2 Corinthians 1:21

1:21 But it is God who establishes ¹  us together with you in Christ and who anointed us, ² 

2 Corinthians 2:9

2:9 For this reason also I wrote you: ³  to test you to see ⁴  if you are obedient in everything.

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¹ tn Or “strengthens.”

² tn Grk “But he who establishes us together with you in Christ and anointed us is God.”

³ tn The word “you” is not in the Greek text, but is implied (as an understood direct object).

⁴ tn Grk “to know the proof of you,” that is, to know if the Corinthians’ obedience to Paul as an apostle was genuine (L&N 72.7).