2 Korintus 7:9

7:9 Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, ¹  but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, ²  so that you were not harmed ³  in any way by us.

2 Korintus 9:2

9:2 because I know your eagerness to help. ⁴  I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, ⁵  that Achaia has been ready to give ⁶  since last year, and your zeal to participate ⁷  has stirred up most of them. ⁸ 

2 Korintus 12:18

12:18 I urged Titus to visit you ⁹  and I sent our ¹⁰  brother along with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? ¹¹  Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit? Did we not behave in the same way? ¹² 

[7:9]  ¹ tn Grk “were grieved” (so also twice later in the verse).

[7:9]  ² tn Grk “corresponding to God,” that is, corresponding to God’s will (κατὰ θεόν, kata qeon). The same phrase occurs in vv. 10 and 11.

[7:9]  ³ tn Grk “so that you did not suffer loss.”

[9:2]  ⁴ tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[9:2]  ⁵ 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.”

[9:2]  ⁶ tn The words “to give” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[9:2]  ⁷ tn The words “to participate” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[9:2]  ⁸ sn Most of them is a reference to the Macedonians (cf. v. 4).

[12:18]  ⁹ tn The words “to visit you” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, and must be supplied for the modern reader.

[12:18]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “the.”

[12:18]  ¹¹ tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative answer, indicated by the ‘tag’ question “did he?” at the end of the clause.

[12:18]  ¹² tn Grk “[Did we not walk] in the same tracks?” This is an idiom that means to imitate someone else or to behave as they do. Paul’s point is that he and Titus have conducted themselves in the same way toward the Corinthians. If Titus did not take advantage of the Corinthians, then neither did Paul.