2 Korintus 8:10-11

8:10 So here is my opinion on this matter: It is to your advantage, since you ¹  made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give, 8:11 to finish what you started, ²  so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, ³  you can also complete it ⁴  according to your means. ⁵ 

2 Korintus 13:7

13:7 Now we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong, not so that we may appear to have passed the test, ⁶  but so that you may do what is right ⁷  even if we may appear to have failed the test. ⁸ 

[8:10]  ¹ tn Grk “who.”

[8:11]  ² tn Grk “and now also complete the doing.”

[8:11]  ³ tn Grk “just as the eagerness to want [it].”

[8:11]  ⁴ tn Grk “so also it might be completed.” The passive construction was converted to an active one in the translation in keeping with contemporary English style.

[8:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “completed from what you have.”

[13:7]  ⁶ tn Or “that we may appear to be approved.”

[13:7]  ⁷ tn Or “what is good.”

[13:7]  ⁸ tn Or “even if we appear disapproved.”