3:10 You, however, 8 have followed my teaching, my 9 way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,
4:1 I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
1 tn Grk “having broken…and having brought…” (describing Christ). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here (and at the beginning of v. 11) in the translation.
2 tn Grk “what you heard from me” (cf. 1:13).
3 tn Grk “through many witnesses.” The “through” is used here to show attendant circumstances: “accompanied by,” “in the presence of.”
4 tn Grk “faithful men”; but here ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") is generic, referring to both men and women.
5 tn Or “able” (see Paul’s use of this word in regard to ministry in 2 Cor 2:16; 3:5-6).
3 tn Grk “the elect.”
4 tn Grk “with eternal glory.”
4 sn There is a strong emphasis on the pronoun you in contrast to the people described in vv. 2-9.
5 tn The possessive “my” occurs only at the beginning of the list but is positioned in Greek to apply to each of the words in the series.
5 tn Grk “having loved.”
6 map For location see JP1-C1; JP2-C1; JP3-C1; JP4-C1.