2 Korintus 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 Korintus 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 ⁶  you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift ⁷  and not as something you feel forced to do. ⁸ 

2 Korintus 9:11

9:11 You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, ⁹  which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,

2 Korintus 9:13

9:13 Through the evidence ¹⁰  of this service ¹¹  they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing ¹²  with them and with everyone.

¹ tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

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.”

³ tn The words “to give” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

⁴ tn The words “to participate” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

⁵ sn Most of them is a reference to the Macedonians (cf. v. 4).

⁶ tn Grk “the blessing.”

⁷ tn Grk “a blessing.”

⁸ tn Grk “as a covetousness”; that is, a gift given grudgingly or under compulsion.

⁹ 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).

¹⁰ tn Or “proof,” or perhaps “testing” (NRSV).

¹¹ tn Or “ministry.”

¹² tn Or “your partnership”; Grk “your fellowship.”