3:10 “Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, ‘Their hearts are always wandering 3 and they have not known my ways.’
1 tn Grk “God bearing witness together” (the phrase “with them” is implied).
2 tn Grk “and distributions of the Holy Spirit.”
3 tn Grk “they are wandering in the heart.”
4 tn Grk “the one”; in the translation the referent (Melchizedek) has been specified for clarity.
5 tn Grk “is not descended from them.”
6 tn Or “a tenth part.”
7 sn The verbs “collected…and blessed” emphasize the continuing effect of the past actions, i.e., Melchizedek’s importance.
8 tn Grk “not…of shrinking back to perdition but of faith to the preservation of the soul.”
9 tn Grk “received back their dead from resurrection.”
10 tn Grk “to obtain a better resurrection.”
11 tn Grk “as being imprisoned together.”
12 tn Or “since you too are vulnerable”; Grk “you also being in the body.”