Article February 15, 1936 Issue

Bible Notes

"Ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us" (II Cor. 3:3)—Moffatt suggests the rendering: "You make it obvious that you are a letter of Christ which I have been employed to Weymouth: "For you show that you are a letter of Christ penned by and Goodspeed: "You show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by me."

"Our sufficiency is of God" (II Cor. 3:5)—The word rendered "sufficiency"can also mean "ability or competency to do something" (Thayer: Greek Lexicon, p. 300), or "power" (Souter: Greek Lexicon, p. 115). Hence, various translations are possible, such as: "Our comes from God" (Weymouth); "My is from God" (Goodspeed); "My qualifications come from God" (Moffatt); "Our fitness" (Twentieth Century New or again, "Our power comes from God." In the following verse, "[He] hath made us able might well be rendered, "He hath fitted (or qualified) us as servants;" for the noun ("he in verse 5. Compare Goodspeed's "He has qualified me to serve him;" and that of Moffatt: "He has further qualified me."

"Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him fir the help of his countenance" (Ps. 42:5)—The verb translated "hope" means primarily "wait" or "await" (cf. Brown, Driver, Briggs: Hebrew Lexicon, p. 403f.), while the term rendered "help" can also denote "salvation, welfare, prosperity, deliverance" (ibid., p. 447). The Genevan Version had: "Waite on God; for I will yet give him thankes for the helpe of his presence." Smith "Wait thou for God; for I shall again praise him, the salvation of my countenance and my God;" and Moffatt: "Wait, wait for God: I shall again be praising him, my saving help, my God."

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