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# General Information:
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When Paul uses "we" here, he is referring to himself and Timothy. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclusive]])
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# in every way we commend ourselves as God's servants
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Possible meanings are 1) "Because we are God's servants we recommend ourselves to you in every way" or 2) "in every way we show that we are God's servants"
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# in every way
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This tells how they commend themselves. Alternate translation: "in everything we do"
# in much endurance, in affliction, in distress, in hardship
Paul mentions various difficult situations in which they commend themselves as God's servants.
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