Joel 2:32

2:32 It will so happen that

everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be delivered. ¹ 

For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem ²  there will be those who survive, ³ 

just as the Lord has promised;

the remnant ⁴  will be those whom the Lord will call. ⁵ 

Romans 8:30

8:30 And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.

Romans 9:24

9:24 even us, whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

Romans 11:29

11:29 For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

Ephesians 1:18

1:18 – since the eyes of your ⁶  heart have been enlightened ⁷  – so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, ⁸  what is the wealth of his glorious ⁹  inheritance in the saints,

Ephesians 4:4

4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your calling,

Ephesians 4:2

4:2 with all humility and gentleness, ¹⁰  with patience, bearing with ¹¹  one another in love,

Ephesians 1:11

1:11 In Christ ¹²  we too have been claimed as God’s own possession, ¹³  since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will

Ephesians 2:13-14

2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. ¹⁴  2:14 For he is our peace, the one who made both groups into one ¹⁵  and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility,

Ephesians 2:2

2:2 in which ¹⁶  you formerly lived ¹⁷  according to this world’s present path, ¹⁸  according to the ruler of the kingdom ¹⁹  of the air, the ruler of ²⁰  the spirit ²¹  that is now energizing ²²  the sons of disobedience, ²³ 

Ephesians 1:9

1:9 He did this when he revealed ²⁴  to us the secret ²⁵  of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth ²⁶  in Christ, ²⁷ 

Hebrews 3:1

Jesus and Moses

3:1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, ²⁸  partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, ²⁹ 

Hebrews 9:15

9:15 And so he is the mediator ³⁰  of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, ³¹  since he died ³²  to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.

Hebrews 9:1

The Arrangement and Ritual of the Earthly Sanctuary

9:1 Now the first covenant, ³³  in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary.

Hebrews 5:10

5:10 and he was designated ³⁴  by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek. ³⁵ 

Hebrews 5:2

5:2 He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,

Hebrews 1:3

1:3 The Son is ³⁶  the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, ³⁷  and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. ³⁸ 

Hebrews 1:10

1:10 And,

“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, ³⁹ 

and the heavens are the works of your hands.

Revelation 17:14

17:14 They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying ⁴⁰  the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful.”

Revelation 19:9

19:9 Then ⁴¹  the angel ⁴²  said to me, “Write the following: Blessed are those who are invited to the banquet at the wedding celebration of the Lamb!” He also said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

[2:32]  ¹ tn While a number of English versions render this as “saved” (e.g., NIV, NRSV, NLT), this can suggest a “spiritual” or “theological” salvation rather than the physical deliverance from the cataclysmic events of the day of the Lord described in the context.

[2:32]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[2:32]  ³ tn Heb “deliverance”; or “escape.” The abstract noun “deliverance” or “escape” probably functions here as an example of antimeria, referring to those who experience deliverance or escape with their lives: “escaped remnant” or “surviving remnant” (Gen 32:8; 45:7; Judg 21:17; 2 Kgs 19:30, 31; Isa 4:2; 10:20; 15:9; 37:31, 32; Ezek 14:22; Obad 1:17; Ezra 9:8, 13-15; Neh 1:2; 1 Chr 4:43; 2 Chr 30:6).

[2:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “and among the remnant.”

[2:32]  ⁵ tn The participle used in the Hebrew text seems to indicate action in the imminent future.

[1:18]  ⁶ tc ‡ Most witnesses, especially of the Byzantine and Western texttypes, though with a few important Alexandrian witnesses (א A D F G Ψ 0278 Ï latt sy), add ὑμῶν (Jumwn, “your”) after καρδίας (kardias, “heart”), though it is clearly implied in the shorter (Alexandrian) reading (found in Ì⁴⁶ B 6 33 1175 1739 1881 pc). The longer reading thus looks to be a clarifying gloss, as is frequently found in the Byzantine and Western traditions. The translation above also uses “your” because of English requirements, not because of textual basis.

[1:18]  ⁷ tn The perfect participle πεφωτισμένους (pefwtismenou") may either be part of the prayer (“that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened”) or part of the basis of the prayer (“since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened”). Although the participle follows the ἵνα (Jina) of v. 17, it is awkward grammatically in the clause. Further, perfect adverbial participles are usually causal in NT Greek. Finally, the context both here and throughout Ephesians seems to emphasize the motif of light as a property belonging to believers. Thus, it seems that the author is saying, “I know that you are saved, that you have had the blinders of the devil removed; because of this, I can now pray that you will fully understand and see the light of God’s glorious revelation.” Hence, the translation takes the participle to form a part of the basis for the prayer.

[1:18]  ⁸ tn Or “the hope to which he has called you.”

[1:18]  ⁹ tn Grk “of the glory of his inheritance.” Here “inheritance” is taken as an attributed genitive and the head noun, “glory,” is thus translated as an adjective, “glorious inheritance.”

[4:2]  ¹⁰ tn Or “meekness.” The word is often used in Hellenistic Greek of the merciful execution of justice on behalf of those who have no voice by those who are in a position of authority (Matt 11:29; 21:5).

[4:2]  ¹¹ tn Or “putting up with”; or “forbearing.”

[1:11]  ¹² tn Grk “in whom,” as a continuation of the previous verse.

[1:11]  ¹³ tn Grk “we were appointed by lot.” The notion of the verb κληρόω (klhrow) in the OT was to “appoint a portion by lot” (the more frequent cognate verb κληρονομέω [klhronomew] meant “obtain a portion by lot”). In the passive, as here, the idea is that “we were appointed [as a portion] by lot” (BDAG 548 s.v. κληρόω 1). The words “God’s own” have been supplied in the translation to clarify this sense of the verb. An alternative interpretation is that believers receive a portion as an inheritance: “In Christ we too have been appointed a portion of the inheritance.” See H. W. Hoehner, Ephesians, 226-27, for discussion on this interpretive issue.

[2:13]  ¹⁴ tn Or “have come near in the blood of Christ.”

[2:14]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “who made the both one.”

[2:2]  ¹⁶ sn The relative pronoun which is feminine as is sins, indicating that sins is the antecedent.

[2:2]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “walked.”

[2:2]  ¹⁸ tn Or possibly “Aeon.”

[2:2]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “domain, [place of] authority.”

[2:2]  ²⁰ tn Grk “of” (but see the note on the word “spirit” later in this verse).

[2:2]  ²¹ sn The ruler of the kingdom of the air is also the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience. Although several translations regard the ruler to be the same as the spirit, this is unlikely since the cases in Greek are different (ruler is accusative and spirit is genitive). To get around this, some have suggested that the genitive for spirit is a genitive of apposition. However, the semantics of the genitive of apposition are against such an interpretation (cf. ExSyn 100).

[2:2]  ²² tn Grk “working in.”

[2:2]  ²³ sn Sons of disobedience is a Semitic idiom that means “people characterized by disobedience.” However, it also contains a subtle allusion to vv. 4-10: Some of those sons of disobedience have become sons of God.

[1:9]  ²⁴ tn Or “He did this by revealing”; Grk “making known, revealing.” Verse 9 begins with a participle dependent on “lavished” in v. 8; the adverbial participle could be understood as temporal (“when he revealed”), which would be contemporaneous to the action of the finite verb “lavished,” or as means (“by revealing”). The participle has been translated here with the temporal nuance to allow for means to also be a possible interpretation. If the translation focused instead upon means, the temporal nuance would be lost as the time frame for the action of the participle would become indistinct.

[1:9]  ²⁵ tn Or “mystery.” In the NT μυστήριον (musthrion) refers to a divine secret previously undisclosed.

[1:9]  ²⁶ tn Or “purposed,” “publicly displayed.” Cf. Rom 3:25.

[1:9]  ²⁷ tn Grk “in him”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[3:1]  ²⁸ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

[3:1]  ²⁹ tn Grk “of our confession.”

[9:15]  ³⁰ tn The Greek word μεσίτης (mesith", “mediator”) in this context does not imply that Jesus was a mediator in the contemporary sense of the word, i.e., he worked for compromise between opposing parties. Here the term describes his function as the one who was used by God to enact a new covenant which established a new relationship between God and his people, but entirely on God’s terms.

[9:15]  ³¹ tn Grk “the promise of the eternal inheritance.”

[9:15]  ³² tn Grk “a death having occurred.”

[9:1]  ³³ tn Grk “the first” (referring to the covenant described in Heb 8:7, 13). In the translation the referent (covenant) has been specified for clarity.

[5:10]  ³⁴ tn Grk “having been designated,” continuing the thought of Heb 5:9.

[5:10]  ³⁵ sn The phrase in the order of Melchizedek picks up the quotation from Ps 110:4 in Heb 5:6.

[1:3]  ³⁶ tn Grk “who being…and sustaining.” Heb 1:1-4 form one skillfully composed sentence in Greek, but it must be broken into shorter segments to correspond to contemporary English usage, which does not allow for sentences of this length and complexity.

[1:3]  ³⁷ tn Grk “by the word of his power.”

[1:3]  ³⁸ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1, quoted often in Hebrews.

[1:10]  ³⁹ 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.

[17:14]  ⁴⁰ tn See BDAG 636 s.v. μετά A.2.a.α.

[19:9]  ⁴¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[19:9]  ⁴² tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.