2 Corinthians 4:2-4

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, 4:4 among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe ⁵  so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel ⁶  of Christ, ⁷  who is the image of God.

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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 Or “of unbelievers.”

⁶ tn Grk “the gospel of the glory”; δόξης (doxhs) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

⁷ tn Or “so that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ would not be evident to them” (L&N 28.37).