1 tn Or “have I become your enemy because I am telling you the truth?” The participle ἀληθεύων (alhqeuwn) can be translated as a causal adverbial participle or as a participle of means (as in the translation).
2 tn Grk “according to the flesh”; see the note on the phrase “by natural descent” in 4:23.
3 tn Or “the one born by the Spirit’s [power].”