2 Corinthians 4:2

4:2 But we have rejected ¹  shameful hidden deeds, ²  not behaving ³  with deceptiveness ⁴  or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.

2 Corinthians 5:11

The Message of Reconciliation

5:11 Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, ⁵  we try to persuade ⁶  people, ⁷  but we are well known ⁸  to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.

2 Corinthians 11:6

11:6 And even if I am unskilled ⁹  in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.

Acts 19:26

19:26 And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded ¹⁰  and turned away ¹¹  a large crowd, ¹²  not only in Ephesus ¹³  but in practically all of the province of Asia, ¹⁴  by saying ¹⁵  that gods made by hands are not gods at all. ¹⁶ 

Romans 15:19

15:19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

Galatians 1:22-24

1:22 But I was personally ¹⁷  unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 1:23 They were only hearing, “The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news ¹⁸  of the faith he once tried to destroy.” 1:24 So ¹⁹  they glorified God because of me. ²⁰ 

¹ tn L&N 13.156; the word can also mean “to assert opposition to,” thus here “we have denounced” (L&N 33.220).

² tn Grk “the hidden things [deeds] of shame”; here αἰσχύνης (aiscunh") has been translated as an attributive genitive.

³ tn Or “not conducting ourselves”; Grk “not walking” (a common NT idiom for conduct, way of life, or behavior).

⁴ tn Or “craftiness.”

⁵ tn Or “because we know what it means to fear the Lord.”

⁶ tn The present tense of πείθομεν (peiqomen) has been translated as a conative present.

⁷ tn Grk “men”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is generic here since clearly both men and women are in view (Paul did not attempt to win only men to the gospel he preached).

⁸ tn Or “clearly evident.” BDAG 1048 s.v. φανερόω 2.b.β has “θεῷ πεφανερώμεθα we are well known to God 2 Cor 5:11a, cp. 11b; 11:6 v.l.”

⁹ sn Unskilled in speaking means not professionally trained as a rhetorician.

¹⁰ tn Grk “persuading.” The participle πείσας (peisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹¹ tn Or “misled.”

¹² tn BDAG 472 s.v. ἱκανός 3.a has “of pers. ὄχλος a large crowd…Ac 11:24, 26; 19:26.”

¹³ map For location see JP1-D2; JP2-D2; JP3-D2; JP4-D2.

¹⁴ tn Grk “Asia”; see the note on this word in v. 22.

¹⁵ tn The participle λέγων (legwn) has been regarded as indicating instrumentality.

¹⁶ tn The words “at all” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

¹⁷ tn Or “by sight”; Grk “by face.”

¹⁸ tn The Greek verb here is εὐαγγελίζεται (euangelizetai).

¹⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of the report about Paul’s conversion.

²⁰ tn The prepositional phrase ἐν εμοί (en emoi) has been translated with a causal force.