Ephesians 5:8

5:8 for you were at one time darkness, but now you are ¹  light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light –

Deuteronomy 5:15

5:15 Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there by strength and power. ²  That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to observe ³  the Sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 8:2

8:2 Remember the whole way by which he ⁴  has brought you these forty years through the desert ⁵  so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

Deuteronomy 9:7

The History of Israel’s Stubbornness

9:7 Remember – don’t ever forget ⁶  – how you provoked the Lord your God in the desert; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him. ⁷ 

Deuteronomy 15:15

15:15 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore, I am commanding you to do this thing today.

Deuteronomy 16:12

16:12 Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.

Isaiah 51:1-2

There is Hope for the Future

51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, ⁸ 

who seek the Lord!

Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,

at the quarry ⁹  from which you were dug! ¹⁰ 

51:2 Look at Abraham, your father,

and Sarah, who gave you birth. ¹¹ 

When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, ¹² 

but I blessed him ¹³  and gave him numerous descendants. ¹⁴ 

Ezekiel 16:61-63

16:61 Then you will remember your conduct, and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you. 16:62 I will establish my covenant with you, and then you will know that I am the Lord. 16:63 Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent ¹⁵  when I make atonement for all you have done, ¹⁶  declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 20:43

20:43 And there you will remember your conduct ¹⁷  and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves. You will despise yourselves ¹⁸  because of all the evil deeds you have done.

Ezekiel 36:31

36:31 Then you will remember your evil behavior ¹⁹  and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds.

Ezekiel 36:1

Blessings on the Mountains of Israel

36:1 “As for you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord!

Colossians 1:11

1:11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of ²⁰  all patience and steadfastness, joyfully

Colossians 1:2

1:2 to the saints, the faithful ²¹  brothers and sisters ²²  in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you ²³  from God our Father! ²⁴ 

Galatians 4:8-9

Heirs of Promise Are Not to Return to Law

4:8 Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all. ²⁵  4:9 But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless ²⁶  basic forces? ²⁷  Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again? ²⁸ 

[5:8]  ¹ tn The verb “you are” is implied in the Greek text, but is supplied in the English translation to make it clear.

[5:15]  ² tn Heb “by a strong hand and an outstretched arm,” the hand and arm symbolizing divine activity and strength. Cf. NLT “with amazing power and mighty deeds.”

[5:15]  ³ tn Or “keep” (so KJV, NRSV).

[8:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:2]  ⁵ tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NRSV, NLT); likewise in v. 15.

[9:7]  ⁶ tn By juxtaposing the positive זְכֹר (zekhor, “remember”) with the negative אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח (’al-tishÿkakh, “do not forget”), Moses makes a most emphatic plea.

[9:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “the Lord” (likewise in the following verse with both “him” and “he”). See note on “he” in 9:3.

[51:1]  ⁸ tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “justice”; NLT “hope for deliverance.”

[51:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “the excavation of the hole.”

[51:1]  ¹⁰ sn The “rock” and “quarry” refer here to Abraham and Sarah, the progenitors of the nation.

[51:2]  ¹¹ sn Although Abraham and Sarah are distant ancestors of the people the prophet is addressing, they are spoken of as the immediate parents.

[51:2]  ¹² tn Heb “one”; NLT “was alone”; TEV “was childless.”

[51:2]  ¹³ tn “Bless” may here carry the sense of “endue with potency, reproductive power.” See Gen 1:28.

[51:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and I made him numerous.”

[16:63]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and your mouth will not be open any longer.”

[16:63]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “when I make atonement for you for all which you have done.”

[20:43]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “ways.”

[20:43]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “loathe yourselves in your faces.”

[36:31]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “ways.”

[1:11]  ²⁰ tn The expression “for the display of” is an attempt to convey in English the force of the Greek preposition εἰς (eis) in this context.

[1:2]  ²¹ tn Grk “and faithful.” The construction in Greek (as well as Paul’s style) suggests that the saints are identical to the faithful; hence, the καί (kai) is best left untranslated (cf. Eph 1:1). See ExSyn 281-82.

[1:2]  ²² tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).

[1:2]  ²³ tn Or “Grace to you and peace.”

[1:2]  ²⁴ tc Most witnesses, including some important ones (א A C F G I [P] 075 Ï it bo), read “and the Lord Jesus Christ” at the end of this verse, no doubt to conform the wording to the typical Pauline salutation. However, excellent and early witnesses (B D K L Ψ 33 81 1175 1505 1739 1881 al sa) lack this phrase. Since the omission is inexplicable as arising from the longer reading (otherwise, these mss would surely have deleted the phrase in the rest of the corpus Paulinum), it is surely authentic.

[4:8]  ²⁵ tn Grk “those that by nature…” with the word “beings” implied. BDAG 1070 s.v. φύσις 2 sees this as referring to pagan worship: “Polytheists worship…beings that are by nature no gods at all Gal 4:8.”

[4:9]  ²⁶ tn Or “useless.” See L&N 65.16.

[4:9]  ²⁷ tn See the note on the phrase “basic forces” in 4:3.

[4:9]  ²⁸ tn Grk “basic forces, to which you want to be enslaved…” Verse 9 is a single sentence in the Greek text, but has been divided into two in the translation because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence.