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2 Corinthians 4:2
New English Translation

2 But we have rejected[a] shameful hidden deeds,[b] not behaving[c] with deceptiveness[d] or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:2 tn L&N 13.156; the word can also mean “to assert opposition to,” thus here “we have denounced” (L&N 33.220).
  2. 2 Corinthians 4:2 tn Grk “the hidden things [deeds] of shame”; here αἰσχύνης (aischunēs) has been translated as an attributive genitive.
  3. 2 Corinthians 4:2 tn Or “not conducting ourselves”; Grk “not walking” (a common NT idiom for conduct, way of life, or behavior).
  4. 2 Corinthians 4:2 tn Or “craftiness.”
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