reader.
166. 2 Corinthians 9:7 tn Or “in his mind.”
167. 2 Corinthians 9:7 tn Or “not from regret”; Grk “not out of grief.”
168. 2 Corinthians 9:7 tn Or “not out of a sense of duty”; Grk “from necessity.”
169. 2 Corinthians 9:8 tn Or “abound.”
170. 2 Corinthians 9:8 tn Or “so that by having enough.” The Greek participle can be translated as a participle of cause (“because you have enough”) or means (“by having enough”).
171. 2 Corinthians 9:8 tn Or “abound.”
172. 2 Corinthians 9:9 sn He in the quotation refers to the righteous person.
173. 2 Corinthians 9:9 sn A quotation from Ps 112:9.
174. 2 Corinthians 9:10 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
175. 2 Corinthians 9:11 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).
176. 2 Corinthians 9:12 tn Or “not only supplying.”
177. 2 Corinthians 9:13 tn Or “proof,” or perhaps “testing” (NRSV).
178. 2 Corinthians 9:13 tn Or “ministry.”
179. 2 Corinthians 9:13 tn Or “your partnership”; Grk “your fellowship.”
180. 2 Corinthians 9:14 tn Grk “the extraordinary grace of God to you”; the point is that God has given or shown grace to the Corinthians.
181. 2 Corinthians 9:15 tn “Let us thank God for his gift which cannot be described with words” (L&N 33.202).