2 Korintus 9:3

9:3 But I am sending ¹  these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready ²  just as I kept telling them.

2 Korintus 11:7

11:7 Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself ³  so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed ⁴  the gospel of God to you free of charge?

2 Korintus 12:16

12:16 But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!

[9:3]  ¹ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

[9:3]  ² tn That is, ready with the collection for the saints.

[11:7]  ³ sn Paul is referring to humbling himself to the point of doing manual labor to support himself.

[11:7]  ⁴ tn Or “preached.”