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2 Corinthians 4:2

Context
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.

2 Corinthians 10:2

Context
10:2 now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving 5  according to human standards. 6 

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 “consider us as walking.”

6 tn Grk “according to the flesh.”



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