1 Samuel 2:30

2:30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I really did say ¹  that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve ²  me forever.’ But now the Lord says, ‘May it never be! ³  For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!

Psalms 112:6

112:6 For he will never be upended;

others will always remember one who is just. ⁴ 

Mark 14:9

14:9 I tell you the truth, ⁵  wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Mark 14:2

14:2 For they said, “Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.” ⁶ 

Colossians 1:18

1:18 He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn ⁷  from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things. ⁸ 

Hebrews 6:10

6:10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.

¹ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

² tn Heb “walk about before.”

³ tn Heb “may it be far removed from me.”

⁴ tn Heb “for an eternal memorial a just [one] will be.”

⁵ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

⁶ sn The suggestion here is that Jesus was too popular to openly arrest him. The verb were trying is imperfect. It suggests, in this context, that they were always considering the opportunities.

⁷ tn See the note on the term “firstborn” in 1:15. Here the reference to Jesus as the “firstborn from among the dead” seems to be arguing for a chronological priority, i.e., Jesus was the first to rise from the dead.

⁸ tn Grk “in order that he may become in all things, himself, first.”