SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Corinthians 2016 – Page 18

SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Corinthians 7:9

7:9a And now I rejoice,

Now I am glad ⌊that I wrote it⌋,
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but now I rejoice ⌊that I sent it⌋.

7:9b not because you were made sorrowful,

not because you (plur.) were made sorrowful,
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I am not happy because I caused you grief.

7:9c but because your sorrow led you to repentance.

but because your sorrow caused you to repent.
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But I am happy because the grief that you felt made you change your thinking ⌊and follow God again⌋.

7:9d For you felt the sorrow that God had intended,

For your sorrow was according to what God wanted you to feel,
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What I mean is this: you grieved in a godly way,

7:9e and so were not harmed in any way by us.

and so you had/incurred no loss/hurt through us (excl.).
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and so we caused you no harm at all.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Corinthians 9:1

9:1 Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.

Indeed, about this ministry to God’s holy people ⌊who are poor⌋, in one way, I have no need to write further to you (plur.),
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About supporting believers ⌊who are needy⌋, from one standpoint, it is unnecessary for me to write more to you about it.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Corinthians 10:18

10:18a For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved,

For it is not the person who recommends himself who is accepted ⌊as genuine⌋,
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Since praising oneself is not what the Lord listens to in order to approve him.
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What I mean is that you (plur.) praising yourselves does not indicate that the Lord approves you,

10:18b but the one whom the Lord commends.

but the person whom the Lord recommends is accepted ⌊by him⌋.
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⌊No,⌋ instead, if the Lord praises someone, then the Lord has approved him.
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but rather, the Lord praising you ⌊is what indicates⌋ ⌊that the Lord approves you⌋.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Corinthians 11:32

11:32a In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas

⌊When I was⌋ in Damascus, the ⌊town⌋ ruler who reported to King Aretas
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In Damascus the governor/mayor, an official of King Aretas,

11:32b secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.

told ⌊his soldiers⌋ to guard ⌊the gates of⌋ the town in order to grab me ⌊and bring me before the town ruler⌋.
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had soldiers guard ⌊the gates in the walls of⌋ the town/city to arrest me.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Corinthians 13:10

13:10a This is why I write these things while absent,

That is why I wrote those things ⌊in this letter⌋ while I am not yet there,
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I am writing this letter before I arrive ⌊there⌋ for that very purpose/reason,

13:10b so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority

so that when I come I will not have to act severely ⌊towards you (plur.)⌋ with the authority
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in order that I will not need to use my authority in a severe way when I come.

13:10c that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.

that the Lord gave to me to build your faith rather than destroy it.
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The Lord gave that authority to me to help you to become mature believers, and not to hurt/harm the way you believe.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Corinthians 2:5

Section 2:5–11

Forgive and comfort the repenting believer

2:5a Now if anyone has caused grief,

Now if anyone has caused ⌊people/others⌋ to grieve,
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If anyone has made ⌊other people⌋ grieve ⌊by sinning⌋,

2:5b he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree,

he has not caused me to grieve but he has caused all of you (plur.) to grieve in various degrees/measures,
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he has made you feel sad/ashamed much more than me. His sin affected all of you, some more than others

2:5c not to overstate it.

not to overstate ⌊what happened⌋.
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(I do not want to make too much of it). (Revised English Bible)

SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Corinthians 4:2

4:2a Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways.

Instead ⌊of becoming dejected⌋, we (excl.) have refused all secret deeds of shame,
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Rather ⌊than despair⌋, we have refused to have anything to do with secret and shameful deeds.

4:2b We do not practice deceit,

⌊for⌋ we do not act with cunning/deceit,
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⌊That is,⌋ we never try to cleverly deceive,

4:2c nor do we distort the word of God.

nor do we give wrong/false meaning to God’s word,
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and we never change God’s message to deceive ⌊people⌋.

4:2d On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth,

but we proclaim the truth plainly,
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Instead, we announce the true teachings ⌊about Christ⌋ clearly,

4:2e we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

and so we support/approve ourselves before God to every person’s conscience.
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and in that way we show to ourselves that we have done well to every person’s inner being, as God knows.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Corinthians 5:16

5:16a So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh.

So, as for us (excl.), from now on we value no one based on worldly/external things.
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From this time on we do not think of anyone as the world does. (New Century Version)

5:16b Although we once regarded Christ in this way,

Even if at one time we thought of Christ merely based on worldly/external things,
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In the past we thought of Christ as the world thinks, (New Century Version)

5:16c we do so no longer.

we do not any more.
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but we no longer think of him in that way. (New Century Version)

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Source: SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Corinthians 2016