To me the passage from 2 Cor 1:18-22 for 7 OT Sunday B reads like a rough draft rather than a finished translation, especially verses 19 and 20:<\/p>\n
Brothers and sisters:
\nAs God is faithful,
\nour word to you is not \u201cyes\u201d and \u201cno.\u201d
\nFor the Son of God, Jesus Christ,
\nwho was proclaimed to you by us, Silvanus and Timothy and me,
\nwas not \u201cyes\u201d and \u201cno, \u201c but \u201cyes\u201d has been in him.
\nFor however many are the promises of God, their Yes is in him;
\ntherefore, the Amen from us also goes through him to God for glory.
\nBut the one who gives us security with you in Christ
\nand who anointed us is God;
\nhe has also put his seal upon us
\nand given the Spirit in our hearts as a first installment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nYes, the Greek original is “lumpy”:<\/p>\n
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\n\u1f41 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c3\u03c6\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u03b9\u03c3\u03ac\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f21\u03bc\u1fb6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f00\u03c1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b2\u1ff6\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03cd\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03af\u03b1\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f21\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd<\/p><\/blockquote>\nCan we use the Anchor Bible version or the Contemporary English Version?<\/p>\n
2 Cor 1:18-22\/ Victor Paul Furnish<\/p>\n
18 As God is faithful, our word to you is not both yes and no. 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us\u2014by myself, and also by Silvanus and Timothy\u2014was not \u201cYes\u201d and \u201cNo.\u201d Rather, in him it has been an enduring \u201cYes.\u201d 20 All the promises of God have their Yes in him; hence, through him as well as through us the \u201cAmen\u201d glorifies God. 21 The one who is confirming us along with you in Christ and anointed us is God, 22 who also sealed us and gave the Spirit as a down payment in our hearts.<\/p>\n
2 Cor 1:18-22\/ CEV<\/p>\n
18 God can be trusted, and so can I, when I say that our answer to you has always been \u201cYes\u201d and never \u201cNo.\u201d
\n19 This is because Jesus Christ the Son of God is always \u201cYes\u201d and never \u201cNo.\u201d And he is the one that Silas, Timothy, and I told you about.<\/p>\n20 Christ says \u201cYes\u201d to all of God’s promises. That’s why we have Christ to say \u201cAmen\u201d for us to the glory of God.
\n21 And so God makes it possible for you and us to stand firmly together with Christ. God is also the one who chose us
\n22 and put his Spirit in our hearts to show that we belong only to him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To me the passage from 2 Cor 1:18-22 for 7 OT Sunday B reads like a rough draft rather than a finished translation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[84],"tags":[1839,719],"class_list":["post-13315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lectionary-liturgy-of-word","tag-2-corinthians","tag-comparing-translations"],"yoast_head":"\n
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