2 Corinthians 11:27-29

11:27 in hard work and toil, ¹  through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing. ²  11:28 Apart from other things, ³  there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern ⁴  for all the churches. 11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, ⁵  and I do not burn with indignation?

[11:27]  ¹ tn The two different words for labor are translated “in hard work and toil” by L&N 42.48.

[11:27]  ² tn Grk “in cold and nakedness.” Paul does not mean complete nakedness, however, which would have been repugnant to a Jew; he refers instead to the lack of sufficient clothing, especially in cold weather. A related word is used to 1 Cor 4:11, also in combination with experiencing hunger and thirst.

[11:28]  ³ sn Apart from other things. Paul refers here either (1) to the external sufferings just mentioned, or (2) he refers to other things he has left unmentioned.

[11:28]  ⁴ tn “Anxious concern,” so translated in L&N 25.224.

[11:29]  ⁵ tn Or “who is caused to stumble.”