OET interlinear 2COR 12:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

καὶ

and

Here, the word And introduces a restatement of the previous verse with some new information. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a restatement. Alternate translation: “I repeat,” or “Indeed,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

καὶ οἶδα τὸν τοιοῦτον ἄνθρωπον (εἴτε ἐν σώματι εἴτε χωρὶς τοῦ σώματος οὐκ οἶδα, ὁ Θεὸς οἶδεν),

and ˱I˲_/have/_known ¬the such /a/_man whether in /the/_body or apart_from the body not ˱I˲_/have/_known ¬the God /has/_known

Just as in the previous verse, the clauses whether in body, or out of the body, I do not know, God knows interrupt the main sentence, which continues into the next verse. Use the same form you used in the previous verse. Alternate translation: “Whether this happened in the body or out of the body, I do not know, God knows. However it happened, I know about such a man,”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

οἶδα τὸν τοιοῦτον ἄνθρωπον

˱I˲_/have/_known ¬the such /a/_man

Here Paul continues to speak about himself in the third person. Make sure that your translation fits with how you chose to translate 12:2. Alternate translation: “I know that such a man, that is, me”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

εἴτε ἐν σώματι εἴτε χωρὶς τοῦ σώματος οὐκ οἶδα

whether in /the/_body or apart_from the body not ˱I˲_/have/_known

Here Paul again addresses the question about whether the man went into heaven in bodily form or not. He uses almost the same words he used in 12:2, although he does not repeat I do not know here. Translate these words as you did in 12:2. Alternate translation: “whether in bodily form or not in bodily form, I do not know” or “whether physically or spiritually, I do not know”