¹ tn Grk “to whom coming…you are built up…” as a continuation of the reference to the Lord in v. 3.

² tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two phrases more than can be easily expressed in English.

³ tn Grk “chosen, priceless.”

⁴ tn Grk “who,” continuing the description of the readers from vs. 9. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁵ sn The quotations in v. 10 are from Hos 1:6, 9; 2:23.

⁶ tn Grk “who being maligned,” continuing the reference to Christ. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁷ tn Grk “he did not threaten, but.”

⁸ sn An allusion to Isa 53:7.

⁹ tn Grk “to the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Grk “the hidden man.” KJV’s “the hidden man of the heart,” referring to a wife, could be seriously misunderstood by the modern English reader.

¹¹ tn Grk “who is at the right hand…having gone into heaven.”

¹² tn Grk “angels…having been subjected to him.”

¹³ tn This verse may give the purpose or result of their “arming” themselves as called for in v. 1b and then the translation would be: “so that you may spend the rest of your time…” But it is better to take it as explanatory of the last phrase in v. 1: what it means to be finished with sin.

¹⁴ tn Grk “serving it to one another.” The primary verb is a participle but it continues the sense of command from v. 7.

¹⁵ tc Many mss, some of them important and early ([א] A P 33 81 323 945 1241 1739 pm bo), add καὶ δυνάμεως (kai dunamew"; “and of power”) here. The shorter reading is supported by Ì⁷² B K L Ψ 049 pm). Although the evidence is evenly divided, the longer reading looks to be an explanatory or liturgical expansion on the text and for this reason should be considered secondary.

¹⁶ tn Grk “the Spirit of glory and of God.”

¹⁷ sn A quotation taken from Isa 11:2.

¹⁸ tn Grk “in doing good.”