2 Corinthians 4:2-3

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. 4:3 But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing,

2 Corinthians 4:13

4:13 But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in ⁵  what has been written, “I believed; therefore I spoke,” ⁶  we also believe, therefore we also speak.

[4:2]  ¹ tn L&N 13.156; the word can also mean “to assert opposition to,” thus here “we have denounced” (L&N 33.220).

[4:2]  ² tn Grk “the hidden things [deeds] of shame”; here αἰσχύνης (aiscunh") has been translated as an attributive genitive.

[4:2]  ³ tn Or “not conducting ourselves”; Grk “not walking” (a common NT idiom for conduct, way of life, or behavior).

[4:2]  ⁴ tn Or “craftiness.”

[4:13]  ⁵ tn Grk “spirit of faith according to.”

[4:13]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Ps 116:10.