2 Corinthians 1:12
Context1:12 For our reason for confidence 1 is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives 2 and sincerity which are from God 3 – not by human wisdom 4 but by the grace of God – we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more 5 toward you.
2 Corinthians 10:3
Context10:3 For though we live 6 as human beings, 7 we do not wage war according to human standards, 8
2 Corinthians 10:17
Context10:17 But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord. 9


[1:12] 1 tn Or “for boasting.”
[1:12] 2 tc Two viable variants exist at this place in the text: ἁγιότητι (Jagiothti, “holiness”) vs. ἁπλότητι (Japlothti, “pure motives”). A confusion of letters could well have produced the variant (TCGNT 507): In uncial script the words would have been written agiothti and aplothti. This, however, does not explain which reading created the other. Overall ἁπλότητι, though largely a Western-Byzantine reading (א2 D F G Ï lat sy), is better suited to the context; it is also a Pauline word while ἁγιότης (Jagioth") is not. It also best explains the rise of the other variants, πραότητι (praothti, “gentleness”) and {σπλάγχνοις} (splancnoi", “compassion”). On the other hand, the external evidence in favor of ἁγιότητι is extremely strong (Ì46 א* A B C K P Ψ 0121 0243 33 81 1739 1881 al co). This diversity of
[1:12] 3 tn Grk “pure motives and sincerity of God.”
[1:12] 4 tn Or “not by worldly wisdom.”
[1:12] 5 tn Or “and especially.”
[10:3] 7 tn Grk “in the flesh.”
[10:3] 8 tn Grk “according to the flesh.”
[10:17] 11 tn The traditional translation (“let the one who boasts boast in the Lord”) can be understood as merely permissive by the English reader, but the Greek verb καυχάσθω (kaucasqw) is a third person imperative.