18:18 “I tell you the truth, 1 whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.
1 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
2 tn The Greek text reads here ὁμολογέω (Jomologew); though normally translated “acknowledge, confess,” BDAG (708 s.v. 1) lists “assure, promise with an oath” for certain contexts such as here.
3 tn Grk “believing”; the participle here is conditional.