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By glory and dishonour (dia doxēs kai atimias). Here dia is no longer instrument, but state or condition. Doxa here is glory. See note on Rom 9:21; note on 2Ti 2:20 for contrast between honour and dishonour (timē, atimia).
By evil report and good report (dia dusphēmias kai euphēmias). Play on the words with prefixes duṡ and eu̇ and phēmē. Dusphēmia is a late word, only here in N.T. Euphēmia, old and common word, only here in N.T.
As deceivers and yet true (hōs planoi kai alētheis). Paul takes up hōs now in place of dia which succeeded en. Note use of kai in sense of “and yet” (adversative). Planos is late word (Diodorus, Josephus) for wandering, vagabond, impostor (cf. planaō, to lead astray, used of Christ, Joh 7:12). In N.T. only here; Mat 27:63 (of Christ by Pharisees); 2Jo 1:7. “In the Clementines St. Paul is expressly described by his adversaries as planos and as disseminating deceit (planēn)” (Bernard). Such slander from one’s enemies is praise.