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 9:2
Context9:2 because I know your eagerness to help. 3 I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, 4 that Achaia has been ready to give 5 since last year, and your zeal to participate 6 has stirred up most of them. 7
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 words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
4 tn Grk “concerning which I keep boasting to the Macedonians about you.” A new sentence was started here and the translation was simplified by removing the relative clause and repeating the antecedent “this eagerness of yours.”
5 tn The words “to give” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
6 tn The words “to participate” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
7 sn Most of them is a reference to the Macedonians (cf. v. 4).
