Acts 11:23

11:23 When ¹  he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true ²  to the Lord with devoted hearts, ³ 

Romans 1:12

1:12 that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, ⁴  both yours and mine.

Colossians 2:5

2:5 For though ⁵  I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see ⁶  your morale ⁷  and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

Colossians 2:1

2:1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, ⁸  and for those in Laodicea, and for those who have not met me face to face. ⁹ 

Colossians 3:8

3:8 But now, put off all such things ¹⁰  as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.

Colossians 3:2

3:2 Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,

Colossians 1:4

1:4 since ¹¹  we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

¹ tn Grk “Antioch, who when.” The relative pronoun was omitted and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek.

² tn BDAG 883 s.v. προσμένω 1.a.β has “remain true to the Lord” for προσμένειν (prosmenein) in this verse.

³ tn Grk “with purpose of heart”; BDAG 869 s.v. πρόθεσις 2.a translates this phrase “purpose of heart, i.e. devotion” here.

⁴ tn Grk “that is, to be comforted together with you through the faith in one another.”

⁵ tn The conditional particle εἰ (ei) together with καί (kai) here indicates a first class condition in Greek and carries a concessive force, especially when seen in contrast to the following phrase which begins with ἀλλά (alla).

⁶ tn Grk “rejoicing and seeing.”

⁷ tn The Greek word τάξις can mean “order,” “discipline,” or even “unbroken ranks” (REB).

⁸ tn Or “I want you to know how hard I am working for you…”

⁹ tn Grk “as many as have not seen my face in the flesh.”

¹⁰ tn The Greek article with τὰ πάντα (ta panta) is anaphoric, referring to the previous list of vices, and has been translated here as “all such things.”

¹¹ tn The adverbial participle ἀκούσαντες (akousante") is understood to be temporal and translated with “since.” A causal idea may also be in the apostle’s mind, but the context emphasizes temporal ideas, e.g., “from the day” (v. 6).