2 Corinthians 2:9

2:9 For this reason also I wrote you: ¹  to test you to see ²  if you are obedient in everything.

2 Corinthians 3:11

3:11 For if what was made ineffective ³  came with ⁴  glory, how much more has what remains ⁵  come in glory!

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¹ tn The word “you” is not in the Greek text, but is implied (as an understood direct object).

² 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).

³ tn Or “what was fading away.” See note on “which was made ineffective” in v. 7.

⁴ tn Or “through” (διά, dia).

⁵ tn Or “what is permanent.”