2 Korintus 1:17
Konteks1:17 Therefore when I was planning to do this, I did not do so without thinking about what I was doing, did I? 1 Or do I make my plans 2 according to mere human standards 3 so that I would be saying 4 both “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?
2 Korintus 2:1
Konteks2:1 So 5 I made up my own mind 6 not to pay you another painful visit. 7
2 Korintus 3:5
Konteks3:5 Not that we are adequate 8 in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy 9 is from God,
[1:17] 1 tn The Greek construction anticipates a negative answer. This is indicated in the translation by the ‘tag’ question “did I?” at the end of the sentence.
[1:17] 2 tn Grk “the things that I plan, do I plan (them).”
[1:17] 3 tn Grk “according to the flesh.”
[1:17] 4 tn Grk “so that with me there should be.”
[2:1] 5 tc Although usually δέ (de, “now”; found in א A C D1 F G Ψ 0285 Ï lat) should take precedent over γάρ (gar) in textually disputed places in the corpus Paulinum, the credentials for γάρ here are not easily dismissed (Ì46 B 0223 0243 33 1739 1881 al); here it is the preferred reading, albeit slightly.
[2:1] 6 tn Or “I decided this for myself.”
[2:1] 7 tn Grk “not to come to you again in sorrow.”
[2:1] sn Paul was not speaking absolutely about not making another visit, but meant he did not want to come to the Corinthians again until the conflict he mentioned in 2 Cor 2:4-11 was settled.