2 Korintus 5:4

5:4 For we groan while we are in this tent, ¹  since we are weighed down, ²  because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

2 Korintus 7:9

7:9 Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, ³  but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, ⁴  so that you were not harmed ⁵  in any way by us.

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 

[5:4]  ¹ sn See the note in 5:1 on the phrase the tent we live in.

[5:4]  ² tn Or “we are burdened.”

[7:9]  ³ tn Grk “were grieved” (so also twice later in the verse).

[7:9]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Grk “so that you did not suffer loss.”

[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.”