Discovery Box2 Corinthians 9:1 
ContextPreparing the Gift
9:1 For it is not necessary 1 for me to write you about this service 2 to the saints,
2 Corinthians 9:12-15
Context9:12 because the service of this ministry is not only providing for 3 the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God. 9:13 Through the evidence 4 of this service 5 they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing 6 with them and with everyone. 9:14 And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you. 7 9:15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! 8
1 tn Or “it is superfluous.”
2 tn Or “this ministry,” “this contribution.”
3 tn Or “not only supplying.”
4 tn Or “proof,” or perhaps “testing” (NRSV).
5 tn Or “ministry.”
6 tn Or “your partnership”; Grk “your fellowship.”
7 tn Grk “the extraordinary grace of God to you”; the point is that God has given or shown grace to the Corinthians.
8 tn “Let us thank God for his gift which cannot be described with words” (L&N 33.202).
