Jeremiah 36:3

36:3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the disaster I intend to bring on them, they will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. ¹  If they do, I will forgive their sins and the wicked things they have done.” ² 

Ezekiel 18:30-32

18:30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, ³  O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent ⁴  and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. ⁵  18:31 Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! ⁶  Why should you die, O house of Israel? 18:32 For I take no delight in the death of anyone, ⁷  declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and live!

Ezekiel 33:11

33:11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior ⁸  and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! ⁹  Why should you die, O house of Israel?’

Zephaniah 3:7

3:7 I thought, ¹⁰  ‘Certainly you will respect ¹¹  me!

Now you will accept correction!’

If she had done so, her home ¹²  would not be destroyed ¹³ 

by all the punishments I have threatened. ¹⁴ 

But they eagerly sinned

in everything they did. ¹⁵ 

Luke 13:3

13:3 No, I tell you! But unless you repent, ¹⁶  you will all perish as well! ¹⁷ 

Luke 13:5

13:5 No, I tell you! But unless you repent ¹⁸  you will all perish as well!” ¹⁹ 

Luke 13:2

13:2 He ²⁰  answered them, “Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners ²¹  than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?

Colossians 1:21

Paul’s Goal in Ministry

1:21 And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your ²²  minds ²³  as expressed through ²⁴  your evil deeds,

Colossians 1:2

1:2 to the saints, the faithful ²⁵  brothers and sisters ²⁶  in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you ²⁷  from God our Father! ²⁸ 

Colossians 2:1

2:1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, ²⁹  and for those in Laodicea, and for those who have not met me face to face. ³⁰ 

Colossians 2:1

2:1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, ³¹  and for those in Laodicea, and for those who have not met me face to face. ³² 

[36:3]  ¹ tn Heb “will turn each one from his wicked way.”

[36:3]  ² tn Heb “their iniquity and their sin.”

[18:30]  ³ tn Heb “ways.”

[18:30]  ⁴ tn The verbs and persons in this verse are plural whereas the individual has been the subject of the chapter.

[18:30]  ⁵ tn Or “leading to punishment.”

[18:31]  ⁶ sn In Ezek 11:19, 36:26 the new heart and new spirit are promised as future blessings.

[18:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “the death of the one dying.”

[33:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “turn from his way.”

[33:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “ways.” This same word is translated “behavior” earlier in the verse.

[3:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “said.”

[3:7]  ¹¹ tn Or “fear.” The second person verb form (“you will respect”) is feminine singular, indicating that personified Jerusalem is addressed.

[3:7]  ¹² tn Or “dwelling place.”

[3:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “cut off.”

[3:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “all which I have punished her.” The precise meaning of this statement and its relationship to what precedes are unclear.

[3:7]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “But they got up early, they made corrupt all their actions.” The phrase “they got up early” probably refers to their eagerness to engage in sinful activities.

[13:3]  ¹⁶ sn Jesus was stressing that all stand at risk of death, if they do not repent and receive life.

[13:3]  ¹⁷ tn Or “you will all likewise perish,” but this could be misunderstood to mean that they would perish by the same means as the Galileans. Jesus’ point is that apart from repentance all will perish.

[13:5]  ¹⁸ sn Jesus’ point repeats v. 3. The circumstances make no difference. All must deal with the reality of what death means.

[13:5]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “similarly.”

[13:2]  ²⁰ tn Grk “And he.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[13:2]  ²¹ sn Jesus did not want his hearers to think that tragedy was necessarily a judgment on these people because they were worse sinners.

[1:21]  ²² tn The article τῇ (th) has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[1:21]  ²³ tn Although διανοία (dianoia) is singular in Greek, the previous plural noun ἐχθρούς (ecqrous) indicates that all those from Colossae are in view here.

[1:21]  ²⁴ tn The dative ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς πονηροῖς (en toi" ergoi" toi" ponhroi") is taken as means, indicating the avenue through which hostility in the mind is revealed and made known.

[1:2]  ²⁵ 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]  ²⁶ 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]  ²⁷ tn Or “Grace to you and peace.”

[1:2]  ²⁸ 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.

[2:1]  ²⁹ tn Or “I want you to know how hard I am working for you…”

[2:1]  ³⁰ tn Grk “as many as have not seen my face in the flesh.”

[2:1]  ³¹ tn Or “I want you to know how hard I am working for you…”

[2:1]  ³² tn Grk “as many as have not seen my face in the flesh.”