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 7:11

7:11 For see what this very thing, this sadness ⁵  as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, ⁶  what indignation, ⁷  what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, ⁸  what punishment! ⁹  In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

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 Grk “this very thing, to be grieved.”

⁶ tn The words “of yourselves” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

⁷ sn What indignation refers to the Corinthians’ indignation at the offender.

⁸ tn Or “what zeal.”

⁹ sn That is, punishment for the offender.