2 Corinthians 12

2 Corinthians 12:1

1 tn Grk “just as we have been shown mercy”; ἠλεήθημεν (hlehqhmen) has been translated as a “divine passive” which is a circumlocution for God as the active agent. For clarity this was converted to an active construction with God as subject in the translation.

2 tn Or “we do not lose heart.”

2 Corinthians 12:2

3 tn L&N 13.156; the word can also mean “to assert opposition to,” thus here “we have denounced” (L&N 33.220).

4 tn Grk “the hidden things [deeds] of shame”; here αἰσχύνης (aiscunh") has been translated as an attributive genitive.

5 tn Or “not conducting ourselves”; Grk “not walking” (a common NT idiom for conduct, way of life, or behavior).

6 tn Or “craftiness.”

2 Corinthians 12:4

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2 Corinthians 12:5

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2 Corinthians 12:6

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2 Corinthians 12:20

1 sn The expression the tent we live in refers to “our earthly house, our body.” Paul uses the metaphor of the physical body as a house or tent, the residence of the immaterial part of a person.

2 tn Or “destroyed.”

2 Corinthians 12:21

3 tn Or “dwelling place.”

4 tn Or “to be clothed with.”