Acts 16:15

16:15 After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, ¹  “If ²  you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, ³  come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded ⁴  us.

Acts 16:2

16:2 The brothers in Lystra ⁵  and Iconium ⁶  spoke well ⁷  of him. ⁸ 

Colossians 1:23

1:23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, ⁹  without shifting ¹⁰  from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

Ephesians 3:6

3:6 namely, that through the gospel ¹¹  the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members ¹²  of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:7

1:7 For ¹³  it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, ¹⁴  since both in my imprisonment ¹⁵  and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace ¹⁶  together with me.

Philippians 1:1-2

Salutation

1:1 From Paul ¹⁷  and Timothy, slaves ¹⁸  of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, ¹⁹  with the overseers ²⁰  and deacons. 1:2 Grace and peace to you ²¹  from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Hebrews 3:1

Jesus and Moses

3:1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, ²²  partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, ²³ 

Hebrews 3:14

3:14 For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence ²⁴  firm until the end.

James 2:5

2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! ²⁵  Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

James 2:1

Prejudice and the Law of Love

2:1 My brothers and sisters, ²⁶  do not show prejudice ²⁷  if you possess faith ²⁸  in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁹ 

James 5:1

Warning to the Rich

5:1 Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud ³⁰  over the miseries that are coming on you.

James 5:1

Warning to the Rich

5:1 Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud ³¹  over the miseries that are coming on you.

James 1:3

1:3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

[16:15]  ¹ tn Grk “urged us, saying.” The participle λέγουσα (legousa) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

[16:15]  ² tn This is a first class condition in Greek, with the statement presented as real or true for the sake of the argument.

[16:15]  ³ tn Or “faithful to the Lord.” BDAG 821 s.v. πίστος 2 states concerning this verse, “Of one who confesses the Christian faith believing or a believer in the Lord, in Christ, in God πιστ. τῷ κυρίῳ Ac 16:15.” L&N 11.17 has “one who is included among the faithful followers of Christ – ‘believer, Christian, follower.’”

[16:15]  ⁴ tn Although BDAG 759 s.v. παραβιάζομαι has “urge strongly, prevail upon,” in contemporary English “persuade” is a more frequently used synonym for “prevail upon.”

[16:2]  ⁵ sn Lystra was a city in Lycaonia about 25 mi (40 km) south of Iconium.

[16:2]  ⁶ sn Iconium was a city in Lycaonia about 110 mi (175 km) east of Pisidian Antioch.

[16:2]  ⁷ tn For this sense of μαρτυρέω (marturew), see BDAG 618 s.v. 2.b.

[16:2]  ⁸ tn Grk “who was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.” Because of the awkwardness in English of having two relative clauses follow one another (“who was a believer…who was well spoken of”) and the awkwardness of the passive verb (“was well spoken of”), the relative pronoun at the beginning of 16:2 (“who”) has been translated as a pronoun (“him”) and the construction converted from passive to active at the same time a new sentence was started in the translation.

[1:23]  ⁹ tn BDAG 276 s.v. ἑδραῖος suggests “firm, steadfast.”

[1:23]  ¹⁰ tn BDAG 639 s.v. μετακινέω suggests “without shifting from the hope” here.

[3:6]  ¹¹ sn The phrase through the gospel is placed last in the sentence in Greek for emphasis. It has been moved forward for clarity.

[3:6]  ¹² tn Grk “and fellow members.”

[1:7]  ¹³ tn Grk “Just as.” The sense here is probably, “So I give thanks (v. 3) just as it is right for me…”

[1:7]  ¹⁴ tn Or possibly “because you have me in your heart.”

[1:7]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “in my bonds.” The meaning “imprisonment” derives from a figurative extension of the literal meaning (“bonds,” “fetters,” “chains”), L&N 37.115.

[1:7]  ¹⁶ tn The word “God’s” is supplied from the context (v. 2) to clarify the meaning.

[1:1]  ¹⁷ 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]  ¹⁸ tn Traditionally, “servants” or “bondservants.” Though δοῦλος (doulos) is normally translated “servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. BDAG notes that “‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early American times…in normal usage at the present time the two words are carefully distinguished” (BDAG 260 s.v.). The most accurate translation is “bondservant” (sometimes found in the ASV for δοῦλος), in that it often indicates one who sells himself into slavery to another. But as this is archaic, few today understand its force.

[1:1]  ¹⁹ map For location see JP1 C1; JP2 C1; JP3 C1; JP4 C1.

[1:1]  ²⁰ sn The overseers (or “church leaders,” L&N 53.71) is another term for the same official position of leadership as the “elder.” This is seen in the interchange of the two terms in Titus 1:6-7 and in Acts 20:17, 28, as well as in the parallels between Titus 1:6-7 and 1 Tim 3:1-7.

[1:2]  ²¹ tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”

[3:1]  ²² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

[3:1]  ²³ tn Grk “of our confession.”

[3:14]  ²⁴ tn Grk “the beginning of the confidence.”

[2:5]  ²⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[2:1]  ²⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[2:1]  ²⁷ tn Or “partiality.”

[2:1]  ²⁸ tn Grk “do not have faith with personal prejudice,” with emphasis on the last phrase.

[2:1]  ²⁹ tn Grk “our Lord Jesus Christ of glory.” Here δόξης (doxhs) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

[5:1]  ³⁰ tn Or “wail”; Grk “crying aloud.”

[5:1]  ³¹ tn Or “wail”; Grk “crying aloud.”