¹ tn Or “necessary.”

¹ tn Grk “Boasting is necessary.”

¹ tn Grk “If boasting is necessary.”

¹ tn Grk “what is necessary for the body.”

¹ tn Grk “how it is necessary to behave.”

² tn Grk “what it is necessary to say.”

³ tn Grk “it is necessary that you be quiet.”

² tn The word “necessary” is not in the Greek, but is implied by the preposition πρός (pros).

² tn Grk “Though now, for a little while if necessary, you may have to suffer.”

¹ tn Grk “But to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you.”

³ sn This parenthetical remark by the author is necessary so the reader will understand the account.

² tn Grk “on which it is necessary to work.” This has been simplified in the translation.

² tn Here δεῖ (dei, “it is necessary”) indicates divine commission (cf. Luke 2:49).

⁴ sn The city symbolizes community security, which is the necessary framework for family security.

² tn L&N 71.39 translates “indispensable (rules)” while BDAG 358 s.v. ἐπάναγκες has “the necessary things.”

⁵ tn Grk “of this need”; translated “necessary work” or “needed task” by L&N 42.22.

² tn The words “what he said” are not in the text but are implicit and seem necessary for clarity.

³ tn It is necessary, with Rashi, to understand the relative pronoun before the verb “they are stored up/reserved.”

² tn The disjunctive clause (introduced by a vav [ו] conjunction) provides another parenthetical statement necessary to the storyline.

² tn This parenthetical clause, introduced by the vav (ו) disjunctive (translated “now”), provides information necessary to the point of the story.