¹ tn Or “competent.”

² sn This new covenant is promised in Jer 31:31-34; 32:40.

³ tn Grk “the sons of Israel.”

⁴ tn Or “from gazing intently.”

⁵ tn Or “end.” The word τέλος (telos) can mean both “a point of time marking the end of a duration, end, termination, cessation” and “the goal toward which a movement is being directed, end, goal, outcome” (see BDAG 998-999 s.v.). The translation accepts the interpretation that Moses covered the glory of his face with the veil to prevent Israel from being judged by the glory of God (see S. J. Hafemann, Paul, Moses, and the History of Israel [WUNT 81], 347-62); in this case the latter meaning for τέλος is more appropriate.

⁶ tn Or “was fading away”; Grk “on the result of what was made ineffective.” The referent (glory) has been specified in the translation for clarity. See note on “which was made ineffective” in v. 7.

⁷ tn Or “may also be revealed.”

⁸ tn Grk “mortal flesh.”

⁹ tn Grk “who.”

¹⁰ sn Unskilled in speaking means not professionally trained as a rhetorician.

¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” because of the contrast implicit in the context.

¹² tn Or “is sufficient.”

¹³ tc The majority of later mss (א² A^c D¹ Ψ 0243 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï) as well as some versional witnesses include the pronoun “my” here, but the omission of the pronoun has excellent external support (Ì^46vid 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.

tn The pronoun “my” was supplied in the translation to clarify the sense of Paul’s expression.

¹⁴ tn Or “my power comes to full strength.”

¹⁵ tn “Most gladly,” a comparative form used with superlative meaning and translated as such.

¹⁶ tn Or “may rest on.”