Matthew 18:17

18:17 If ¹  he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If ²  he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like ³  a Gentile ⁴  or a tax collector. ⁵ 

Acts 2:47

2:47 praising God and having the good will ⁶  of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day ⁷  those who were being saved.

Acts 8:1

8:1 And Saul agreed completely with killing ⁸  him.

Saul Begins to Persecute the Church

Now on that day a great ⁹  persecution began ¹⁰  against the church in Jerusalem, ¹¹  and all ¹²  except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions ¹³  of Judea and Samaria.

Ephesians 3:10

3:10 The purpose of this enlightenment is that ¹⁴  through the church the multifaceted wisdom ¹⁵  of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.

Ephesians 5:25-27

5:25 Husbands, love your ¹⁶  wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her 5:26 to sanctify her by cleansing her ¹⁷  with the washing of the water by the word, 5:27 so that he ¹⁸  may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. ¹⁹ 

Ephesians 5:32

5:32 This mystery is great – but I am actually ²⁰  speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

Colossians 1:18

1:18 He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn ²¹  from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things. ²² 

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ²³  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Colossians 3:5

3:5 So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: ²⁴  sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, ²⁵  evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

Colossians 3:15

3:15 Let the peace of Christ be in control in your heart (for you were in fact called as one body ²⁶  to this peace), and be thankful.

[18:17]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[18:17]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[18:17]  ³ tn Grk “let him be to you as.”

[18:17]  ⁴ tn Or “a pagan.”

[18:17]  ⁵ sn To treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector means not to associate with such a person. See the note on tax collectors in 5:46.

[2:47]  ⁶ tn Or “the favor.”

[2:47]  ⁷ tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase.

[8:1]  ⁸ tn The term ἀναίρεσις (anairesi") can refer to murder (BDAG 64 s.v.; 2 Macc 5:13; Josephus, Ant. 5.2.12 [5.165]).

[8:1]  ⁹ tn Or “severe.”

[8:1]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Now there happened on that day a great persecution.” It is less awkward to say in English “Now on that day a great persecution began.”

[8:1]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:1]  ¹² sn All. Given that the Jerusalem church is still active after this and that the Hellenists are the focus of Acts 6-8, it is possible to argue that only the Hellenistic Christians were forced to scatter.

[8:1]  ¹³ tn Or “countryside.”

[3:10]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “that.” Verse 10 is a subordinate clause to the verb “enlighten” in v. 9.

[3:10]  ¹⁵ tn Or “manifold wisdom,” “wisdom in its rich variety.”

[5:25]  ¹⁶ tn The Greek article has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[5:26]  ¹⁷ tn The direct object “her” is implied, but not found in the Greek text. It has been supplied in the English translation to clarify the sense of the passage.

[5:27]  ¹⁸ tn The use of the pronoun αὐτός (autos) is intensive and focuses attention on Christ as the one who has made the church glorious.

[5:27]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “but in order that it may be holy and blameless.”

[5:32]  ²⁰ tn The term “actually” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied in the English translation to bring out the heightened sense of the statement.

[1:18]  ²¹ tn See the note on the term “firstborn” in 1:15. Here the reference to Jesus as the “firstborn from among the dead” seems to be arguing for a chronological priority, i.e., Jesus was the first to rise from the dead.

[1:18]  ²² tn Grk “in order that he may become in all things, himself, first.”

[1:1]  ²³ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[3:5]  ²⁴ tn Grk “the members which are on the earth.” See BDAG 628 s.v. μέλος 1, “put to death whatever in you is worldly.”

[3:5]  ²⁵ tn Or “lust.”

[3:15]  ²⁶ tn Grk “in one body.” This phrase emphasizes the manner in which the believers were called, not the goal of their calling, and focuses upon their unity.