2 Corinthians 4:2-3
4:2 But we have rejected 1 shameful hidden deeds, 2 not behaving 3 with deceptiveness 4 or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.
4:3 But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing,
2 Corinthians 4:13
4:13 But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in 5 what has been written, “I believed; therefore I spoke,” 6 we also believe, therefore we also speak.
1 tn L&N 13.156; the word can also mean “to assert opposition to,” thus here “we have denounced” (L&N 33.220).
2 tn Grk “the hidden things [deeds] of shame”; here αἰσχύνης (aiscunh") has been translated as an attributive genitive.
3 tn Or “not conducting ourselves”; Grk “not walking” (a common NT idiom for conduct, way of life, or behavior).
4 tn Or “craftiness.”
5 tn Grk “spirit of faith according to.”
6 sn A quotation from Ps 116:10.