OET interlinear 2COR 5:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ὥστε

so_then

Here, the word Therefore introduces an inference conclusion from what Paul has said, especially referring back to 5:14–15. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces an inference from previous claims. Alternate translation: “So then”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν & νῦν

from the_‹time› now & now

Here, the word now could refer to: (1) the time when we believed. Alternate translation: “starting when we believed, … since then” (2) the time in which Paul was writing this letter. Alternate translation: “from the present moment on … right now”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence -1) κατὰ σάρκα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὥστε ἡμεῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν οὐδένα οἴδαμεν κατὰ σάρκα εἰ καὶ ἐγνώκαμεν κατὰ σάρκα Χριστόν ἀλλὰ νῦν οὐκέτι γινώσκομεν)

Here Paul uses the phrase according to the flesh to refer to human ways of thinking. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea by using a phrase that refers to human values or perspectives. Alternate translation: “according to human definitions … according to human definitions” or “according to what humans value … according to what humans value”

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact

(Occurrence -1) εἰ καὶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὥστε ἡμεῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν οὐδένα οἴδαμεν κατὰ σάρκα εἰ καὶ ἐγνώκαμεν κατὰ σάρκα Χριστόν ἀλλὰ νῦν οὐκέτι γινώσκομεν)

Paul is speaking as if it were a possibility that we regarded Christ according to the flesh in the past, but he means that it is actually true. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, and if your readers might think that what Paul is saying is not certain, then you can introduce the clause with a word or phrase such as “although” or “despite the fact that.” Alternate translation: “Even though” or “Despite the fact that”