OET interlinear 2COR 10:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exmetaphor

καὶ πᾶν ὕψωμα ἐπαιρόμενον κατὰ τῆς γνώσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ αἰχμαλωτίζοντες πᾶν νόημα εἰς τὴν ὑπακοὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ

and every height lifted_up against the knowledge ¬the ˱of˲_God and making_captive every thinking into the obedience ˱of˲_the Messiah

Here, just as in 10:3–4, Paul speaks as if he and his fellow workers were involved in a war. In this verse, he speaks about every high thing, which are fortifications or walls. He means that he and his fellow workers defeat or discredit anything that claims to be as great or important as the knowledge of God. Paul also speaks about taking thoughts captive. Just as the victor in a war takes the conquered people captive, so Paul and his fellow workers wish to take peoples’ thoughts captive so that these people are obedient to Christ. If possible, preserve the metaphor or express the idea with a simile. Alternate translation: “and anything that is like a high fortress that raises itself against the knowledge of God, and we control every thought like we we were taking it captive into the obedience of Christ” or “and anything that proudly claims to be more important than the knowledge of God, and we take control of every thought into the obedience of Christ”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τῆς γνώσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ

the knowledge ¬the ˱of˲_God

Here, Paul is using the possessive form to describe knowledge that is about God. If this is not clear in your language, you could use a more natural form. Alternate translation: “the knowledge about God” or “the knowledge that concerns God”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῆς γνώσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ

the knowledge ¬the ˱of˲_God

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of knowledge, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “knowing God” or “what we know about God”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πᾶν νόημα

every every thinking

Here, the phrase every thought could refer to: (1) the thoughts had by people who oppose the gospel. Alternate translation: “every thought of people who oppose the gospel” (2) the thoughts had by believers. Alternate translation: “every thought of believers”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὴν ὑπακοὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ

the obedience ˱of˲_the Messiah

Here, Paul is using the possessive form to describe obedience that is directed to Christ. If this is not clear in your language, you could use a more natural form. Alternate translation: “obedience to Christ” or “obedience directed to Christ”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

εἰς τὴν ὑπακοὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ

into the obedience ˱of˲_the Messiah

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of obedience, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “so that Christ is obeyed” or “so that people are obedient to Christ”