1 Chronicles 28:9

28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey ¹  the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, ²  for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, ³  but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

1 Chronicles 29:5

29:5 for gold and silver items, and for all the work of the craftsmen. Who else wants to contribute to the Lord today?”

1 Chronicles 29:9

29:9 The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the Lord with a willing attitude; ⁴  King David was also very happy. ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 29:14

29:14 “But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much? ⁶  Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours. ⁷ 

Nehemiah 11:2

11:2 The people gave their blessing on all the men who volunteered to settle in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 6:8

6:8 I heard the voice of the sovereign master say, “Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?” ⁸  I answered, “Here I am, send me!”

Isaiah 6:2

6:2 Seraphs ⁹  stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, ¹⁰  and they used the remaining two to fly.

Colossians 1:12

1:12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share ¹¹  in the saints’ ¹²  inheritance in the light.

Philemon 1:14

1:14 However, ¹³  without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.

Philemon 1:1-4

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ¹⁴  a prisoner of Christ Jesus, ¹⁵  and Timothy our ¹⁶  brother, to Philemon, our dear friend ¹⁷  and colaborer, 1:2 to Apphia ¹⁸  our sister, ¹⁹  to Archippus our ²⁰  fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your house. 1:3 Grace and peace to you ²¹  from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Thanks for Philemon’s Love and Faith

1:4 I always thank my God ²²  as I remember you in my prayers, ²³ 

[28:9]  ¹ tn Heb “know.”

[28:9]  ² tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”

[28:9]  ³ tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”

[29:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “with a complete heart.”

[29:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “was rejoiced with great joy.”

[29:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “that we should retain strength to contribute like this.”

[29:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “and from you we have given to you.”

[6:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “for us.” The plural pronoun refers to the Lord, the seraphs, and the rest of the heavenly assembly.

[6:2]  ⁹ tn Hebrew שָׂרָף (saraf, “seraph”) literally means “burning one,” perhaps suggesting that these creatures had a fiery appearance (cf. TEV, CEV “flaming creatures”; NCV “heavenly creatures of fire”). Elsewhere in the OT the word “seraph” refers to poisonous snakes (Num 21:6; Deut 8:15; Isa 14:29; 30:6). Perhaps they were called “burning ones” because of their appearance or the effect of their venomous bites, which would cause a victim to burn up with fever. It is possible that the seraphs seen by Isaiah were at least partially serpentine in appearance. Though it might seem strange for a snake-like creature to have wings, two of the texts where “seraphs” are snakes describe them as “flying” (Isa 14:29; 30:6), perhaps referring to their darting movements. See the note at 14:29.

[6:2]  ¹⁰ sn Some understand “feet” here as a euphemistic reference to the genitals.

[1:12]  ¹¹ tn BDAG 473 s.v. ἱκανόω states, “τινὰ εἴς τι someone for someth. Col 1:12.” The point of the text is that God has qualified the saints for a “share” or “portion” in the inheritance of the saints.

[1:12]  ¹² tn Grk “the inheritance of the saints.” The genitive noun τῶν ἁγίων (twn Jagiwn) is a possessive genitive: “the saints’ inheritance.”

[1:14]  ¹³ tn Though the Greek text does not read the term “however,” it is clearly implied and thus supplied in the English translation to accent the contrastive nature of Paul’s statement.

[1:1]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[1:1]  ¹⁵ sn The phrase a prisoner of Christ Jesus implies that Paul was being held prisoner because of his testimony for Christ Jesus. Paul’s imprisonment was due to his service to Christ, in the same manner as John was exiled to the Isle of Patmos because of his testimony (Rev 1:9).

[1:1]  ¹⁶ tn “our” is not present in the Greek text, but was supplied to bring out the sense in English.

[1:1]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “dear.” The adjective is functioning as a substantive; i.e., “dear one” or “dear friend.”

[1:2]  ¹⁸ sn Apphia is thought to be the wife of Philemon.

[1:2]  ¹⁹ tc Most witnesses (D² Ψ Ï) here read τῇ ἀγαπητῇ (th agaphth, “beloved, dear”), a reading that appears to have been motivated by the masculine form of the same adjective in v. 1. Further, the earliest and best witnesses, along with a few others (א A D* F G I P 048 0278 33 81 104 1739 1881 pc), have ἀδελφῇ (adelfh, “sister”). Thus on internal and external grounds, ἀδελφῇ is the strongly preferred reading.

[1:2]  ²⁰ tn Though the term “our” does not appear in the Greek text it is inserted to bring out the sense of the passage.

[1:3]  ²¹ tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”

[1:4]  ²² sn I always thank my God. An offer of thanksgiving (εὐχαριστῶ, eucaristw) to God is a customary formula for Paul in many of his epistles (cf. Rom 1:8, 1 Cor 1:4, Eph 1:16, Col 1:3, 1 Thess 1:2, 2 Thess 1:3). The content of the thanksgiving typically points to the work of God in the salvation of the believers to whom he [Paul] writes.

[1:4]  ²³ tn Grk “making remembrance (or “mention”) of you in my prayers.”