2 Timothy 3:16-17

3:16 Every scripture ¹  is inspired by God ²  and useful for teaching, for reproof, ³  for correction, and for training in righteousness, 3:17 that the person dedicated to God ⁴  may be capable ⁵  and equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 4:3

4:3 For there will be a time when people ⁶  will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, ⁷  they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. ⁸ 

Acts 2:42

The Fellowship of the Early Believers

2:42 They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, ⁹  to the breaking of bread and to prayer. ¹⁰ 

Romans 16:17

16:17 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, ¹¹  to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!

Ephesians 4:14

4:14 So ¹²  we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes. ¹³ 

Ephesians 4:1

Live in Unity

4:1 I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, ¹⁴  urge you to live ¹⁵  worthily of the calling with which you have been called, ¹⁶ 

Ephesians 1:3

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

1:3 Blessed ¹⁷  is ¹⁸  the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed ¹⁹  us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

Ephesians 4:12-13

4:12 to equip ²⁰  the saints for the work of ministry, that is, ²¹  to build up the body of Christ, 4:13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God – a mature person, attaining to ²²  the measure of Christ’s full stature. ²³ 

Titus 2:7

2:7 showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

Hebrews 13:9

13:9 Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. ²⁴  For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, ²⁵  which have never benefited those who participated in them.

Hebrews 13:2

13:2 Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it. ²⁶ 

Hebrews 1:9-10

1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.

So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions ²⁷  with the oil of rejoicing.” ²⁸ 

1:10 And,

“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, ²⁹ 

and the heavens are the works of your hands.

[3:16]  ¹ tn Or “All scripture.”

[3:16]  ² sn Inspired by God. Some have connected this adjective in a different way and translated it as “every inspired scripture is also useful.” But this violates the parallelism of the two adjectives in the sentence, and the arrangement of words makes clear that both should be taken as predicate adjectives: “every scripture is inspired…and useful.”

[3:16]  ³ tn Or “rebuke,” “censure.” The Greek word implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.

[3:17]  ⁴ tn Grk “the man of God,” but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpos) is most likely used here in a generic sense, referring to both men and women.

[3:17]  ⁵ tn This word is positioned for special emphasis; it carries the sense of “complete, competent, able to meet all demands.”

[4:3]  ⁶ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people in that future time) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:3]  ⁷ tn Grk “in accord with.”

[4:3]  ⁸ tn Grk “having an itching in regard to hearing,” “having itching ears.”

[2:42]  ⁹ sn Fellowship refers here to close association involving mutual involvement and relationships.

[2:42]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “prayers.” This word was translated as a collective singular in keeping with English style.

[16:17]  ¹¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[4:14]  ¹² tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:14]  ¹³ tn While the sense of the passage is clear enough, translation in English is somewhat difficult. The Greek says: “by the trickery of men, by craftiness with the scheme of deceit.” The point is that the author is concerned about Christians growing into maturity. He is fearful that certain kinds of very cunning people, who are skilled at deceitful scheming, should come in and teach false doctrines which would in turn stunt the growth of the believers.

[4:1]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “prisoner in the Lord.”

[4:1]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “walk.” The verb “walk” in the NT letters refers to the conduct of one’s life, not to physical walking.

[4:1]  ¹⁶ 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.

[1:3]  ¹⁷ sn Eph 1:3-14 comprises one long sentence in Greek, with three major sections. Each section ends with a note of praise for God (vv. 6, 12, 14), focusing on a different member of the Trinity. After an opening summary of all the saints’ spiritual blessings (v. 3), the first section (vv. 4-6) offers up praise that the Father has chosen us in eternity past; the second section (vv. 7-12) offers up praise that the Son has redeemed us in the historical past (i.e., at the cross); the third section (vv. 13-14) offers up praise that the Holy Spirit has sealed us in our personal past, at the point of conversion.

[1:3]  ¹⁸ tn There is no verb in the Greek text; either the optative (“be”) or the indicative (“is”) can be supplied. The meaning of the term εὐλογητός (euloghtos), the author’s intention at this point in the epistle, and the literary genre of this material must all come into play to determine which is the preferred nuance. εὐλογητός as an adjective can mean either that one is praised or that one is blessed, that is, in a place of favor and benefit. The meaning “blessed” would be more naturally paired with an indicative verb here and would suggest that blessedness is an intrinsic part of God’s character. The meaning “praised” would be more naturally paired with an optative verb here and would suggest that God ought to be praised. Pauline style in the epistles generally moves from statements to obligations, expressing the reality first and then the believer’s necessary response, which would favor the indicative. However, many scholars regard Eph 1:3-14 as a berakah psalm (cf. A. T. Lincoln, Ephesians [WBC], 10-11). Rooted in the OT and Jewish worship, berakah psalms were songs of praise in which the worshiper gave praise to God; this would favor the optative (although not all scholars are agreed on this genre classification here; see H. W. Hoehner, Ephesians, 153-59, for discussion and an alternate conclusion). When considered as a whole, although a decision is difficult, the indicative seems to fit all the factors better. The author seems to be pointing to who God is and what he has done for believers in this section; the indicative more naturally fits that emphasis. Cf. also 2 Cor 1:3; 1 Pet 1:3.

[1:3]  ¹⁹ tn Or “enriched,” “conferred blessing.”

[4:12]  ²⁰ tn On the translation of πρὸς τὸν καταρτισμὸν τῶν ἁγίων (pro" ton katartismon twn Jagiwn) as “to equip the saints” see BDAG 526 s.v. καταρτισμός. In this case the genitive is taken as objective and the direct object of the verbal idea implied in καταρτισμός (katartismo").

[4:12]  ²¹ tn The εἰς (eis) clause is taken as epexegetical to the previous εἰς clause, namely, εἰς ἔργον διακονίας (ei" ergon diakonia").

[4:13]  ²² tn The words “attaining to” were supplied in the translation to pick up the καταντήσωμεν (katanthswmen) mentioned earlier in the sentence and the εἰς (eis) which heads up this clause.

[4:13]  ²³ tn Grk “the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” On this translation of ἡλικία (Jhlikia, “stature”) see BDAG 436 s.v. 3.

[13:9]  ²⁴ tn Grk “by diverse and strange teachings.”

[13:9]  ²⁵ tn Grk “foods,” referring to the meals associated with the OT sacrifices (see the contrast with the next verse; also 9:9-10; 10:1, 4, 11).

[13:2]  ²⁶ sn This is a vague allusion to people described in scripture and extra-biblical literature and may include Abraham and Sarah (Gen 18:2-15), Lot (Gen 19:1-14), Gideon (Judg 6:11-18), Manoah (Judg 13:3-22), and possibly Tobit (Tob 12:1-20).

[1:9]  ²⁷ sn God…has anointed you over your companions. God’s anointing gives the son a superior position and authority over his fellows.

[1:9]  ²⁸ sn A quotation from Ps 45:6-7.

[1:10]  ²⁹ sn You founded the earth…your years will never run out. In its original setting Ps 102:25-27 refers to the work of God in creation, but here in Hebrews 1:10-12 the writer employs it in reference to Christ, the Lord, making a strong argument for the essential deity of the Son.