Discovery Box| (0.68399690909091) | (Eph 4:13) |
2 tn Grk “the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” On this translation of ἡλικία (Jhlikia, “stature”) see BDAG 436 s.v. 3. |
| (0.68399690909091) | (Phi 1:7) |
1 tn Grk “Just as.” The sense here is probably, “So I give thanks (v. 3) just as it is right for me…” |
| (0.68399690909091) | (1Th 1:1) |
2 map For the location of Thessalonica see JP1 C1; JP2 C1; JP3 C1; JP4 C1. |
| (0.68399690909091) | (1Th 1:3) |
1 tn Grk “making mention…recalling.” The participle ποιούμενοι (poioumenoi) in v. 2 has been translated as temporal, and μνημονεύοντες (mnhmoneuonte") in v. 3 has been translated as causal. |
| (0.68399690909091) | (1Th 3:8) |
1 tn Grk “because now we live,” in comparison with his feelings of dread in not knowing how they were doing (cf. 2:17-3:5). |
| (0.68399690909091) | (2Th 1:1) |
2 map For the location of Thessalonica see JP1 C1; JP2 C1; JP3 C1; JP4 C1. |
| (0.68399690909091) | (1Ti 1:5) |
1 tn Grk “the instruction,” referring to orthodox Christian teaching and ministry in general, in contrast to that of the false teachers mentioned in 1:3-4. |
| (0.68399690909091) | (1Ti 6:14) |
2 sn The command refers to the duties laid upon Timothy for his ministry in Ephesus (1 Tim 1:3-20; 6:2c-5). |
| (0.68399690909091) | (2Ti 2:2) |
4 tn Or “able” (see Paul’s use of this word in regard to ministry in 2 Cor 2:16; 3:5-6). |
| (0.68399690909091) | (2Ti 2:13) |
1 sn If we are unfaithful…he cannot deny himself. This could be (1) a word of warning (The Lord will exact punishment; he cannot deny his holiness) or (2) a word of hope (Because of who he is, he remains faithful to us despite our lapses). The latter is more likely, since Paul consistently cites God’s faithfulness as a reassurance, not as a warning (cf. especially Rom 3:3; also 1 Cor 1:9; 10:13; 2 Cor 1:18; 1 Thess 5:24; 2 Thess 3:3). |
| (0.68399690909091) | (2Ti 2:16) |
1 sn Profane chatter was apparently a characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus (cf. 1 Tim 1:3-4; 4:7; 6:20). |
| (0.68399690909091) | (Tit 1:3) |
1 tn The Greek text emphasizes the contrast between vv. 2b and 3a: God promised this long ago but now has revealed it in his own time. |
| (0.68399690909091) | (Tit 2:2) |
2 sn Temperate…in endurance. See the same cluster of virtues in 1 Thess 1:3 and 1 Cor 13:13. |
| (0.68399690909091) | (Heb 1:2) |
2 tn Grk “the ages.” The temporal (ages) came to be used of the spatial (what exists in those time periods). See Heb 11:3 for the same usage. |
| (0.68399690909091) | (Heb 11:30) |
1 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1. |
| (0.68399690909091) | (1Pe 1:4) |
1 tn The phrase “that is” is supplied in the translation to indicate that the imperishable inheritance is in apposition to the living hope of v. 3. |
| (0.68399690909091) | (1Pe 2:4) |
1 tn Grk “to whom coming…you are built up…” as a continuation of the reference to the Lord in v. 3. |
| (0.68399690909091) | (1Pe 2:9) |
1 sn This verse contains various allusions and quotations from Exod 19:5-6; 23:22 (LXX); Isa 43:20-21; and Mal 3:17. |
| (0.68399690909091) | (1Pe 2:12) |
4 tn Or “when he visits.” Grk “in the day of visitation,” denoting a time when God intervenes directly in human affairs, either for blessing (Luke 1:68, 78; 7:16; 19:44) or for judgment (Isa 10:3; Jer 6:15). This phrase may be a quotation from Isa 10:3, in which case judgment is in view here. But blessing seems to be the point, since part of the motive for good behavior is winning the non-Christian over to the faith (as in 3:1; also apparently in 3:15; cf. Matt 5:16). |
| (0.68399690909091) | (2Pe 1:5) |
3 tn Or “moral excellence,” “virtue”; this is the same word used in v. 3 (“the one who has called us by his own glory and excellence”). |
