Isaiah 33:6

33:6 He is your constant source of stability; ¹ 

he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; ² 

he gives all this to those who fear him. ³ 

Luke 12:34

12:34 For where your treasure ⁴  is, there your heart will be also.

Luke 12:2

12:2 Nothing is hidden ⁵  that will not be revealed, ⁶  and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

Colossians 4:18

4:18 I, Paul, write this greeting by my own hand. ⁷  Remember my chains. ⁸  Grace be with you. ⁹ 

[33:6]  ¹ tn Heb “and he is the stability of your times.”

[33:6]  ² tn Heb “a rich store of deliverance, wisdom, and knowledge.”

[33:6]  ³ tn Heb “the fear of the Lord, it is his treasure.”

[12:34]  ⁴ sn Seeking heavenly treasure means serving others and honoring God by doing so; see Luke 6:35-36.

[12:2]  ⁵ tn Or “concealed.”

[12:2]  ⁶ sn I.e., be revealed by God. The passive voice verbs here (“be revealed,” be made known”) see the revelation as coming from God. The text is both a warning about bad things being revealed and an encouragement that good things will be made known, though the stress with the images of darkness and what is hidden in vv. 2-3 is on the attempt to conceal.

[4:18]  ⁷ tn Grk “the greeting by my hand, of Paul.”

[4:18]  ⁸ tn Or “my imprisonment.”

[4:18]  ⁹ tc Most witnesses, including a few important ones (א² D Ψ 075 0278 Ï lat sy), conclude this letter with ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”). Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Further, the external evidence for the omission is quite compelling (א* A B C F G 048 6 33 81 1739* 1881 sa). The strongly preferred reading is therefore the omission of ἀμήν.