7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ 1 will enter into the kingdom of heaven – only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
1 sn The double use of the vocative is normally used in situations of high emotion or emphasis. Even an emphatic confession without action means little.
2 tn Grk “saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.
3 tn Grk “this”; the referent (the cup) has been specified in the translation for clarity.