140:11 A slanderer 1 will not endure on 2 the earth;
calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down. 3
4:1 I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, 4 urge you to live 5 worthily of the calling with which you have been called, 6
2:1 But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with 13 sound teaching.
2:1 But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with 14 sound teaching.
1 tn Heb “a man of a tongue.”
2 tn Heb “be established in.”
3 tn Heb “for blows.” The Hebrew noun מַדְחֵפֹה (madkhefoh, “blow”) occurs only here in the OT.
4 tn Grk “prisoner in the Lord.”
5 tn Grk “walk.” The verb “walk” in the NT letters refers to the conduct of one’s life, not to physical walking.
6 sn With which you have been called. The calling refers to the Holy Spirit’s prompting that caused them to believe. The author is thus urging his readers to live a life that conforms to their saved status before God.
7 tn Grk “according to.” The verse is a prepositional phrase subordinate to v. 10.
8 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.
9 tn Or “administration,” “dispensation,” “commission.”
10 tn Or “namely, that is.”
11 tn Or “mystery.”
12 tn Or “as I wrote above briefly.”
13 tn Grk “say what is fitting for sound teaching” (introducing the behavior called for in this chapter.).
14 tn Grk “say what is fitting for sound teaching” (introducing the behavior called for in this chapter.).