¹ sn Troas was a city and region in the northwest corner of Asia Minor.

² tn This has been translated as a concessive participle (“even though”). The passive construction (“a door of opportunity had been opened for me by the Lord”) has been converted to an active one in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Grk “a door”; the phrase ἀνοίγω θύραν (anoigw quran, “to open a door”) is an idiom meaning “to make possible some opportunity” (L&N 71.9).

⁴ tn Grk “old things have passed away.”

⁵ tc Most mss have the words τὰ πάντα (ta panta, “all things”; cf. KJV “behold, all things are become new”), some after καίνα (kaina, “new”; D² K L P Ψ 104 326 945 2464 pm) and others before it (6 33 81 614 630 1241 1505 1881 pm). The reading without τὰ πάντα, however, has excellent support from both the Western and Alexandrian texttypes (Ì⁴⁶ א B C D* F G 048 0243 365 629 1175 1739 pc co), and the different word order of the phrase which includes it (“all things new” or “new all things”) in the ms tradition indicates its secondary character. This secondary addition may have taken place because of assimilation to τὰ δὲ πάντα (ta de panta, “and all [these] things”) that begins the following verse.

⁶ tn Grk “new things have come [about].”

⁷ tn The phrase “every arrogant obstacle” could be translated simply “all arrogance” (so L&N 88.207).

⁸ 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.”

⁹ tn That is, to Christ.

¹⁰ tn Or “chaste.”

¹¹ tn Grk “I fear lest somehow.”

¹² tn Or “the snake.”

¹³ tn Or “craftiness.”

¹⁴ tn Or “corrupted,” “seduced.”

¹⁵ tc Although most mss (א² H Ψ 0121 0243 1739 1881 Ï) lack “and pure” (καὶ τῆς ἁγνότητος, kai th" Jagnothto"; Grk “and purity”) several important and early witnesses (Ì⁴⁶ א* B D^[2] 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 (ἁπλότητος καὶ τῆς ἁγνότητος); 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.”

¹⁶ tn That is, that Paul offers the gospel free of charge to the Corinthians (see 2 Cor 11:7).

¹⁷ tn Or “silenced.”

¹⁸ tn Or “I take delight in.”

¹⁹ tn Or “calamities.”

²⁰ tn Grk “who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

²¹ tn Or “communion.”