Proverbs 10:25

10:25 When the storm ¹  passes through, the wicked are swept away, ² 

but the righteous are an everlasting foundation. ³ 

Luke 6:48-49

6:48 He is like a man ⁴  building a house, who dug down deep, ⁵  and laid the foundation on bedrock. When ⁶  a flood came, the river ⁷  burst against that house but ⁸  could not shake it, because it had been well built. ⁹  6:49 But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice ¹⁰  is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When ¹¹  the river burst against that house, ¹²  it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!” ¹³ 

Galatians 5:6

5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight – the only thing that matters is faith working through love. ¹⁴ 

Ephesians 3:17

3:17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

Ephesians 3:2

3:2 if indeed ¹⁵  you have heard of the stewardship ¹⁶  of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

Ephesians 2:19

2:19 So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

¹ sn The word for “storm wind” comes from the root סוּף (suf, “to come to an end; to cease”). The noun may then describe the kind of storm that makes an end of things, a “whirlwind” (so KJV, NASB; NLT “cyclone”). It is used in prophetic passages that describe swift judgment and destruction.

² tn Heb “the wicked are not”; ASV, NAB, NASB “is no more.”

³ tn Heb “a foundation forever”; NLT “have a lasting foundation.”

⁴ tn Here and in v. 49 the Greek text reads ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), while the parallel account in Matt 7:24-27 uses ἀνήρ (anhr) in vv. 24 and 26.

⁵ tn There are actually two different Greek verbs used here: “who dug (ἔσκαψεν, eskayen) and dug deep (ἐβάθυνεν, ebaqunen).” Jesus is placing emphasis on the effort to which the man went to prepare his foundation.

⁶ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁷ sn The picture here is of a river overflowing its banks and causing flooding and chaos.

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in the context.

⁹ tc Most mss, especially later ones (A C D Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 Ï latt), read “because he built [it] on the rock” rather than “because it had been well built” (Ì^75vid א B L W Ξ 33 579 892 1241 2542 pc sa). The reading of the later mss seems to be a harmonization to Matt 7:25, rendering it most likely secondary.

⁷ tn Grk “does not do [them].”

⁸ tn Grk “against which”; because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative clause was converted to a temporal clause in the translation and a new sentence started here.

⁹ tn Grk “it”; the referent (that house) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Grk “and its crash was great.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “but faith working through love.”

¹³ sn If indeed. The author is not doubting whether his audience has heard, but is rather using provocative language (if indeed) to engage his audience in thinking about the magnificence of God’s grace. However, in English translation, the apodosis (“then”-clause) does not come until v. 13, leaving the protasis (“if”-clause) dangling. Eph 3:2-7 constitute one sentence in Greek.

¹⁴ tn Or “administration,” “dispensation,” “commission.”