¹ tn Or “preach.”

² tn Traditionally, “servants.” Though δοῦλος (doulos) is normally translated “servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. BDAG notes that “‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early American times…in normal usage at the present time the two words are carefully distinguished” (BDAG 260 s.v.). The most accurate translation is “bondservant” (sometimes found in the ASV for δοῦλος), in that it often indicates one who sells himself into slavery to another. But as this is archaic, few today understand its force.

³ tn Or “ministers.”

⁴ tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”

⁵ tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”

⁶ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

⁷ tn That is, ready with the collection for the saints.

⁸ tn Or “be disgraced”; Grk “be put to shame.”

⁹ tn Grk “by this confidence”; the words “we had in you” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied as a necessary clarification for the English reader.

¹⁰ tn Grk “souls.”

¹¹ tn Or “fully equipped.”