2 Corinthians 6:7

6:7 by truthful ¹  teaching, ²  by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left, ³ 

2 Corinthians 11:6

11:6 And even if I am unskilled ⁴  in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.

2 Corinthians 11:17

11:17 What I am saying with this boastful confidence ⁵  I do not say the way the Lord would. ⁶  Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

2 Corinthians 12:12

12:12 Indeed, the signs of an apostle were performed among you with great perseverance ⁷  by signs and wonders and powerful deeds. ⁸ 

¹ tn Grk “by the word of truth”; understanding ἀληθείας (alhqeias) as an attributive genitive (“truthful word”).

² tn Or “speech.” In this context it is more likely that λόγος (logos) refers to Paul’s message (thus “teaching”) than to his speech in general.

³ tn The phrase “for the right hand and for the left” possibly refers to a combination of an offensive weapon (a sword for the right hand) and a defensive weapon (a shield for the left).

⁴ sn Unskilled in speaking means not professionally trained as a rhetorician.

⁷ tn Grk “with this confidence of boasting.” The genitive καυχήσεως (kauchsew") has been translated as an attributed genitive (the noun in the genitive gives an attribute of the noun modified).

⁸ tn Or “say with the Lord’s authority.”

¹⁰ tn Or “patience,” “endurance.”

¹¹ tn Or “and miracles.”