en_tn_lite_do_not_use/2co/12/19.md

Do you think all of this time we have been defending ourselves to you?

Paul uses this question to acknowledge something that the people may have been thinking. He does this so that he can assure them that it is not true. Alternate translation: "Perhaps you think that all of this time we have been defending ourselves to you." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

In the sight of God

This represents the presence of God. Paul and his coworkers teach the Corinthians with the awareness that God is watching them. Alternate translation: "Before God" or "With God as witness" or "In the presence of God" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

for your strengthening

"to strengthen you." Paul speaks of knowing how to obey God and desiring to obey him as if it were physical growth. Alternate translation: "so that you would know God and obey him better" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)