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12 because the service of this ministry is not only providing for[a] the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God. 13 Through the evidence[b] of this service[c] they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing[d] with them and with everyone. 14 And in their prayers on your behalf, they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:12 tn Or “not only supplying.”
  2. 2 Corinthians 9:13 tn Or “proof,” or perhaps “testing” (NRSV).
  3. 2 Corinthians 9:13 tn Or “ministry.”
  4. 2 Corinthians 9:13 tn Or “your partnership”; Grk “your fellowship.”
  5. 2 Corinthians 9:14 tn Grk “the extraordinary grace of God to you”; the point is that God has given or shown grace to the Corinthians.