2 COR 11:28 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Then apart from all those external things, I’ve been opposed every day—not to mention my concern for all the assemblies.

Key: light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT apart from the other things, there is the care for me every day, the concern of all the churches.

UST Besides everything else that I could mention, I anxiously think daily about all the groups of believers.

BLB Besides the external things, the pressure on me on every day is my care for all the churches.

AICNT Apart from other things, there is {the daily pressure on me}[fn] of my concern for all the churches.

11:28, the daily pressure on me: Later manuscripts read “My daily disturbance.” BYZ TR

OEB And, not to speak of other things, there is my daily burden of anxiety about all the churches.

WEBBE Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily: anxiety for all the assemblies.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern for all the churches.

LSV apart from the things without—the crowding on me that is daily—the care of all the assemblies.

FBV Besides all this, I face the daily concerns of dealing with all the churches.

TCNT Apart from these external things, there is [fn]my daily burden: my concern for all the churches.

11:28 my daily burden ¦ the daily burden on me CT

T4T In addition to all that, I am constantly and deeply concerned about all the congregations that I have helped to begin.

LEB Apart from these external things, there is the pressure on me every day of the anxiety about all the churches.

BBE In addition to all the other things, there is that which comes on me every day, the care of all the churches.

Moff And then there is the pressing business of each day, the care of all the churches.

Wymth And besides other things, which I pass over, there is that which presses on me daily—my anxiety for all the Churches.

ASV Besides those things that are without, there is that which presseth upon me daily, anxiety for all the churches.

DRA Besides those things which are without: my daily instance, the solicitude for all the churches.

YLT apart from the things without — the crowding upon me that is daily — the care of all the assemblies.

Drby Besides those things that are without, the crowd [of cares] pressing on me daily, the burden of all the assemblies.

RV Beside those things that are without, there is that which presseth upon me daily, anxiety for all the churches.

SLT Besides things outside, my distraction daily, the care of all the churches.

Wbstr Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

KJB-1769 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
(Beside those things that are without, that which cometh/comes upon me daily, the care of all the churches. )

KJB-1611 Besides those things that are without, that which commeth vpon me dayly, the care of all the Churches.
(Besides those things that are without, that which cometh/comes upon me daily, the care of all the Churches.)

Bshps Besides the thynges which outwardlye come vnto me: my dayly encombraunce is the care of all the Churches.
(Besides the things which outwardlye come unto me: my daily encombraunce is the care of all the Churches.)

Gnva Beside the thinges which are outwarde, I am combred dayly, and haue the care of all the Churches.
(Beside the things which are outward, I am combred daily, and have the care of all the Churches. )

Cvdl Besyde those thynges which are outwarde, namely my daylie combraunce, my daylie care for all cogregacions.
(Beside those things which are outward, namely my daily combraunce, my daily care for all congregations.)

TNT And besyde the thynges which outwardly happen vnto me I am combred dayly and do care for all congregacions.
(And beside the things which outwardly happen unto me I am combred daily and do care for all congregations. )

Wycl Withouten tho thingis that ben withoutforth, myn ech daies trauelyng is the bisynesse of alle chirchis.
(Withouten those things that been out_and_about, mine each days traveling is the business of all churches.)

Luth ohne was sich sonst zuträgt, nämlich daß ich täglich werde angelaufen und trage Sorge für alle Gemeinden.
(without what/which itself/yourself/themselves otherwise zuträgt, namely that I daily become angelaufen and wear worries(n) for/in_favour_of all communities.)

ClVg præter illa quæ extrinsecus sunt, instantia mea quotidiana, sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum.[fn]
(besides that which externally/outwardly are, instantia my quotidiana, anxiety of_all assemblies/churches. )

11.28 Sollicitudo. Quanto major charitas, tanto majores plagæ de peccatis alienis. Unde: Qui apponit scientiam, apponit et dolorem.

11.28 Sollicitudo. How_much major/greater charity, so_much elders plagues from/about sins strangers. From_where/who: Who apponit knowledge, apponit and pain.

UGNT χωρὶς τῶν παρεκτὸς, ἡ ἐπίστασίς μοι ἡ καθ’ ἡμέραν, ἡ μέριμνα πασῶν τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν.
(ⱪōris tōn parektos, haʸ epistasis moi haʸ kath’ haʸmeran, haʸ merimna pasōn tōn ekklaʸsiōn.)

SBL-GNT χωρὶς τῶν παρεκτὸς ἡ ⸀ἐπίστασίς ⸀μοι ἡ καθʼ ἡμέραν, ἡ μέριμνα πασῶν τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν.
(ⱪōris tōn parektos haʸ ⸀epistasis ⸀moi haʸ kathʼ haʸmeran, haʸ merimna pasōn tōn ekklaʸsiōn.)

RP-GNT Χωρὶς τῶν παρεκτός, ἡ ἐπισύστασίς μου ἡ καθ' ἡμέραν, ἡ μέριμνα πασῶν τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν.
(Ⱪōris tōn parektos, haʸ episustasis mou haʸ kath' haʸmeran, haʸ merimna pasōn tōn ekklaʸsiōn.)

TC-GNT Χωρὶς τῶν παρεκτός, ἡ [fn]ἐπισύστασίς [fn]μου ἡ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν, ἡ μέριμνα πασῶν τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν.
(Ⱪōris tōn parektos, haʸ episustasis mou haʸ kath haʸmeran, haʸ merimna pasōn tōn ekklaʸsiōn. )

11:28 επισυστασις ¦ επιστασις CT

11:28 μου ¦ μοι CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 11:16–33: Paul suffered for serving Jesus

In this section, Paul first warned the Corinthians that he was not a fool (11:16a). But he wanted them to listen to what he was foolishly going to boast about (11:16b–d). He told them that Jesus would not foolishly boast in this way (11:17). He told them that he would boast in the way that the false teachers were boasting (11:18). Using irony, he rebuked them for accepting people who boasted (11:19), implying that they were wrong to accept the false teachers because the false teachers boasted about themselves. Again using irony, he told them that they should not tolerate the false teachers taking advantage of them (11:20–21a).

In 11:21b Paul began foolishly to boast about things similar to the ones that the false teachers boasted about. Recounting all his hardships, he showed that he was more devoted to serving Jesus than they were (11:23–29).

Then Paul explained the correct kind of boasting (11:30). He gave an example (11:32–33), with an oath to God to indicate he was not lying (11:31).

Other examples for this section heading are:

Paul Boasts About His Sufferings (NIV)

Paul’s Sufferings as an Apostle (ESV)

11:28a

Apart from these external trials,

Now continuing on to mention other things,
Aside from all the other things/difficulties I could mention,

Apart from these external trials: The Greek words are literally “Besides the things without.” There are two ways to interpret this phrase:

This phrase refers to besides the things that Paul would not mention. The implied words “mentioning them” should be supplied after the Greek word literally translated “without” here. For example:
not to mention other things (GNT) (RSV, NIV, GNT, NLT, CEV, NET, NCV, ESV)
This phrase refers to besides the things that are external to Paul. This includes dangers and enemies. The internal things are worries and concerns, as in 11:28b. For example:
besides all the external things (NJB) (BSB, NJB, NASB, GW, REB, KJV)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1).Harris (p. 792) translates this text as “Not to mention other things.” Thrall (p. 748) says that a majority of commentaries prefer interpretation (1).

This phrase refers to difficulties in Paul’s life as an apostle that he had not mentioned yet. With this phrase Paul showed that he could continue to list the difficulties he experienced, but chose to list one last thing in 11:28b. Other ways to translate this phrase are:

not to mention other things (GNT)

aside from all the other things I could mention

11:28b

I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

every day I am burdened with care/concern for all the churches.
I daily carry the responsibility to care for all groups of believers.

pressure: This word refers to the feeling of responsibility and the burden of wanting to do the right things when it is not always clear what the right things to do are. Other ways to translate this word are:

burden (NLT)

I am burdened (CEV)

the responsibility that weighs on me (REB)

concern: The Greek word that the BSB translates as concern can mean either “worry” or “care.” There are two ways to interpret the Greek word:

The word means care or concern here. It refers to spending much time thinking about how to help the churches. For example:
care (KJV) (BSB, NIV, GNT, NASB, NLT, NET, REB, NCV, KJV)
The word means worry here. Paul worried about the churches turning away from following Jesus well. For example:
anxiety (RSV) (RSV, NJB, NABRE, GW, CEV, ESV)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1), since Paul did not characterize his attitude toward the churches as “worried” anywhere else in the NT.Martin (p. 367), Kistemaker (p. 393) translate the Greek word as “concern.” Martin (p. 381) says that the context indicates that it does not have its usual sense of “worry” here but is like its use in 1 Corinthians 12:25. Barrett (p. 288) translates it as “care.” Hodge (p. 276) refers to it as “solicitude.”

all the churches: This phrase probably refers to all the groups of believers that Paul had started. Paul probably meant implicitly other churches such as the ones at Colosse, Laodicea, and Rome. Paul did not start those churches, but he wrote to them to help them. But Paul may have been thinking of the churches in Judea, Samaria, and Syria as well. Translate the word all without adding any implied information.

churches: Here the Greek word that the BSB translates as churches refers generally to a gathering of people. Here, as almost always in the New Testament, it refers to groups of believers. See how you translated this word in 1:1 or 8:18.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

χωρὶς τῶν παρεκτὸς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Χωρίς τῶν παρεκτός ἡ ἐπίστασις μοί ἡ καθʼ ἡμέραν ἡ μέριμνα πασῶν τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν)

Here, the phrase apart from the other things could be referring to: (1) many other hardships that Paul does not mention. This would mean that he is now going to mention one last hardship. Alternate translation: [besides everything else I suffer] or [beyond any other hardships] (2) the hardships he has already mentioned, which are external. This would mean that he is now going to mention internal hardships. Alternate translation: [apart from those external things]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἡ ἐπίστασίς μοι ἡ καθ’ ἡμέραν, ἡ μέριμνα πασῶν τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν

the ¬which the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Χωρίς τῶν παρεκτός ἡ ἐπίστασις μοί ἡ καθʼ ἡμέραν ἡ μέριμνα πασῶν τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν)

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of care and concern, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: [I care every day as I am concerned for all the churches]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

ἡ ἐπίστασίς μοι ἡ καθ’ ἡμέραν, ἡ μέριμνα πασῶν τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν

The terms care and concern mean similar things. Paul is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [there is my concern for all the churches every day] or [there is my concerned care every day for all the churches]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἡ μέριμνα πασῶν τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν

the ¬which the worry ˱of˲_all the assemblies

Here, Paul is using the possessive form to describe concern that is directed toward all the churches. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in a different way. Alternate translation: [the concern for all the churches] or [the concern I have for all the churches]

Parallel 2 COR 11:28

Section 11:16–33: Paul suffered for serving Jesus

11:28a

11:28b

Parallel 2 COR 11:28