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11 Therefore knowing the fear[a] of the Lord, we are persuading[b] people.

Now Our Heart Has Been Made Known To God, And I Hope To You. Boast In Us

Now[c] we have been made known to God. And I hope that we also have been made known in your consciences. 12 We are not again commending ourselves to you, but are giving you an opportunity for a boast about us, in order that you may have an answer for the ones boasting in appearance and not in heart. 13 For if we lost-our-senses, it is for God! If we are sound-minded, it is for you!

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:11 That is, reverence for the Lord and the desire to please Him that this fact (v 10) elicits in us.
  2. 2 Corinthians 5:11 That is, in accordance with what God commanded us to do.
  3. 2 Corinthians 5:11 Or, But. Others begin this point with v 12.

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