2 Corinthians 2:12-17

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 2 Corinthians 2:12 sn Troas was a city and region in the northwest corner of Asia Minor.
2. 2 Corinthians 2:12 tn This has been translated as a concessive participle (“even though”). The passive construction (“a door of opportunity had been opened for me by the Lord”) has been converted to an active one in the translation for clarity.
3. 2 Corinthians 2:12 tn Grk “a door”; the phrase ἀνοίγω θύραν (anoigō thuran, “to open a door”) is an idiom meaning “to make possible some opportunity” (L&N 71.9).
4. 2 Corinthians 2:13 tn Or “I had no peace of mind.”
5. 2 Corinthians 2:13 tn Or “I took my leave of them.”
6. 2 Corinthians 2:13 tn Since this refers to the outset of a journey, the aorist ἐξῆλθον (exēlthon) is taken ingressively.
7. 2 Corinthians 2:14 tn Or “who always causes us to triumph.”
8. 2 Corinthians 2:14 tn Or “in the Messiah.”
9. 2 Corinthians 2:14 tn Or “who reveals.”
10. 2 Corinthians 2:16 tn The same Greek word (ὀσμή, osmē) translated “odor” here (in relation to the stench of death) has been translated “fragrance” in 2:14 and in the next phrase of the present verse. The word itself can describe a smell or odor either agreeable or disagreeable depending on the context (L&N 79.45).
11. 2 Corinthians 2:16 sn These things refer to the things Paul is doing in his apostolic ministry.
12. 2 Corinthians 2:17 tn The participle καπηλεύοντες (kapēleuontes) refers to those engaged in retail business, but with the negative connotations of deceptiveness and greed—“to peddle for profit,” “to huckster” (L&N 57.202). In the translation a noun form (“hucksters”) has been used in combination with the English verb “peddle…for profit” to convey the negative connotations of this term.
13. 2 Corinthians 2:17 tn Or “in the presence of.”
14. 2 Corinthians 2:17 tn Or “persons of pure motives.”