Discovery Box2 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 1 you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift 2 and not as something you feel forced to do. 3
2 Corinthians 11:9
Context11:9 When 4 I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. 5 I 6 kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
2 Corinthians 11:26
Context11:26 I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, 7 in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, 8 in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,
1 tn Grk “the blessing.”
2 tn Grk “a blessing.”
3 tn Grk “as a covetousness”; that is, a gift given grudgingly or under compulsion.
4 tn Grk “you, and when.” A new sentence was started here in the translation.
5 tn If the participle ἐλθόντες (elqonte") is taken as temporal rather than adjectival, the translation would be, “for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, fully supplied my needs” (similar to NASB).
6 tn Grk “needs, and I kept.” A new sentence was started here in the translation.
7 tn Or “bandits.” The word normally refers more to highwaymen (“robbers”) but can also refer to insurrectionists or revolutionaries (“bandits”).
8 tn Or “desert.”
