2 Korintus 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. ¹ 

2 Korintus 3:6

3:6 who made us adequate ²  to be servants of a new covenant ³  not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

[2:4]  ¹ tn Or “the love that I have in great measure for you.”

[3:6]  ² tn Or “competent.”

[3:6]  ³ sn This new covenant is promised in Jer 31:31-34; 32:40.