Discovery Box2 Corinthians 7:9 
Context7:9 Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, 1 but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, 2 so that you were not harmed 3 in any way by us.
2 Corinthians 7:12
Context7:12 So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf 4 before God.
2 Corinthians 9:5
Context9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution 5 you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift 6 and not as something you feel forced to do. 7
1 tn Grk “were grieved” (so also twice later in the verse).
2 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.
3 tn Grk “so that you did not suffer loss.”
4 tn Grk “but in order that your eagerness on our behalf might be revealed to you.”
5 tn Grk “the blessing.”
6 tn Grk “a blessing.”
7 tn Grk “as a covetousness”; that is, a gift given grudgingly or under compulsion.
