2 Korintus 2:16

2:16 to the latter an odor ¹  from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things? ² 

2 Korintus 6:4

6:4 But as God’s servants, ³  we have commended ourselves in every way, ⁴  with great endurance, in persecutions, ⁵  in difficulties, in distresses,

2 Korintus 11:17

11:17 What I am saying with this boastful confidence ⁶  I do not say the way the Lord would. ⁷  Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

[2:16]  ¹ tn The same Greek word (ὀσμή, osmh) translated “odor” here (in relation to the stench of death) has been translated “fragrance” in 2:14 and in the next phrase of the present verse. The word itself can describe a smell or odor either agreeable or disagreeable depending on the context (L&N 79.45).

[2:16]  ² sn These things refer to the things Paul is doing in his apostolic ministry.

[6:4]  ³ tn Or “ministers.”

[6:4]  ⁴ tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”

[6:4]  ⁵ tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”

[11:17]  ⁶ tn Grk “with this confidence of boasting.” The genitive καυχήσεως (kauchsew") has been translated as an attributed genitive (the noun in the genitive gives an attribute of the noun modified).

[11:17]  ⁷ tn Or “say with the Lord’s authority.”