3:1 Remind them to be subject to rulers and 6 authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.
1 tn Or “sensible.”
1 tn Or “sensible.”
2 sn Temperate…in endurance. See the same cluster of virtues in 1 Thess 1:3 and 1 Cor 13:13.
1 tn Grk “that they may train” (continuing the sentence of 2:3).
2 tn This verb, σωφρονίζω (swfronizw), denotes teaching in the sense of bringing people to their senses, showing what sound thinking is.
1 tc Most later witnesses (D2 0278 Ï lat sy) have καί (kai, “and”) after ἀρχαῖς (arcai", “rulers”), though the earliest and best witnesses (א A C D* F G Ψ 33 104 1739 1881) lack the conjunction. Although the καί is most likely not authentic, it has been added in translation due to the requirements of English style. For more discussion, see TCGNT 586.
1 tn Or “sensible.”
2 tn Grk “domestic,” “keeping house.”
3 tn Or “word.”
4 tn Or “slandered.”