(0.37) | (Rev 1:4) | 3 tn It is probable that the ὑμῖν (humin) applies to both elements of the greeting, i.e., to both grace and peace. |
(0.37) | (2Jo 1:12) | 3 sn Presumably the author means he would rather say the additional things he wants to say to the recipients in person rather than by letter (with paper and ink). |
(0.37) | (3Jo 1:3) | 1 sn Living according to the truth (Grk “walking in [the] truth”). The use of the Greek verb περιπατέω (peripateō) to refer to conduct or lifestyle is common in the NT (see 1 John 1:6, 2 John 4, as well as numerous times in Paul). Here the phrase refers to conduct that results when a person has “truth” residing within, and possibly alludes to the indwelling Spirit of Truth (see 2 John 2). In the specific context of 3 John the phrase refers to true Christians who are holding fast to an apostolic Christology in the face of the secessionist opponents’ challenge to orthodoxy. |
(0.37) | (2Jo 1:4) | 2 sn Living according to the truth (Grk “walking in [the] truth”). The use of the Greek verb περιπατέω (peripateō) to refer to conduct or lifestyle is common in the NT (see 1 John 1:6, 3 John 3-4, as well as numerous times in Paul). Here the phrase refers to conduct that results when a person has “truth” residing within, and possibly alludes to the indwelling Spirit of Truth (see 2 John 2). In the specific context of 2 John the phrase refers to true Christians who are holding fast to an apostolic Christology in the face of the secessionist opponents’ challenge to orthodoxy. |
(0.37) | (1Jo 2:27) | 1 sn The anointing. The “anointing” (χρῖσμα, chrisma) which believers have received refers to the indwelling Holy Spirit which has been given to them at their conversion. |
(0.37) | (2Pe 3:2) | 2 tn “Both” is not in Greek; it is supplied to show more clearly that there are two objects of the infinitive “to remember”—predictions and commandment. |
(0.37) | (2Pe 2:6) | 2 tn The perfect participle τεθεικώς (tetheikōs) suggests an antecedent act. More idiomatically, the idea seems to be, “because he had already appointed them to serve as an example.” |
(0.37) | (1Pe 4:18) | 2 tn The personal references in v. 18 are generic singulars, but they have been changed to the plural in English to maintain consistency with the plurals of v. 17. |
(0.37) | (1Pe 2:4) | 1 tn Grk “to whom coming…you are built up…” as a continuation of the reference to the Lord in v. 3. |
(0.37) | (Jam 5:20) | 1 tn Grk “from the error of his way” (using the same root as the verb “to wander, to err” in the first part of the verse). |
(0.37) | (1Pe 1:4) | 1 tn The phrase “that is” is supplied in the translation to indicate that the imperishable inheritance is in apposition to the living hope of v. 3. |
(0.37) | (Jam 1:1) | 3 tn Grk “to the twelve tribes in the Diaspora.” The Greek term διασπορά (diaspora, “dispersion”) refers to Jews not living in Palestine but “dispersed” or scattered among the Gentiles. |
(0.37) | (Heb 11:28) | 1 sn The sprinkling of the blood refers here to the application of the blood to the doorways of the Israelite houses (cf. Exod 12:7, 13). |
(0.37) | (Heb 8:10) | 3 tn Grk “I will be to them for a God and they will be to me for a people,” following the Hebrew constructions of Jer 31. |
(0.37) | (Heb 3:19) | 1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “So” to indicate a summary or conclusion to the argument of the preceding paragraph. |
(0.37) | (Phm 1:12) | 2 tn That is, “who means a great deal to me”; Grk “whom I have sent to you, him, this one is my heart.” |
(0.37) | (2Ti 3:10) | 2 tn The possessive “my” occurs only at the beginning of the list but is positioned in Greek to apply to each of the words in the series. |
(0.37) | (2Ti 1:14) | 1 sn That good thing (Grk “the good deposit”) refers to the truth of the gospel committed to Timothy (cf. 1 Tim 6:20). |
(0.37) | (1Ti 5:20) | 3 tn “Before all” probably refers to the whole congregation, not just all the elders; “the rest” is more likely to denote the remaining elders. |
(0.37) | (1Ti 5:12) | 1 sn The pledge refers most likely to a vow not to remarry undertaken when a widow is put on the list (cf. 1 Tim 5:9). |