2COR 5:12 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Again, we’re not trying to promote ourselves to you, but we’re giving you all an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can respond to those who take pride in outside appearances rather than in what is in the heart.

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

ULT We are not again commending ourselves to you, but are giving you an opportunity of boasting on our behalf, so that you may have an answer for the ones boasting in appearance and not in heart.

UST We are not proving to you a second time that we are trustworthy. Rather, we are enabling you to say great things about us. That way, you can respond to anybody who says great things about how people appear on the outside and not about who those people really are on the inside.

BSB We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.

BLB We are not commending ourselves to you again, but are giving to you occasion of boasting on behalf of us, so that you may have an answer toward those boasting in appearance, and not in the heart.

AICNT We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity for boasting on our behalf, so that you may have something to say to those who boast in appearance and not in heart.

OEB We are not ‘commending ourselves’ again to you, but rather are giving you cause for pride in us, so that you may have an answer ready for those who pride themselves on appearances and not on character.

2DT We are not again affirming ourselves to you but giving you an opportunity for boasting about us so you may have something against ones boasting in face but not in heart.

WEBBE For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance and not in heart.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart.

LSV for we do not again recommend ourselves to you, but we are giving occasion to you of glorifying in our behalf, that you may have [something] in reference to those glorifying in face and not in heart;

FBV We are not trying to speak well of ourselves again, just trying to give you the opportunity to be proud of us, so you can answer those who are proud of outward show and not what they are inside.[fn]

5:12 Literally, “in the heart.”

TCNT [fn]For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but we are giving you an opportunity to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearances and not about matters of the heart.

5:12 For we ¦ We CT

T4T Once again I say, as I write this, I am not just trying to make you think well/highly of me, as some people will probably say that I am. Instead, I am telling you in this letter why you have good reason to tell those who criticize me that you think highly of me. I am telling you this so that you will know what to say to those teachers of false doctrine among you. They are proud of what they have done, instead of making sure that they are right with God and being pleased with that.

LEB We are not commending ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to boast about us, in order that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart.

BBE We are not again requesting your approval, but we are giving you the chance of taking pride in us, so that you may be able to give an answer to those whose glory is in seeming, and not in the heart.

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Wymth We are not again commending ourselves to your favour, but are furnishing you with a ground of boasting on our behalf, so that you may have a reply ready for those with whom superficial appearances are everything and sincerity of heart counts for nothing.

ASV We are not again commending ourselves unto you, but speak as giving you occasion of glorying on our behalf, that ye may have wherewith to answer them that glory in appearance, and not in heart.

DRA We commend not ourselves again to you, but give you occasion to glory in our behalf; that you may have somewhat to answer them who glory in face, and not in heart.

YLT for not again ourselves do we recommend to you, but we are giving occasion to you of glorifying in our behalf, that ye may have [something] in reference to those glorifying in face and not in heart;

Drby [For] we do not again commend ourselves to you, but [we are] giving to you occasion of boast in our behalf, that ye may have [such] with those boasting in countenance, and not in heart.

RV We are not again commending ourselves unto you, but speak as giving you occasion of glorying on our behalf, that ye may have wherewith to answer them that glory in appearance, and not in heart.

Wbstr For we commend not ourselves again to you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them who glory in appearance, and not in heart.

KJB-1769 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
(For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye/you_all may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. )

KJB-1611 [fn]For we commend not our selues againe vnto you, but giue you occasion to glory on our behalfe, that you may haue somewhat to answere them, which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
(For we commend not our selves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalfe, that you may have somewhat to answer them, which glory in appearance, and not in heart.)

5:12 Gr. in the face.

Bshps For we prayse not our selues agayne vnto you, but geue you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye may haue somwhat agaynst them which reioyce in the face, and not in the heart.
(For we prayse not our selves again unto you, but give you an occasion to rejoice of us, that ye/you_all may have somewhat against them which rejoice in the face, and not in the heart.)

Gnva For we prayse not our selues againe vnto you, but giue you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye may haue to answere against them, which reioyce in the face, and not in the heart.
(For we prayse not our selves again unto you, but give you an occasion to rejoice of us, that ye/you_all may have to answer against them, which rejoice in the face, and not in the heart. )

Cvdl We prayse not oure selues agayne vnto you, but geue you an occasion to reioyse of vs, yt ye maye haue to reioyse agaynst them, which reioyse after the outwarde appearaunce, and not after the hert.
(We prayse not our selves again unto you, but give you an occasion to rejoice of us, it ye/you_all may have to rejoice against them, which rejoice after the outward appearance, and not after the hert.)

TNT We prayse not oure selves agayne vnto you but geve you an occasion to reioyce of vs that ye maye have some what agaynst the whych reioyce in the face and not in the hert.
(We prayse not our selves again unto you but give you an occasion to rejoice of us that ye/you_all may have some what against the whych rejoice in the face and not in the hert. )

Wyc We comenden not vs silf eftsoone to you, but we yyuen to you occasioun to haue glorie for vs, that ye haue to hem that glorien in the face, and not in the herte.
(We comenden not us self eftsoone to you, but we given to you occasioun to have glory for us, that ye/you_all have to them that gloryn in the face, and not in the heart.)

Luth Daß wir uns nicht abermal loben, sondern euch eine Ursache geben, zu rühmen von uns, auf daß ihr habet zu rühmen wider die, so sich nach dem Ansehen rühmen und nicht nach dem Herzen.
(That we/us us/to_us/ourselves not abermal loben, rather you one Ursache geben, to rühmen from uns, on that you/their/her habet to rühmen against die, so itself/yourself/themselves after to_him Ansehen rühmen and not after to_him hearts.)

ClVg Non iterum commendamus nos vobis, sed occasionem damus vobis gloriandi pro nobis: ut habeatis ad eos qui in facie gloriantur, et non in corde.
(Non again commendamus we vobis, but occasionem damus to_you gloriandi for nobis: as habeatis to them who in face gloriantur, and not/no in corde. )

UGNT οὐ πάλιν ἑαυτοὺς συνιστάνομεν ὑμῖν, ἀλλὰ ἀφορμὴν διδόντες ὑμῖν καυχήματος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, ἵνα ἔχητε πρὸς τοὺς ἐν προσώπῳ καυχωμένους, καὶ μὴ ἐν καρδίᾳ.
(ou palin heautous sunistanomen humin, alla aformaʸn didontes humin kauⱪaʸmatos huper haʸmōn, hina eⱪaʸte pros tous en prosōpōi kauⱪōmenous, kai maʸ en kardia.)

SBL-GNT ⸀οὐ πάλιν ἑαυτοὺς συνιστάνομεν ὑμῖν, ἀλλὰ ἀφορμὴν διδόντες ὑμῖν καυχήματος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, ἵνα ἔχητε πρὸς τοὺς ἐν προσώπῳ καυχωμένους καὶ ⸂μὴ ἐν⸃ καρδίᾳ.
(⸀ou palin heautous sunistanomen humin, alla aformaʸn didontes humin kauⱪaʸmatos huper haʸmōn, hina eⱪaʸte pros tous en prosōpōi kauⱪōmenous kai ⸂maʸ en⸃ kardia.)

TC-GNT Οὐ [fn]γὰρ πάλιν ἑαυτοὺς συνιστάνομεν ὑμῖν, [fn]ἀλλὰ ἀφορμὴν διδόντες ὑμῖν καυχήματος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, ἵνα ἔχητε πρὸς τοὺς ἐν προσώπῳ καυχωμένους καὶ [fn]οὐ καρδίᾳ.
(Ou gar palin heautous sunistanomen humin, alla aformaʸn didontes humin kauⱪaʸmatos huper haʸmōn, hina eⱪaʸte pros tous en prosōpōi kauⱪōmenous kai ou kardia. )

5:12 γαρ ¦ — CT

5:12 αλλα ¦ αλλ NA²⁸

5:12 ου ¦ μη εν CT

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

οὐ πάλιν ἑαυτοὺς συνιστάνομεν ὑμῖν, ἀλλὰ ἀφορμὴν διδόντες ὑμῖν καυχήματος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, ἵνα ἔχητε πρὸς τοὺς ἐν προσώπῳ καυχωμένους, καὶ μὴ ἐν καρδίᾳ

not again ourselves ˱we˲_/are/_commending ˱to˲_you_all but opportunity giving ˱to˲_you_all ˱of˲_boast for us in_order_that ˱you_all˲_/may_be/_having toward the_‹ones› in appearance boasting and not in /the/_heart

If your language would not naturally put the negative statement before the positive statement, you could reverse the order of the elements here. Alternate translation: “We are giving you an opportunity of boasting on our behalf, so that you may have an answer for the ones boasting in appearance and not in heart. It is not that we are again commending ourselves to you”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πάλιν

again

Here, the word again implies that Paul and those with him had already “commended themselves” at some point in the past. Most likely, this happened when they first met the Corinthians. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that makes this more explicit. See how you translated the similar form in 3:1. Alternate translation: “once more” or “again, like we did at first,”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἀφορμὴν & καυχήματος

opportunity & ˱of˲_boast

Here Paul uses the possessive form to describe an opportunity that is for boasting. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “an opportunity for boasting”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐν προσώπῳ

in appearance

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of appearance, you could express the idea by using a verb such as “appear” or “look.” Alternate translation: “in what people look like” or “in how things appear”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

μὴ ἐν

not in

This phrase leaves out some words that many languages might need to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from earlier in the sentence. Alternate translation: “not boasting in”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐν καρδίᾳ

in in /the/_heart

In Paul’s culture, the heart is the place where humans think and feel. If it would be helpful in your language, you express the idea by referring to the place where humans think and feel in your culture or by using plain language. Alternate translation: “in who they really are” or “in mind”

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