2 Korintus 2:12

2:12 Now when I arrived in Troas ¹  to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened ²  a door of opportunity ³  for me,

2 Korintus 3:7

The Greater Glory of the Spirit’s Ministry

3:7 But if the ministry that produced death – carved in letters on stone tablets ⁴  – came with glory, so that the Israelites ⁵  could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face ⁶  (a glory ⁷  which was made ineffective), ⁸ 

2 Korintus 9:2

9:2 because I know your eagerness to help. ⁹  I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, ¹⁰  that Achaia has been ready to give ¹¹  since last year, and your zeal to participate ¹²  has stirred up most of them. ¹³ 

[2:12]  ¹ sn Troas was a city and region in the northwest corner of Asia Minor.

[2:12]  ² tn This has been translated as a concessive participle (“even though”). The passive construction (“a door of opportunity had been opened for me by the Lord”) has been converted to an active one in the translation for clarity.

[2:12]  ³ tn Grk “a door”; the phrase ἀνοίγω θύραν (anoigw quran, “to open a door”) is an idiom meaning “to make possible some opportunity” (L&N 71.9).

[3:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “on stones”; but since this is clearly an allusion to the tablets of the Decalogue (see 2 Cor 3:3) the word “tablets” was supplied in the translation to make the connection clear.

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Grk “so that the sons of Israel.”

[3:7]  ⁶ sn The glory of his face. When Moses came down from Mt. Sinai with the tablets of the Decalogue, the people were afraid to approach him because his face was so radiant (Exod 34:29-30).

[3:7]  ⁷ tn The words “a glory” are not in the Greek text, but the reference to “glory” has been repeated from the previous clause for clarity.

[3:7]  ⁸ tn Or “which was transitory.” Traditionally this phrase is translated as “which was fading away.” The verb καταργέω in the corpus Paulinum uniformly has the meaning “to render inoperative, ineffective”; the same nuance is appropriate here. The glory of Moses’ face was rendered ineffective by the veil Moses wore. For discussion of the meaning of this verb in this context, see S. J. Hafemann, Paul, Moses, and the History of Israel (WUNT 81), 301-13. A similar translation has been adopted in the two other occurrences of the verb in this paragraph in vv. 11 and 13.

[9:2]  ⁹ tn The words “to help” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[9:2]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “concerning which I keep boasting to the Macedonians about you.” A new sentence was started here and the translation was simplified by removing the relative clause and repeating the antecedent “this eagerness of yours.”

[9:2]  ¹¹ tn The words “to give” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[9:2]  ¹² tn The words “to participate” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[9:2]  ¹³ sn Most of them is a reference to the Macedonians (cf. v. 4).