2 Corinthians 6:4

6:4 But as God’s servants, ¹  we have commended ourselves in every way, ²  with great endurance, in persecutions, ³  in difficulties, in distresses,

2 Corinthians 13:7

13:7 Now we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong, not so that we may appear to have passed the test, ⁴  but so that you may do what is right ⁵  even if we may appear to have failed the test. ⁶ 

Romans 14:18

14:18 For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people. ⁷ 

Romans 14:2

14:2 One person believes in eating everything, but the weak person eats only vegetables.

Romans 2:15

2:15 They ⁸  show that the work of the law is written ⁹  in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend ¹⁰  them, ¹¹ 

¹ tn Or “ministers.”

² tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”

³ tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”

⁴ tn Or “that we may appear to be approved.”

⁵ tn Or “what is good.”

⁶ tn Or “even if we appear disapproved.”

⁷ tn Grk “by men”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is generic here (“people”) since the contrast in context is between God and humanity.

⁸ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁹ tn Grk “show the work of the law [to be] written,” with the words in brackets implied by the Greek construction.

¹⁰ tn Or “excuse.”

¹¹ tn Grk “their conscience bearing witness and between the thoughts accusing or also defending one another.”