[Note: The material in this chapter with a grey background has not yet been fully proofread, and may be based on the older 2007 printing (bi12) of the Mandarin NWT Bible. It will be updated as time allows.]

### 📖 📄 📘 Gēlínduō Hòushū ((Gēlínduō Corinth 哥林多) (Hòu·shū Later · {Writing → [Letter]} 后书 後/后書) → [2 Corinthians]) 8 🔼
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📖 📄 📘 1 Dìxiongmen (Dì·xiong·men {{younger brothers} · {elder brothers} → [brothers]} · [pl] 弟兄们 弟兄們), wǒmen (wǒ·men we · [pl] 我们 我們) xīwàng (xī·wàng {hope for} · {gaze (into the distance) for → [hope for]} → [wish for] 希望) nǐmen (nǐ·men you · [pl] 你们 你們) zhīdào (zhī·dào {to know} · {(the) way (of)} → [to know] 知道), Shàngdì (Shàng·dì Above’s · {Emperor → [God]} → [God] 上帝) cìgěi (cì·gěi {has granted} · to 赐给 賜給) Mǎqídùn (Mac·e·doʹni·a 马其顿 馬其頓) gèdì huìzhòng zěnyàng de (’s 的) fènwài (fèn·wài portion · outside → [undeserved] 分外) ēndiǎn (ēn·diǎn {kindness (in the face of the)} · standard 恩典). 2 Tāmen (Tā·men he/she · [pl] → [they] 他们 他們) chǔyú (chǔ·yú {were dwelling → [were situated]} · in 处于 處於) kùnjìng (kùn·jìng {surrounded → [hard-pressed]} · {(set of) boundaries → [(bounded) place] → [situation]} 困境), dà shòu kǎoyàn. Kěshì tāmen mǎnxīn xǐlè, zài jídù pínkùn xià, xiǎnde géwài (gé·wài {grid → [pattern]} · outside → [extraordinarily] 格外) kāngkǎi (kāng·kǎi {to be generous} · {to be sighing with emotion → [to be generous]} 慷慨), zhēnzhèng (zhēn·zhèng truly · properly 真正) fùzú (fù·zú {to be rich} · {to be ample} → [to be rich] 富足). 3 Wǒ (I 我) kěyǐ (kě·yǐ can · [suf] 可以) zuòzhèng (zuò·zhèng do · testifying 作/做证 作/做證), tāmen suǒ zuò de shì ànzhào tāmen de nénglì, shènzhì chāoguòle (chāo·guò·le {jumping over → [surpassing]} · {to be having passed} · {to completion} 超过了 超過了) tāmen de ((tā·men him/her · [pl] → [them] 他们 他們) (de ’s 的) → [their]) nénglì (néng·lì ability · power 能力). 4 Tāmen cǎiqǔ zhǔdòng, zàisān kěnqiú (kěn·qiú earnestly · {pleaded with} 恳求 懇求) wǒmen (wǒ·men us · [pl] 我们 我們) ràng ({to let} 让 讓) tāmen (tā·men him/her · [pl] → [them] 他们 他們) juānzhù (juān·zhù {relinquish → [contribute]} · {to aid} 捐助) shèngmín, zài jiùjì de zhíwù shang jìn yì fēn lì. …

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📖 📄 📘 … 13 Wǒ (I 我) bú (not 不) shì (am 是) yào biéren qīngsōng, nǐmen xīnkǔ, 14 ér shì (am 是) yào dàjiā jūnděng, hǎo ràng nǐmen de (’s 的) fùyù xiànzài néng míbǔ tāmen de (’s 的) bùzú, tāmen de (’s 的) fùyù jiānglái yě néng míbǔ nǐmen de (’s 的) bùzú, 15 zhèngrú jīng shang jìzhe shuō: “Duō de (’s 的) búzhì tài duō, shǎo de (’s 的) yě búzhì tài shǎo.”

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📖 📄 📘 … 23 Rúguǒ (Rú·guǒ if · {fruit → [if indeed]} 如果) yǒurén (yǒu·rén {(there) is having → [(there) is]} · person 有人) duì (towards 对 對) Tíduō (Titus 提多) yǒu (having 有) yíwèn (yí·wèn doubting · asking → [question] 疑问 疑問), búyòng (bú·yòng (you) not · {do need} 不用) dānxīn (dān·xīn {to carry on a shoulder pole → [to bear (a heavy)]} · heart → [to worry] 担/耽心 擔/耽心), tā (he 他) shì (is 是) wǒ de ((wǒ me 我) (de ’s 的) → [my]) tóngbàn (tóng·bàn together · companion 同伴), yě (also 也) shì (is 是) gēn (with 跟) wǒ (me 我) yìqǐ (yì·qǐ {being one} · {rising → [group]} → [together] 一起) gōngzuò (gōng·zuò work · doing 工作) de (’s 的) huǒbàn (huǒ·bàn colleague · partner 伙伴 伙/夥/火伴), yào (wanting 要) shǐ ({to cause} 使) nǐmen (nǐ·men you · [pl] 你们 你們) déyì (dé·yì {to get} · benefits 得益). Zhìyú (Zhì·yú reaching · to → [as for] 至于 至於) qítā (qí·tā him · otherwise’s → [other] 其他) dìxiong (dì·xiong {younger brothers} · {elder brothers} → [brothers] 弟兄), tāmen (tā·men he · [pl] → [they] 他们 他們) shì (are 是) gè (each 各) qún ({flock of} 群 群/羣) huìzhòng (huì·zhòng congregated · multitude → [congregation] 会众 會眾) pàichū (pài·chū {river branched → [sent]} · out 派出) de (’s 的) shǐtú (shǐ·tú sent · disciples → [apostles] 使徒), shì (are 是) Jīdū (Christ 基督) de (’s 的) róngyào (róng·yào glory · {being shining → [glory]} → [glory] 荣耀 榮耀). …