2 Corinthians 8:24

Footnotes

1. 39 The sense of this translation is attested by the fact that most of the later , along with several early and important ones (א C D2 Ψ 0225 0243 1739 1881 𝔐 lat), have the imperative verb ἐνδείξασθε (ejndeixasthe) in place of the participle ἐνδεικνύμενοι (endeiknumenoi), which is found in B D* F G 33 . Since an imperatival participle is more Hebraic in style, many scribes would not have understood the idiom as easily and would have been likely to change the participle to an imperative (so ). But there is no good reason why scribes would change the imperative into a participle. Thus, ἐνδεικνύμενοι is almost surely the wording of the original text. In the Greek text ἐνδεικνύμενοι (endeiknumenoi) is a present participle which is translated as an imperative verb (see §468; ).
2. 40 Or “our boasting about you.”