2 Corinthians 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.

Ro 1:16; Ro 6:21; 1Co 4:5; 2Co 1:12; 2Co 2:17; 2Co 5:11; 2Co 6:4-7; 2Co 7:14; 2Co 11:3,6,13-15; Eph 4:14; Eph 5:12; 1Th 2:3-5

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.”