(0.30) | (1Jo 1:5) | 2 tn The word “gospel” is not in the Greek text but is supplied to clarify the meaning. See the note on the following word “message.” |
(0.30) | (2Pe 3:4) | 5 tn The verb κοιμάω (koimaō) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer. |
(0.30) | (2Pe 2:14) | 3 tn Grk “and unceasing from sin.” Some translate this “insatiable for sin,” but such a translation is based on a textual variant with inadequate support. |
(0.30) | (2Pe 1:10) | 2 sn Make sure of your calling and election. The author is not saying that virtue and holiness produce salvation, but that virtue and holiness are the evidence of salvation. |
(0.30) | (2Pe 1:1) | 2 tn Grk “Simeon Peter.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter. |
(0.30) | (1Pe 5:12) | 3 tn These are participles (“encouraging and testifying”) showing purpose. The pronoun object “you” is omitted in Greek but implied by the context. |
(0.30) | (1Pe 5:7) | 2 tn Or “anxiety, burden,” but using a word from the same root as the verb “cares” in the last part of the verse. |
(0.30) | (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. |
(0.30) | (1Pe 5:3) | 1 tn Grk “not as lording it over…but being examples.” The participles continue the command of v. 2 by describing how the shepherding should be carried out. |
(0.30) | (1Pe 5:6) | 1 tn Grk “in time,” but connoting “the proper time, when the time is right” as in Matt 24:45; Luke 12:42. |
(0.30) | (1Pe 4:9) | 1 tn There is no main verb in this verse (“showing hospitality” translates the adjective φιλόξενοι [philoxenoi]), but it continues the sense of command from v. 7. |
(0.30) | (1Pe 4:10) | 1 tn Grk “serving it to one another.” The primary verb is a participle but it continues the sense of command from v. 7. |
(0.30) | (1Pe 4:6) | 3 tn Grk “so that they may be judged…but may live.” Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English. |
(0.30) | (1Pe 4:4) | 3 tn Grk “blaspheming,” giving the result of their astonishment. Here the target of their “blasphemy/vilification” is not God but the Christian. |
(0.30) | (1Pe 3:8) | 1 tn There is no main verb in this verse (Grk “Finally, all [ ] harmonious”), but it continues the sense of command from the previous paragraphs. |
(0.30) | (1Pe 2:6) | 4 tn Grk either “in him” or “in it,” but the OT and NT uses personify the stone as the King, the Messiah whom God will establish in Jerusalem. |
(0.30) | (1Pe 1:7) | 2 tn Grk “which is passing away but is tested by fire,” describing gold in a lesser-to-greater comparison with faith’s proven character. |
(0.30) | (1Pe 1:8) | 3 tn Grk “in whom not now seeing but believing, you exult.” The participles have been translated as finite verbs due to requirements of contemporary English style. |
(0.30) | (1Pe 1:1) | 1 tn Grk “Peter.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter. |
(0.30) | (Jam 1:27) | 3 tn Traditionally, “affliction.” BDAG 457 s.v. 1 has “difficult circumstances” for this specific context, but since this is somewhat lengthy, “adversity” was preferred instead. |