³ tn Heb “will take an oath by the God of truth.”

⁴ tn Heb “not in truth and not in righteousness.”

⁴ tn Or “sincerely”; KJV, ASV, NAB, NRSV “in truth.”

¹ tn Heb “a witness of truth”; cf. CEV “an honest witness.”

¹ tn Heb “the Lord swore an oath to David [in] truth.”

² tn Heb “loyal love and truth.” The expression is a hendiadys.

² tn Grk “walking in (the) truth” (see the note on the phrase “living according to the truth” in 3 John 3).

¹ tn Heb “a lip of truth.” The genitive אֱמֶת (ʾemet, “truth”) functions as an attributive adjective: “truthful lip.” The term שְׂפַת (s^efat, “lip”) functions as a synecdoche of part (= lip) for the whole (= person): “truthful person.” The contrast is between “the lip of truth” and the “tongue of lying.”

³ tn Heb “but doers of truthfulness.” The term “truthfulness” is an objective genitive, meaning: “those who practice truth” or “those who act in good faith.” Their words and works are reliable.

¹ sn The mystery of the faith is a reference to the revealed truths of the Christian faith.

² sn Judas and Silas were the “two witnesses” who would vouch for the truth of the recommendation.

² tn Or “I am the way, even the truth and the life.”

³ tn Grk “true” (in the sense of one who always tells the truth).

² tn Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”

¹ tn Heb “buy” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NLT); CEV “Invest in truth.”

⁵ tn Or “cut off”; or “removed.” The perfect verbal forms in v. 28b state general truths.

³ tn The construct phrase דִּבְרֵי אֱמֶת (divre ʾemet, “words of truth”) is a genitive of content (“words containing truth”) or an attributive genitive (“truthful words”). Depending upon the vocalization of וכתוב, the phrase functions in one of two ways: (1) as direct object of וְכָתוֹב יֹשֶׁר (v^ekhatov yosher) “and he accurately wrote truthful words”; or (2) in apposition to וְכָתוּב יֹשֶׁר (v^ekhatuv yosher) “and what is written uprightly, namely, truthful words.”

¹ sn The expression sons of light refers to men and women to whom the truth of God has been revealed and who are therefore living according to that truth, thus, “people of God.”

³ tn Heb “by your truth.” The Hebrew term does not refer here to abstract truth, however, but to the reliable moral guidance found in the covenant law (see vv 10-11).

² tn Heb “I will walk in your truth.” The Lord’s commandments are referred to as “truth” here because they are a trustworthy and accurate expression of the divine will. See Ps 25:5.