Discovery Box2 Corinthians 10:5 
Context10:5 and every arrogant obstacle 1 that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey 2 Christ.
2 Corinthians 12:4
Context12:4 was caught up into paradise 3 and heard things too sacred to be put into words, 4 things that a person 5 is not permitted to speak.
1 tn The phrase “every arrogant obstacle” could be translated simply “all arrogance” (so L&N 88.207).
2 tn Grk “to the obedience of Christ”; but since Χριστοῦ (Cristou) is clearly an objective genitive here, it is better to translate “to make it obey Christ.”
3 sn In the NT, paradise is mentioned three times. In Luke 23:43 it refers to the abode of the righteous dead. In Rev 2:7 it refers to the restoration of Edenic paradise predicted in Isa 51:3 and Ezek 36:35. The reference here in 2 Cor 12:4 is probably to be translated as parallel to the mention of the “third heaven” in v. 2. Assuming that the “first heaven” would be atmospheric heaven (the sky) and “second heaven” the more distant stars and planets, “third heaven” would refer to the place where God dwells. This is much more likely than some variation on the seven heavens mentioned in the pseudepigraphic book 2 Enoch and in other nonbiblical and rabbinic works.
4 tn Or “things that cannot be put into words.”
5 tn Grk “a man.”
