Romans 2:5

2:5 But because of your stubbornness ¹  and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed! ² 

Philippians 1:28

1:28 and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is ³  a sign of their ⁴  destruction, but of your salvation – a sign which ⁵  is from God.

Philippians 1:2

1:2 Grace and peace to you ⁶  from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Philippians 2:3

2:3 Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition ⁷  or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.

Philippians 2:1

Christian Unity and Christ’s Humility

2:1 Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, ⁸  any affection or mercy, ⁹ 

Philippians 1:9

1:9 And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

Revelation 17:8

17:8 The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss ¹⁰  and then go to destruction. The ¹¹  inhabitants of the earth – all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world – will be astounded when they see that ¹²  the beast was, and is not, but is to come.

Revelation 17:11

17:11 The ¹³  beast that was, and is not, is himself an eighth king and yet is one of the seven, and is going to destruction.

¹ tn Grk “hardness.” Concerning this imagery, see Jer 4:4; Ezek 3:7; 1 En. 16:3.

² tn Grk “in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.”

³ tn Grk “which is,” continuing the sentence begun in v. 27.

⁴ tn Grk “to them.”

⁵ tn Grk “this.” The pronoun refers back to “a sign”; thus these words have been repeated for clarity.

⁶ tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”

⁷ tn Grk “not according to selfish ambition.” There is no main verb in this verse; the subjunctive φρονῆτε (fronhte, “be of the same mind”) is implied here as well. Thus, although most translations supply the verb “do” at the beginning of v. 3 (e.g., “do nothing from selfish ambition”), the idea is even stronger than that: “Don’t even think any thoughts motivated by selfish ambition.”

⁸ tn Or “spiritual fellowship” if πνεύματος (pneumato") is an attributive genitive; or “fellowship brought about by the Spirit” if πνεύματος is a genitive of source or production.

⁹ tn Grk “and any affection and mercy.” The Greek idea, however, is best expressed by “or” in English.

¹⁰ tn On this term BDAG 2 s.v. ἄβυσσος 2 states, “netherworld, abyss, esp. the abode of the dead Ro 10:7 (Ps 106:26) and of demons Lk 8:31; dungeon where the devil is kept Rv 20:3; abode of the θηρίον, the Antichrist 11:7; 17:8; of ᾿Αβαδδών (q.v.), the angel of the underworld 9:11…φρέαρ τῆς ἀ. 9:1f; capable of being sealed 9:1; 20:1, 3.”

¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹² tn Some translations take the ὅτι (Joti) here as causal: “because he was, and is not, but is to come” (so NIV, NRSV), but it is much more likely that the subject of the ὅτι clause has been assimilated into the main clause: “when they see the beast, that he was…” = “when they see that the beast was” (so BDAG 732 s.v. ὅτι 1.f, where Rev 17:8 is listed).

¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.