Discovery Box2 Corinthians 2:3 
Context2:3 And I wrote this very thing to you, 1 so that when I came 2 I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.
2 Corinthians 2:9
Context2:9 For this reason also I wrote you: 3 to test you to see 4 if you are obedient in everything.
1 tn The words “to you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
2 sn So that when I came. Regarding this still future visit by Paul, see 2 Cor 12:14; 13:1.
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).
