translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: That is, to Christ.


text: Or “chaste.”


text: Grk “I fear lest somehow.”


text: Or “the snake.”


text: Or “craftiness.”


text: Or “corrupted,” “seduced.”


text: F G 33 81 104 pc ar r co) retain these words. Their presence in such mss across such a wide geographical distribution argues for their authenticity. The omission from the majority of mss can be explained by haplography, since the -τητος ending of ἁγνότητος is identical to the ending of ἁπλότητος ( Japlothto" , “sincerity”) three words back ( ἁπλό τητος καὶ τῆς ἁγνό τητος ); further, since the meanings of “sincerity” and “purity” are similar they might seem redundant. A copyist would scarcely notice the omission because Paul’s statement still makes sense without “and from purity.”


text: Or “preaches.”


text: Grk “another Jesus whom we have not proclaimed.”


text: Grk “a different spirit which you did not receive.”


text: Grk “a different gospel which you did not accept.”


text: Or “you endure it very well.”


text: The implicit irony in Paul’s remark is brought out well by the TEV: “I do not think that I am the least bit inferior to those very special so-called ‘apostles’ of yours!” sn The ‘ super-apostles ’ refers either (1) to the original apostles (the older interpretation) or (2) more probably, to Paul’s opponents in Corinth, in which case the designation is ironic.


text: Or “preached.”


text: Grk “you, and when.” A new sentence was started here in the translation.


text: 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).


text: Grk “needs, and I kept.” A new sentence was started here in the translation.


text: That is, that Paul offers the gospel free of charge to the Corinthians (see 2 Cor 11:7 ).


text: Or “silenced.”


text: Grk “God knows!” The words “I do” are supplied for clarity. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.


text: Grk “an opportunity, so that they may be found just like us.”


text: Or “dishonest.”


text: Or “workers, masquerading.”


text: Or “Satan himself masquerades.”


text: Or “also masquerade.”


text: Or “their works.”


text: Or “am foolish.”


text: Grk “with this confidence of boasting.” The genitive καυχήσεως ( kauchsew" ) has been translated as an attributed genitive (the noun in the genitive gives an attribute of the noun modified).


text: Or “say with the Lord’s authority.”


text: Grk “according to the flesh.”


text: Or “you tolerate.”


text: See L&N 88.212.


text: Or “my shame.”


text: The words “to boast about” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, and this phrase serves as the direct object of the preceding verb.


text: Grk “I also dare”; the words “to boast about the same thing” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, and this phrase serves as the direct object of the preceding verb.


text: Grk “forty less one”; this was a standard sentence. “Lashes” is supplied to clarify for the modern reader what is meant.


text: Or “bandits.” The word normally refers more to highwaymen (“robbers”) but can also refer to insurrectionists or revolutionaries (“bandits”).


text: Or “desert.”


text: The two different words for labor are translated “in hard work and toil” by L&N 42.48.


text: Grk “in cold and nakedness.” Paul does not mean complete nakedness, however, which would have been repugnant to a Jew; he refers instead to the lack of sufficient clothing, especially in cold weather. A related word is used to 1 Cor 4:11 , also in combination with experiencing hunger and thirst.


text: “Anxious concern,” so translated in L&N 25.224.


text: Or “who is caused to stumble.”


text: Grk “If boasting is necessary.”


text: Or “about the things related to my weakness.”


text: Grk “ethnarch.” sn The governor was an official called an ethnarch who was appointed to rule over a particular area or constituency on behalf of a king.


text: Grk “the city of the Damascenes.”


text: Or “to seize,” “to catch.”


text: In Acts 9:25 the same basket used in Paul’s escape is called a σπυρίς ( spuri" ), a basket larger than a κόφινος ( kofinos ). It was very likely made out of rope, so the translation “rope-basket” is used.