translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: Grk “Boasting is necessary.”


text: Or “things that cannot be put into words.”


text: Grk “a man.”


text: Or “speaking.”


text: Or “may think of.”


text: D Ψ 1881 Ï ) lack διό ( dio , “Therefore”), but the widespread distribution and quality of mss which include it ( א A B F G 0243 33 81 1175 1739 pc ) argues for its authenticity. Internally, its case is equally strong in that its inclusion is grammatically rough ( διό is hardly necessary to convey purpose, especially since Paul uses ἵνα [ {ina , “so that”] next).


text: Or “to harass.”


text: The phrase “so that I might not become arrogant” is repeated here because it occurs in the Greek text two times in the verse. Although redundant, it is repeated because of the emphatic nature of its affirmation.


text: Here καί ( kai ) has been translated as “but” because of the contrast implicit in the context.


text: Or “is sufficient.”


text: א * A* B D* F G latt). Scribes probably added the pronoun for clarity, making the obvious referent explicit. This would also make “power” more parallel with “my grace.” Though the original text probably did not include “my,” scribes who added the word were following the sense of Paul’s statement. The pronoun “my” was supplied in the translation to clarify the sense of Paul’s expression.


text: Or “my power comes to full strength.”


text: “Most gladly,” a comparative form used with superlative meaning and translated as such.


text: Or “may rest on.”


text: Or “I take delight in.”


text: Or “calamities.”


text: Or “I am in no way inferior.”


text: Or “patience,” “endurance.”


text: Or “and miracles.”


text: Grk “For in what respect.”


text: Grk “children ought not,” but this might give the impression that children are not supposed to support sick or aging parents in need of help. That is not what Paul is saying. His point is that children should not have to pay their parent’s way.


text: Grk “souls.”


text: The Greek construction anticipates a negative answer, indicated by the ‘tag’ question “have I?” at the end of the clause. The question is rhetorical.


text: The words “to visit you” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, and must be supplied for the modern reader.


text: Grk “the.”


text: The Greek construction anticipates a negative answer, indicated by the ‘tag’ question “did he?” at the end of the clause.


text: Grk “[Did we not walk] in the same tracks?” This is an idiom that means to imitate someone else or to behave as they do. Paul’s point is that he and Titus have conducted themselves in the same way toward the Corinthians. If Titus did not take advantage of the Corinthians, then neither did Paul.


text: could only have arisen from πάλαι . The reading πάλιν is significantly easier (“are you once again thinking that we are defending ourselves?”), for it softens Paul’s tone considerably. It thus seems to be a motivated reading and cannot easily explain the rise of πάλαι . Further, πάλαι has considerable support in the Alexandrian and Western witnesses, rendering it virtually certain as the original wording here.


text: Or “for your strengthening”; Grk “for your edification.”


text: Grk “and I will be found by you.” The passive construction has been converted to an active one in the translation.


text: The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text, but are needed for clarity.


text: Or “intense anger, hostility.”


text: The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text from v. 20 , but are needed for clarity.


text: Or “I will mourn over.”