5:23 Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
5:1 Now on the topic of times and seasons, 2 brothers and sisters, 3 you have no need for anything to be written to you.
4:1 So then, my brothers and sisters, 13 dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!
4:2 I appeal to Euodia and to Syntyche to agree in the Lord.
1:12 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, 18 that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel: 19
2:1 Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, 20 any affection or mercy, 21
2:1 Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, 22 any affection or mercy, 23
1:15 Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.
4:1 So then, my brothers and sisters, 29 dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!
4:2 I appeal to Euodia and to Syntyche to agree in the Lord.
2:1 But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with 32 sound teaching.
2:1 But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with 33 sound teaching.
1 tc ‡ Important and early witnesses (א* A D* 81 629 lat) have ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”) at the end of this benediction, while the majority of
2 tn Grk “concerning the times and the seasons,” a reference to future periods of eschatological fulfillment (cf. Acts 1:7).
3 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.
4 tn Grk “walk.” The verb περιπατέω (peripatew) is a common NT idiom for one’s lifestyle, behavior, or manner of conduct (L&N 41.11).
5 tn BDAG 276 s.v. ἑδραῖος suggests “firm, steadfast.”
6 tn BDAG 639 s.v. μετακινέω suggests “without shifting from the hope” here.
7 tn Grk “and faithful.” The construction in Greek (as well as Paul’s style) suggests that the saints are identical to the faithful; hence, the καί (kai) is best left untranslated (cf. Eph 1:1). See ExSyn 281-82.
8 tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).
9 tn Or “Grace to you and peace.”
10 tc Most witnesses, including some important ones (א A C F G I [P] 075 Ï it bo), read “and the Lord Jesus Christ” at the end of this verse, no doubt to conform the wording to the typical Pauline salutation. However, excellent and early witnesses (B D K L Ψ 33 81 1175 1505 1739 1881 al sa) lack this phrase. Since the omission is inexplicable as arising from the longer reading (otherwise, these
11 tc διὰ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ (dia tou {aimato" autou, “through his blood”) is read at this juncture by several minuscule
12 tn Or “holding out, holding forth.”
13 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.
14 tn Grk “Just as.” The sense here is probably, “So I give thanks (v. 3) just as it is right for me…”
15 tn Or possibly “because you have me in your heart.”
16 tn Grk “in my bonds.” The meaning “imprisonment” derives from a figurative extension of the literal meaning (“bonds,” “fetters,” “chains”), L&N 37.115.
17 tn The word “God’s” is supplied from the context (v. 2) to clarify the meaning.
18 tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).
19 tn Grk “for the advance of the gospel.” The genitive εὐαγγελίου (euangeliou) is taken as objective.
20 tn Or “spiritual fellowship” if πνεύματος (pneumato") is an attributive genitive; or “fellowship brought about by the Spirit” if πνεύματος is a genitive of source or production.
21 tn Grk “and any affection and mercy.” The Greek idea, however, is best expressed by “or” in English.
22 tn Or “spiritual fellowship” if πνεύματος (pneumato") is an attributive genitive; or “fellowship brought about by the Spirit” if πνεύματος is a genitive of source or production.
23 tn Grk “and any affection and mercy.” The Greek idea, however, is best expressed by “or” in English.
24 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.
25 tn Or “most of the brothers and sisters in the Lord, having confidence.”
26 tn Grk “even more so.”
27 tc A number of significant
28 tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”
29 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.
30 tn Grk “the blessed hope and glorious appearing.”
31 tn The terms “God and Savior” both refer to the same person, Jesus Christ. This is one of the clearest statements in the NT concerning the deity of Christ. The construction in Greek is known as the Granville Sharp rule, named after the English philanthropist-linguist who first clearly articulated the rule in 1798. Sharp pointed out that in the construction article-noun-καί-noun (where καί [kai] = “and”), when two nouns are singular, personal, and common (i.e., not proper names), they always had the same referent. Illustrations such as “the friend and brother,” “the God and Father,” etc. abound in the NT to prove Sharp’s point. The only issue is whether terms such as “God” and “Savior” could be considered common nouns as opposed to proper names. Sharp and others who followed (such as T. F. Middleton in his masterful The Doctrine of the Greek Article) demonstrated that a proper name in Greek was one that could not be pluralized. Since both “God” (θεός, qeos) and “savior” (σωτήρ, swthr) were occasionally found in the plural, they did not constitute proper names, and hence, do fit Sharp’s rule. Although there have been 200 years of attempts to dislodge Sharp’s rule, all attempts have been futile. Sharp’s rule stands vindicated after all the dust has settled. For more information on Sharp’s rule see ExSyn 270-78, esp. 276. See also 2 Pet 1:1 and Jude 4.
32 tn Grk “say what is fitting for sound teaching” (introducing the behavior called for in this chapter.).
33 tn Grk “say what is fitting for sound teaching” (introducing the behavior called for in this chapter.).