¹ tn Grk “for your progress.”

¹ tn Grk “for they will not progress any more.”

¹ tn Grk “that your progress may be evident to all.”

² tn The verb in this clause is a progressive imperfect.

³ sn The progression from walking to running is an idiom called “anabasis,” suggesting that as greater and swifter progress is made, there will be nothing to impede the progress (e.g., Isa 40:31).

² tn These verbs (“eating…drinking…marrying…being given in marriage”) are all progressive imperfects, describing action in progress at that time.

³ tn In this case and in the next clause the imperfect tenses are to be taken as progressive imperfects—the action is in progress.

³ tn The present indicative verb κρατεῖς (krateis) has been translated as a progressive present.

² tn Grk “they [who engage in it] will progress even more in ungodliness.”

² tn The periphrastic construction εὐαγγελιζόμενοι ἦσαν (euangelizomenoi ēsan) has been translated as a progressive imperfect.

¹ tn Grk “kept on spreading”; the verb has been translated as a progressive imperfect.

¹ tn Or “kept increasing.” The imperfect tense suggests something of a progressive force to the verb.

² tn The active participle indicates the action was in progress or about to begin.

² tn The imperfect verb ηὔξανεν (ēuxanen) has been translated as a progressive imperfect, as has the following verb ἴσχυεν (ischuen).

⁴ tn The imperfect tense verbs may be classified as habitual or progressive imperfects describing their ongoing continual activity.

² tn The prefixed verbal form may be taken as a preterite or as an imperfect with past progressive force.

¹ tn The prefixed verbal form may be taken as a preterite or as an imperfect with past progressive force.

⁴ tn The prefixed verbal form may be taken as a preterite or as an imperfect with past progressive force.

¹ tn The imperfect verbal forms in vv. 17-18 draw attention to the progressive nature of the action.

¹ tn The imperfect verb would be a progressive imperfect, it is future, but it is also already underway.