PDF 2 Cor 1-13

2co/08/19.md

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 "Not only do believers among all of the churches praise him"
 
-# he also was selected by the churches
+# he also was chosen by the churches
 
-This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "the churches also selected him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "the churches also chose him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
 
 # our traveling companion with this act of grace
 

2co/10/02.md

@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# who assume that
-
-"who think that"
-
 # we are walking
 
 The word "walking" is a metaphor for the way a person lives his life. "we are acting" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

2co/10/03.md

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ Here "walk" is an metaphor for "live" and "flesh" is a metonym for physical life
 
 This phrase is a metonym for the way mortal people do things. See how you translated it in [2 Corinthians 1:17](../01.17.md). Alternate translation: "the way most people do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
 
-# we do not wage war
+# we do not make war
 
 Paul speaks of his trying to persuade the Corinthians to believe him and not the false teachers as if he were fighting a physical war. These words should be translated literally. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
 
-# wage war according to the flesh
+# make war according to the flesh
 
-Possible meanings are 1) the word "flesh" is a metonym for physical life. Alternate translation: "fight against our enemies using physical weapons" or 2) the word "flesh" is a metonym for sinful human nature. Alternate translation: "wage war in sinful ways" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+Possible meanings are 1) the word "flesh" is a metonym for physical life. Alternate translation: "fight against our enemies using physical weapons" or 2) the word "flesh" is a metonym for sinful human nature. Alternate translation: "make war in sinful ways" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
 

2co/11/23.md

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 As Paul continues to confirm his apostleship, he states specific things that have happened to him since he became a believer.
 
-# Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as though I were out of my mind.) I am more
+# Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as though I were insane.) I am more
 
-Paul is asking questions the Corinthians might be asking and then answering them to emphasize that he is as much a Jew as the super-apostles are. You should keep the question-and-answer form if possible. Alternate translation: "They say they are servants of Christ—I speak as though I were out of my mind—but I am more" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
+Paul is asking questions the Corinthians might be asking and then answering them to emphasize that he is as much a Jew as the super-apostles are. You should keep the question-and-answer form if possible. Alternate translation: "They say they are servants of Christ—I speak as though I were insane—but I am more" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
 
-# as though I were out of my mind
+# as though I were insane
 
 "as though I were unable to think well"
 

2co/12/21.md

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 This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "I will grieve because many of you have sinned before now and have not repented ... that you have practiced" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
 
-# did not repent of the impurity and sexual immorality and lustful indulgence
+# did not repent of the uncleanness and sexual immorality and lustful indulgence
 
-Possible meanings are 1) Paul is saying almost the same thing three times for emphasis. Alternate translation: "did not stop commiting the sexual sins that they practiced" or 2) Paul is speaking of three different sins. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
+Possible meanings are 1) Paul is saying almost the same thing three times for emphasis. Alternate translation: "did not stop commiting the sexual sins that they practiced" or 2) Paul is speaking of three different sins. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublet]])
 
-# of the impurity
+# of the uncleanness
 
-The abstract noun impurity can be translated as "things that do not please God." Alternate translation: "of secretly thinking about and desiring things that do not please God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
+The abstract noun uncleanness can be translated as "things that do not please God." Alternate translation: "of secretly thinking about and desiring things that do not please God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
 
 # of the ... sexual immorality
 

2co/13/01.md

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 Paul establishes that Christ is speaking through him and that Paul is wanting to restore them, encourage them, and unify them.
 
-# Every matter must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses
+# Every matter must be established by the mouth of two or three witnesses
 
-Here a "matter" is an accusation. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "Believe that someone has done something wrong only after two or three people have said the same thing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+Here a "matter" is an accusation and "mouth" is a metonym for the testimony a person gives through his mouth. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "Believe that someone has done something wrong only after two or three people have given the same testimony" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
 

2co/13/05.md

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 Possible meanings are 1) living inside each individual or 2) "among you," part of and the most important member of the group.
 
+# you have failed the test
+
+"you have examined and tested yourself and found that you are not in the faith and Jesus Christ is not in you"