¹ tn Or “ministers.”

¹ tn Or “of ministering to.”

¹ tn Grk “and ministered to him.”

² tn Grk “and ministered to him.”

⁴ tn The Greek word translated “minister” here is λειτουργός (leitourgos).

² tn Grk “two of those who ministered to him.”

³ tn Grk “were serving him,” “were ministering to him.”

² tn That is, to be his ministers for the nation.

¹ tn Grk “of which I was made a minister,” “of which I became a servant.”

² sn Philip baptized. Again, someone beyond the Twelve has ministered an ordinance of faith.

³ tn Heb “one who walks in the way of integrity, he will minister to me.”

² tn The infinitive “to minister” is present; “to be used” is supplied from the context.

⁷ tn The verb is the Piel preterite from the root כָּהַן (kahan): “to function as a priest” or “to minister.”

¹ tn The form is the infinitive construct; it means the clothes to be used “to minister” in the Holy Place.

¹ tn There are two major syntactical alternatives which are both awkward: (1) One could make “glorify” dependent on “Christ has become a minister” and coordinate with “to confirm” and the result would be rendered “Christ has become a minister of circumcision to confirm the promises…and so that the Gentiles might glorify God.” (2) One could make “glorify” dependent on “I tell you” and coordinate with “Christ has become a minister” and the result would be rendered “I tell you that Christ has become a minister of circumcision…and that the Gentiles glorify God.” The second rendering is preferred.

² tn Grk “the sons of Israel.” In Acts, Paul is a minister to all nations, including Israel (Rom 1:16-17).

¹ tn Heb “priest for David.” KJV (“a chief ruler about David”) and ASV (“chief minister unto David”) regarded this office as political.

¹ tn The form is the Piel participle מְשָׁרֵת (m^esharet), meaning “minister, servant, assistant.” The word has a loftier meaning than the ordinary word for slave.

¹ sn This was to be a perpetual reminder that the priest ministers on behalf of the twelve tribes of Israel. Their names would always be borne by the priests.

³ tn The verb שָׁרַת (sharat) means “to minister; to serve.” The Piel plural participle here refers to servants of the king who attend to him—courtiers and ministers (cf. NIV, NRSV, TEV, CEV “officials”; NLT “advisers”). This, his entourage, will have to resort to evil practices to gain his favor if he is swayed by such lies.