2 Corinthians 11:28-33

11:28 Apart from other things, ¹  there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern ²  for all the churches. 11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, ³  and I do not burn with indignation? 11:30 If I must boast, ⁴  I will boast about the things that show my weakness. ⁵  11:31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying. 11:32 In Damascus, the governor ⁶  under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus ⁷  in order to arrest ⁸  me, 11:33 but I was let down in a rope-basket ⁹  through a window in the city wall, and escaped his hands.

¹ sn Apart from other things. Paul refers here either (1) to the external sufferings just mentioned, or (2) he refers to other things he has left unmentioned.

² tn “Anxious concern,” so translated in L&N 25.224.

³ tn Or “who is caused to stumble.”

⁵ tn Grk “If boasting is necessary.”

⁶ tn Or “about the things related to my weakness.”

⁷ tn Grk “ethnarch.”

⁸ tn Grk “the city of the Damascenes.”

⁹ tn Or “to seize,” “to catch.”

⁹ tn In Acts 9:25 the same basket used in Paul’s escape is called a σπυρίς (spuri"), a basket larger than a κόφινος (kofinos). It was very likely made out of rope, so the translation “rope-basket” is used.