Discovery Box| (0.43) | (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. |
| (0.43) | (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. |
| (0.43) | (1Pe 1:17) | 1 tn Grk “the time of your sojourn,” picturing the Christian’s life in this world as a temporary stay in a foreign country (cf. 1:1). |
| (0.43) | (Heb 11:30) | 1 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1. |
| (0.43) | (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. |
| (0.43) | (Phm 1:10) | 3 sn During my imprisonment. Apparently Onesimus became a believer under Paul’s shepherding while he [Paul] was a prisoner in Rome. |
| (0.43) | (2Ti 1:5) | 1 tn Grk “recalling” (as a continuation of the preceding clause). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. |
| (0.43) | (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). |
| (0.43) | (2Th 1:9) | 1 tn Grk “who,” describing the people mentioned in v. 8. A new sentence was started here in the translation by replacing the relative pronoun with a personal pronoun. |
| (0.43) | (1Th 2:13) | 3 tn Paul’s focus is their attitude toward the message he preached: They received it not as a human message but a message from God. |
| (0.43) | (Eph 6:15) | 1 tn The definite article τοῖς (tois) was taken as a possessive pronoun, i.e., “your,” since it refers to a part of the physical body. |
| (0.43) | (Gal 5:23) | 1 tn “And” is supplied here as a matter of English style, which normally inserts “and” between the last two elements of a list or series. |
| (0.43) | (2Co 11:32) | 1 sn The governor was an official called an “ethnarch” who was appointed to rule on behalf of a king over a certain region. |
| (0.43) | (2Co 2:12) | 3 tn Grk “a door”; the phrase ἀνοίγω θύραν (anoigō thuran, “to open a door”) is an idiom meaning “to make possible some opportunity” (L&N 71.9). |
| (0.43) | (2Co 1:5) | 2 tn I.e., suffering incurred by Paul as a consequence of his relationship to Christ. The genitive could be considered to have a causative nuance here. |
| (0.43) | (1Co 11:30) | 1 tn Grk “are asleep.” The verb κοιμάω (koimaō) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer. |
| (0.43) | (1Co 7:39) | 1 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. |
| (0.43) | (Rom 8:37) | 1 tn BDAG 1034 s.v. ὑπερνικάω states, “as a heightened form of νικᾶν prevail completely ὑπερνικῶμεν we are winning a most glorious victory Ro 8:37.” |
| (0.43) | (Act 28:18) | 2 tn Or “had questioned me”; or “had examined me.” BDAG 66 s.v. ἀνακρίνω 2 states, “to conduct a judicial hearing, hear a case, question.” |
| (0.43) | (Act 27:17) | 3 tn Possibly “ropes” or “cables”; Grk “helps” (a word of uncertain meaning; probably a nautical technical term, BDAG 180 s.v. βοήθεια 2). |
