Discovery Box| (0.69916964516129) | (2Co 5:11) |
4 tn Or “clearly evident.” BDAG 1048 s.v. φανερόω 2.b.β has “θεῷ πεφανερώμεθα we are well known to God 2 Cor 5:11a, cp. 11b; 11:6 v.l.” |
| (0.69916964516129) | (Eph 2:3) |
5 sn Eph 2:1-3. The translation of vv. 1-3 is very literal, even to the point of retaining the awkward syntax of the original. See note on the word dead in 2:1. |
| (0.69916964516129) | (Eph 5:6) |
1 sn The expression sons of disobedience is a Semitic idiom that means “people characterized by disobedience.” In this context it refers to “all those who are disobedient.” Cf. Eph 2:2-3. |
| (0.69916964516129) | (1Ti 1:15) |
1 tn Grk “the saying,” referring to the following citation (see 1 Tim 3:1; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11; Titus 3:8 for other occurrences of this phrase). |
| (0.69916964516129) | (1Ti 3:1) |
1 tn Grk “the saying,” referring to the following citation (see 1 Tim 1:15; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11; Titus 3:8 for other occurrences of this phrase). |
| (0.69916964516129) | (1Ti 3:7) |
3 tn Or “be trapped like the devil was”; Grk “fall into the trap of the devil.” The parallel in 2 Tim 2:26 supports the rendering given in the text. |
| (0.69916964516129) | (1Ti 4:9) |
1 sn This saying. The literal phrase “the saying” refers to the preceding citation. See 1 Tim 1:15; 3:1; 2 Tim 2:11; Titus 3:8 for other occurrences of this phrase. |
| (0.69916964516129) | (2Ti 1:12) |
4 sn That day is a reference to the day when Paul would stand before Christ to give account for his service (cf. 2 Tim 1:18; 1 Cor 3:13; 2 Cor 5:9-10). |
| (0.69916964516129) | (2Ti 3:2) |
2 tn Or “self-centered.” The first two traits in 2 Tim 3:2 and the last two in 3:4 are Greek words beginning with the root “lovers of,” and so bracket the list at beginning and end. |
| (0.69916964516129) | (Tit 3:8) |
1 sn This saying (Grk “the saying”) refers to the preceding citation (Titus 3:4-7). See 1 Tim 1:15; 3:1; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11 for other occurrences of this phrase. |
| (0.69916964516129) | (Jam 2:23) |
2 sn An allusion to 2 Chr 20:7; Isa 41:8; 51:2; Dan 3:35 (LXX), in which Abraham is called God’s “beloved.” |
| (0.69916964516129) | (Jam 4:14) |
3 tn Or “a vapor.” The Greek word ἀτμίς (atmis) denotes a swirl of smoke arising from a fire (cf. Gen 19:28; Lev 16:13; Joel 2:30 [Acts 2:19]; Ezek 8:11). |
| (0.69916964516129) | (1Pe 2:19) |
1 tn Grk “For this [is] favor/grace,” used as a metonymy of that which pleases him, which he looks on with favor (cf. BDAG 1079 s.v. χάρις 2). Cf. 1 Pet 2:20. |
| (0.69916964516129) | (2Pe 3:17) |
2 sn These unprincipled men. The same word is used in 2:7, suggesting further that the heretics in view in chapter 3 are the false teachers of chapter 2. |
| (0.69916964516129) | (1Jo 2:12) |
3 tn “His” probably refers to Jesus Christ. Note the last reference was to Jesus in 2:8 and before that in 2:6; also the mention of sins being forgiven suggests Jesus’ work on the cross. |
| (0.69916964516129) | (Jud 1:4) |
2 sn The infiltration referred to by the phrase slipped in among you was predicted by Peter (2 Pet 2:1), Paul (e.g., Acts 20:29-30), and OT prophets. |
| (0.69916964516129) | (Rev 2:27) |
4 sn A quotation from Ps 2:9 (with the line introducing the quotation containing a partial allusion to Ps 2:8). See also Rev 12:5, 19:15. |
| (0.69703132258065) | (Gen 5:1) |
2 tn Heb “generations.” See the note on the phrase “this is the account of” in 2:4. |
| (0.69703132258065) | (Gen 37:21) |
2 sn From their hands. The instigators of this plot may have been the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah (see v. 2). |
| (0.69703132258065) | (Exo 3:16) |
3 tn The form is the Niphal perfect of the verb “to see.” See the note on “appeared” in 3:2. |
