11:27 And this is my covenant with them, 1
when I take away their sins.” 2
16:17 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, 12 to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!
1 sn A quotation from Isa 59:20-21.
2 sn A quotation from Isa 27:9; Jer 31:33-34.
3 tn Grk “are about to, are certainly going to.”
4 sn This remark is parenthetical to Paul’s argument.
5 tn Grk “of the circumcision”; that is, the Jews.
6 tn Or “to the patriarchs.”
7 sn He refers to God here; Paul has not specifically identified him for the sake of rhetorical power (for by leaving the subject slightly ambiguous, he draws his audience into seeing God’s hand in places where he is not explicitly mentioned).
8 tn Grk “he,” or “it”; the referent (the Spirit) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 sn A quotation from Isa 65:2.
11 sn The spelling Tryphena is also used by NIV, NKJV, NLT; the name is alternately spelled Tryphaena (NASB, NRSV).
12 tn Grk “Greet the beloved.”
13 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.
15 tn Grk “hearts.”