Discovery Box2 Corinthians 4:7 
ContextAn Eternal Weight of Glory
4:7 But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power 1 belongs to God and does not come from us.
2 Corinthians 6:7
Context6:7 by truthful 2 teaching, 3 by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left, 4
1 tn Grk “the surpassingness of the power”; δυνάμεως (dunamew") has been translated as an attributed genitive (“extraordinary power”).
2 tn Grk “by the word of truth”; understanding ἀληθείας (alhqeias) as an attributive genitive (“truthful word”).
3 tn Or “speech.” In this context it is more likely that λόγος (logos) refers to Paul’s message (thus “teaching”) than to his speech in general.
4 tn The phrase “for the right hand and for the left” possibly refers to a combination of an offensive weapon (a sword for the right hand) and a defensive weapon (a shield for the left).
