# bible

book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="13">For if we are out of our senses, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> for God; if we are of sound mind, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> for you.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="14">For the love of Christ controls us, <transChange type="added">because we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have concluded") which is understood as causal</note> have concluded this: that one died for all; as a result all died.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="15">And he died for all, in order that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised. </verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="16">So then, from now on we know no one {from a human point of view}<note>Literally "according to the flesh"</note>, if indeed we have known Christ {from a human point of view}<note>Literally "according to the flesh"</note>, but now we know <transChange type="added">him this way</transChange> no longer.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="17">Therefore if anyone <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Christ, <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> a new creation; the old <transChange type="added">things</transChange> have passed away; behold, new <transChange type="added">things</transChange> have come.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="18">And all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="19">namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="20">Therefore we are ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as <transChange type="added">if</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were imploring") which is understood as conditional</note> God were imploring <transChange type="added">you</transChange> through us. We beg <transChange type="added">you</transChange> on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="21">He made the one who did not know sin <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> sin on our behalf, in order that we could become the righteousness of God in him. </verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="1">Now <transChange type="added">because we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are fellow workers") which is understood as causal</note> are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="3"><transChange type="added">We are</transChange> giving no one an occasion for taking offense in anything, in order that our ministry will not have fault found <transChange type="added">with it</transChange>,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="4">but commending ourselves as servants of God in every <transChange type="added">way</transChange>, in much endurance, in afflictions, in distresses, in difficulties,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="5">in beatings, in prisons, in disturbances, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in going hungry,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="6">in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love without hypocrisy,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="7">in the word of truth, in the power of God, with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and left hand,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="8">through glory and dishonor, through slander and good repute, <transChange type="added">regarded</transChange> as deceivers and <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> truthful,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="9">as unknown and <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> known completely, as dying, and behold, we go on living, as disciplined, and <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> not put to death,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="10">as grieving, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and possessing everything. </verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="11">{We have spoken freely and openly}<note>Literally "the mouth of us has opened"</note> to you, Corinthians; our heart is open wide.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="13">Now the same <transChange type="added">way</transChange> <transChange type="added">in</transChange> exchange (I am speaking as to children), you open wide <transChange type="added">your hearts</transChange> also. </verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="14">Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers, for what participation <transChange type="added">is there between</transChange> righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship <transChange type="added">does</transChange> light <transChange type="added">have</transChange> with darkness?</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="15">And what agreement <transChange type="added">does</transChange> Christ <transChange type="added">have</transChange> with Beliar? Or what share <transChange type="added">does</transChange> a believer <transChange type="added">have</transChange> with an unbeliever?</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="16">And what agreement <transChange type="added">does the</transChange> temple of God <transChange type="added">have</transChange> with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="17">Therefore "come out from their midst and be separate," says the Lord, "and do not touch what is unclean,<note>A quotation from Isa 52:11</note> and I will welcome you,<note>A paraphrased quotation from Ezek 20:41</note></verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="18">and I will be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me,"<note>A paraphrased quotation from 2 Sam 7:14 and Isa 43:6</note> says the all-powerful Lord.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="1">Therefore <transChange type="added">since we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">since</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as causal</note> have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of body and spirit, accomplishing holiness in the fear of God.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="2">{Make room for us in your hearts}<note>Literally "make room for us"</note>. We have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have defrauded no one.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="3">I do not say <transChange type="added">this</transChange> {to condemn you}<note>Literally "for condemnation"</note>, because I have already said that you are in our hearts, so that we die together and we live together.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="4">Great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my confidence toward you; great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my boasting on your behalf; I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction. </verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="5">For even <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("arrived")</note> we arrived in Macedonia, our body had no rest, but we were afflicted in every <transChange type="added">way</transChange>--quarrels outside, fears within.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="7">and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort <transChange type="added">with</transChange> which he was comforted among you, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("reported") which is understood as causal</note> reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="8">For if indeed I grieved you by my letter, I do not regret <transChange type="added">it</transChange>. Even if I did regret <transChange type="added">it</transChange> (I see<note>Some manuscripts have "for I see"</note> that that letter grieved you, even though for {a short time}<note>Literally "an hour"</note>),</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="9">now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to repentance. For you were grieved according to <transChange type="added">the will of</transChange> God, so that you suffered loss in no way through us.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="10">For grief according to <transChange type="added">the will of</transChange> God brings about a repentance <transChange type="added">leading</transChange> to salvation, not to be regretted, but worldly grief brings about death.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="11">For behold how much diligence this very <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>, being grieved according to <transChange type="added">the will of</transChange> God, has brought about in you: what defense <transChange type="added">of yourselves</transChange>, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! In everything you have demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in this matter.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="12">Consequently, even if I wrote to you, it was not because of the one who did wrong or because of the one who had been wronged, but in order that your diligence {on our behalf}<note>Literally "on behalf of us"</note> might be revealed to you before God.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="13">Because of this we have been encouraged, and in addition to our encouragement, we rejoiced much more over the joy of Titus, because his spirit had been refreshed by all of you.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="14">For if I have boasted anything to him about you, I have not been put to shame, but as I have spoken everything to you in truth, thus also our boasting to Titus {has proven to be true}<note>Literally "has become truth"</note>.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="15">And his affection for you is all the more <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("remembers") which is understood as temporal</note> remembers the obedience of all of you as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="1">Now we make known to you, brothers, the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="2">that with a great ordeal of affliction, the abundance of their joy and the extreme depth of their poverty have overflowed to the wealth of their generosity.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="3">I testify that <transChange type="added">they gave</transChange><note>*The words "<transChange type="added">they gave</transChange>" are not in the Greek text, but are implied</note> according to <transChange type="added">their</transChange> ability, and beyond <transChange type="added">their</transChange> ability, by their own choice,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="4">requesting of us with much exhortation the favor and the fellowship of the ministry to the saints,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="5">and not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> to us, by the will of God.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="6">So we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, thus he would also complete for you this <transChange type="added">act of</transChange> grace.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="7">But just as you excel in everything--in faith and in speaking and in knowledge and with all diligence and in the love from us <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> in you--so may you excel in this grace also.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="8">I am not saying <transChange type="added">this</transChange> as a command, but proving the genuineness of your love by means of the diligence of others.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="9">For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that <transChange type="added">although he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as concessive</note> was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="10">And I am giving an opinion in this <transChange type="added">matter</transChange>, because this is profitable for you who not only began previously, a year ago, to do <transChange type="added">something</transChange>, but also to want <transChange type="added">to do it</transChange>.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="11">So now also complete the doing <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>, in order that just as <transChange type="added">you have</transChange> the eagerness to want <transChange type="added">to do it</transChange>, thus also <transChange type="added">you may</transChange> complete <transChange type="added">it</transChange> from <transChange type="added">what you</transChange> have.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="12">For if the eagerness is present {according to what one has}<note>Literally "to the degree that if he might have"</note>, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> acceptable not {according to what one does not have}<note>Literally "to the degree that he might not have"</note>.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="13">For <transChange type="added">this is</transChange> not that for others <transChange type="added">there may be</transChange> relief, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> for you difficult circumstances, but <transChange type="added">as a matter</transChange> of equality.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="14">At the present time your abundance <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> for their need, in order that their abundance may also be for your need, so that there may be equality,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="15">just as it is written, "The <transChange type="added">one</transChange> who <transChange type="added">gathered</transChange> much did not have too much, and the <transChange type="added">one</transChange> who <transChange type="added">gathered</transChange> little did not have too little."<note>A quotation from Exod 16:18</note> </verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="16">But thanks <transChange type="added">be</transChange> to God, who has put in the heart of Titus the same devotion {on your behalf}<note>Literally "on behalf of you"</note>,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="17">because he not only welcomed our request, but being very earnest, by his own choice he went out<note>*Or "he is going out" (if this verb is understood as an epistolary aorist)</note> to you.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="18">And we have sent at the same time with him the brother whose praise in the gospel <transChange type="added">has become known</transChange> throughout all the churches.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="19">And not only <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, but he was also chosen by the churches <transChange type="added">as</transChange> our traveling companion together with this gift that is being administered by us to the glory of the Lord himself and <transChange type="added">to show</transChange> our readiness <transChange type="added">to help</transChange>.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="20"><transChange type="added">We are</transChange> trying to avoid this, lest anyone should find fault with us in this abundant gift that is being administered by us.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="21">For we are taking into consideration what is honorable not only before the Lord, but also before people.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="22">And we are sending with them our brother whom we have tested many times in many <transChange type="added">things</transChange> that he is diligent, but now much more diligent <transChange type="added">because of his</transChange> great confidence in you.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="23">If <transChange type="added">there is a question</transChange> concerning Titus, <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> my partner and fellow worker for you. If <transChange type="added">there is a question concerning</transChange> our brothers, <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="24">Therefore show to them the proof of your love and our boasting about you {openly before}<note>Literally "to the face of"</note> the churches. </verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="1">For it is unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the ministry to the saints,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="2">because I know your readiness <transChange type="added">to help</transChange>, <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> which I keep on boasting to the Macedonians about you, that Achaia has been ready <transChange type="added">to help</transChange> since last year, and your zeal has stirred up the majority <transChange type="added">of them</transChange>.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="3">But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you would not prove to be empty in this case, so that you may be prepared just as I was saying,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="4">lest somehow if Macedonians should come with me and find you unprepared, we--{not to speak of you}<note>Literally "so that we do not speak about you"; some manuscripts have "so that I do not speak about you"</note>--would be humiliated in connection with this project.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="5">Therefore I considered <transChange type="added">it</transChange> necessary to urge the brothers that they should go on ahead to you and make arrangements in advance for your generous gift that was promised previously, so this would be prepared as a generous gift and not as grudgingly granted. </verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="6">Now <transChange type="added">the point is</transChange> this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="7">Each one <transChange type="added">should give</transChange> as he has decided in his heart, not {reluctantly}<note>Literally "out of sorrow"</note> or from compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="8">And God is able to cause all grace to abound to you, so that in everything at all times, <transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as causal</note> have enough of everything, you may overflow in every good work.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="10">Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed, and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="11">being made rich in every <transChange type="added">way</transChange> for all generosity, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="12">because the service of this ministry is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but also is overflowing through many <transChange type="added">expressions of</transChange> thanksgiving to God.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="13">Through the proven character of this service <transChange type="added">they will</transChange> glorify God because of the submission of your confession to the gospel of Christ and the generosity of <transChange type="added">your</transChange> participation toward them and toward everyone,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="14">and <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> longing for you in their prayers for you, because of the surpassing grace of God to you.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="15">Thanks <transChange type="added">be</transChange> to God for his indescribable gift! </verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="1">Now I, Paul, appeal to you myself by the humility and gentleness of Christ, who {when I am present in person}<note>Literally "to the face"</note> <transChange type="added">am</transChange> humble among you, but <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("am absent") which is understood as temporal</note> am absent am bold toward you--</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="2">now I ask <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("am present") which is understood as temporal</note> am present <transChange type="added">that I will</transChange> not <transChange type="added">need</transChange> to be bold with the confidence <transChange type="added">with</transChange> which I propose to show boldness toward some who consider us as behaving according to the flesh.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="3">For <transChange type="added">although we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are living") which is understood as concessive</note> are living in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="4">for the weapons of our warfare <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not merely human, but powerful to God for the tearing down of fortresses, tearing down arguments</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="5">and all pride that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="6">And {we are ready}<note>Literally "having with ready"</note> to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is completed. </verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="7">You are looking at things according to appearance. If anyone is convinced he himself is Christ's, he should consider this concerning himself again: that just as Christ himself <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, so also <transChange type="added">are</transChange> we.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="8">For even if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave <transChange type="added">us</transChange> {for building you up and not for tearing you down}<note>Literally "for building up and not for tearing down of you"</note>, I will not be put to shame,</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="10">because it is said, "His letters <transChange type="added">are</transChange> severe and powerful, but his bodily presence <transChange type="added">is</transChange> weak and his speech is of no account."</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="11">Let such a person consider this: that what we are in word by letters <transChange type="added">when we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are absent") which is understood as temporal</note> are absent, <transChange type="added">we will</transChange> also <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in {actions}<note>Literally "deed"</note> <transChange type="added">when we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are present") which is understood as temporal</note> are present. </verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="12">For we do not dare to classify or to compare ourselves with some who commend themselves, but <transChange type="added">they</transChange> themselves, <transChange type="added">when they</transChange> measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, do not understand.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="13">But we will not boast {beyond limits}<note>Literally "to the things immeasurable"</note>, but according to the measure of the assignment that God has assigned to us as a measure to reach even as far as you.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="14">For we are not overextending ourselves, as <transChange type="added">if we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("reached") which is understood as conditional</note> had not reached you, because we have reached even as far as you with the gospel of Christ,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="15">not boasting {beyond limits}<note>Literally "to the things immeasurable"</note> in the labors of others, but having hope <transChange type="added">that as</transChange> your faith is growing to be enlarged greatly by you according to our assignment,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="16">so that we may proclaim the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> not boast in the things accomplished in the <transChange type="added">area</transChange> assigned to someone else.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="17">But "the one who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."<note>A quotation from Jer 9:24</note></verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="18">For it is not the one commending himself who is approved, but <transChange type="added">the one</transChange> whom the Lord commends. </verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="1">I wish that you would put up with me {in something a little foolish}<note>Literally "a little something of foolishness"</note>--but indeed you are putting up with me.</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="2">For I am jealous <transChange type="added">for</transChange> you with a godly jealousy, because I promised you <transChange type="added">in marriage</transChange> to one husband, to present <transChange type="added">you</transChange> <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a pure virgin to Christ.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="3">But I am afraid lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds may be led astray from the sincerity and the purity of <transChange type="added">devotion</transChange> to Christ.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="4">For if the one who comes proclaims another Jesus whom we have not proclaimed, or you receive a different spirit which you did not receive, or a different gospel which you did not accept, you put up with <transChange type="added">it</transChange> well <transChange type="added">enough</transChange>!</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="5">For I consider myself in no way to be inferior to the preeminent apostles.<note>Some interpreters take this to refer to the original apostles in Jerusalem; others take Paul to be referring sarcastically to his opponents in Corinth.</note></verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="6">But even if <transChange type="added">I am</transChange> unskilled in speech, yet <transChange type="added">I am</transChange> not in knowledge; certainly in everything <transChange type="added">we</transChange> have made this clear to you in every <transChange type="added">way</transChange>.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="7">Or did I commit a sin <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("humbling") which is understood as means</note> humbling myself in order that you may be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you without payment?</verse>


book: 2Cor
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<verse num="8">I robbed other churches <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("accepting") which is understood as means</note> accepting support <transChange type="added">from them</transChange> for the ministry to you.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="9">And <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was present") which is understood as temporal</note> was present with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep <transChange type="added">myself from being a burden</transChange>.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="10"><transChange type="added">As the</transChange> truth of Christ is in me, this boasting {of mine}<note>Literally "to me"</note> will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="11">{Why}<note>Literally "because of what"</note>? Because I do not love you? God knows <transChange type="added">I do</transChange>!</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="12">But what I am doing, I will also do, in order that I may remove the opportunity of those who want an opportunity, that they may be found just as also we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in what they are boasting about.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="13">For such people <transChange type="added">are</transChange> false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="15">Therefore <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> not a great thing if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="16">Again I say, do not let anyone think I am foolish. But indeed, if <transChange type="added">you do</transChange>, accept me even as foolish, in order that I also may boast a little.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="17">What I am saying in this project of boasting, I am not saying as the Lord <transChange type="added">would say</transChange>, but as in foolishness.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="19">For <transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as causal</note> are wise, you put up with foolish people gladly!</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="20">For you put up with <transChange type="added">it</transChange> if someone enslaves you, if someone devours <transChange type="added">you</transChange>, if someone takes advantage of <transChange type="added">you</transChange>, if someone is presumptious <transChange type="added">toward you</transChange>, if someone strikes you in the face.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="21">I say <transChange type="added">this</transChange> to <transChange type="added">my</transChange> shame, namely, that we have been weak. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="22">Are they Hebrews? I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> also! Are they Israelites? I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> also! Are they descendants of Abraham? I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> also!</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="23">Are they servants of Christ?--I am speaking as though I were beside myself--I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> more so, with far greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with beatings to a much greater degree, in <transChange type="added">danger of</transChange> death many times.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="24">Five times I received at the hands of the Jews forty <transChange type="added">lashes</transChange> less one.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="25">Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I received a stoning. Three times I was shipwrecked. A day and a night I have spent in the deep water.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="26"><transChange type="added">I have been</transChange> on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from <transChange type="added">my own</transChange> people, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers because of false brothers,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="27">with toil and hardship, often in sleepless nights, with hunger and thirst, often going hungry, in cold and poorly clothed.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="28">Apart from these external things, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> the pressure on me every day of the anxiety about all the churches.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="29">Who is weak, and <transChange type="added">I am</transChange> not weak? Who is caused to sin, and I do not burn <transChange type="added">with indignation</transChange>?</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="30">If it is necessary to boast, I will boast <transChange type="added">about</transChange> {the things related to my weakness}<note>Literally "the things of my weakness"</note>.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="31">The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed {forever}<note>Literally "to the ages"</note>, knows that I am not lying.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="32">In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to take me into custody,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="33">and I was lowered through a window through the wall in a rope-basket, and I escaped his hands. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="1">It is necessary to boast; <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> not profitable, but I will proceed to visions and revelations of the Lord.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="2">I know a man in Christ fourteen years ago--whether in the body I do not know, or outside the body I do not know, God knows--such a man was caught up to the third heaven,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="3">and I know this man--whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows--</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="4">that he was caught up to paradise and heard words not to be spoken, which <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> not permitted for a person to speak.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="5">On behalf of such a person I will boast, but on behalf of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="6">For if I want to boast, I will not be foolish, because I will be telling the truth, but I am refraining, so that no one can credit to me more than what he sees <transChange type="added">in</transChange> me or hears anything from me,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="7">even because of the extraordinary degree of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, in order that it would torment me so that I would not exalt myself.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="9">And he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, because the<note>A majority of later manuscripts read "my"</note> power is perfected in weakness." Therefore rather I will boast most gladly in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may reside in me.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="10">Therefore I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in calamities, in persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="11">I have become a fool! You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for <transChange type="added">I am</transChange> in no way inferior to the preeminent apostles,<note>Some interpreters take this to refer to the original apostles in Jerusalem; others take Paul to be referring sarcastically to his opponents in Corinth.</note> even if I am nothing.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="12">Indeed, the signs of an apostle have been done among you with all patient endurance, both signs and wonders and deeds of power.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="13">{For in what respect are you made worse off}<note>Literally "for what is it <transChange type="added">with respect to</transChange> which you are made worse off"</note> more than the rest of the churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="14">Behold, this third <transChange type="added">time</transChange> I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden <transChange type="added">to you</transChange>. For I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="15">But I will spend and be expended most gladly for your lives. If I love you much more, am I to be loved less?</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="16">But let <transChange type="added">it</transChange> be. I have not been a burden to you, but <transChange type="added">because I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as causal</note> was crafty, I took you by cunning.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="17">I have not taken advantage of you {through anyone whom I sent to you}<note>Literally "anyone whom I sent to you, through him"</note>, <transChange type="added">have I</transChange>?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note></verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="18">I urged Titus <transChange type="added">to go</transChange>, and I sent the brother <transChange type="added">with him</transChange>. Titus did not take advantage of you, <transChange type="added">did he</transChange>?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note> Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a positive answer here</note> Did we not walk in the same footsteps?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a positive answer here</note></verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="19">Have you been thinking all this time that we are defending ourselves to you? We are speaking in Christ before God, and all <transChange type="added">these things</transChange>, dear friends, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for your edification.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="20">For I am afraid lest somehow <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("arrive") which is understood as temporal</note> arrive, I will not find you as I want, and I may be found by you as you do not want. <transChange type="added">I am afraid</transChange><note>*The words "I am afraid" are not in the Greek text, but are an understood repetition from the previous clause</note> lest somehow <transChange type="added">there will be</transChange> strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, pride, disorder.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="21"><transChange type="added">I am afraid</transChange> lest <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("come") which is understood as temporal</note> come again my God will humiliate me {in your presence}<note>Literally "with you"</note>, and I will grieve over many of those who sinned previously and have not repented because of their impurity and sexual immorality and licentiousness that they have practiced. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="1">This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the third <transChange type="added">time</transChange> I am coming to you. {By the testimony}<note>Literally "from the mouth"</note> of two or three witnesses every word<note>Or "matter"</note> will be established.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="2">I have already said when <transChange type="added">I</transChange> was present the second time, and <transChange type="added">although I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("am absent") which is understood as concessive</note> am absent now <transChange type="added">I</transChange> also say in advance to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare <transChange type="added">anyone</transChange>,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="3">since you are demanding proof that Christ, who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not weak toward you, but is powerful among you, is speaking in me.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="4">For indeed, he was crucified because of weakness, but he lives because of the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him because of the power of God toward you. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="5">Test yourselves <transChange type="added">to see</transChange> if you are in the faith. Examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in you, unless you are unqualified?</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="7">Now we pray to God that you not do wrong in any way, not that we are seen as approved, but that you do what is good, even <transChange type="added">though</transChange> we are <transChange type="added">seen</transChange> as though unqualified.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="8">For we are not able <transChange type="added">to do</transChange> anything against the truth, but rather <transChange type="added">only</transChange> for the truth.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="9">For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong, and we pray for this: your maturity.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="10">Because of this, I am writing these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> <transChange type="added">although I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("am absent") which is understood as concessive</note> am absent, in order that <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("am present") which is understood as temporal</note> am present I may not have to act severely according to the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="11">Finally, brothers, rejoice, be restored, be encouraged, {be in agreement}<note>Literally "think the same thing"</note>, be at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="13">The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with all of you. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="1">Paul, an apostle not from men nor by men but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="3">Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,<note>Some manuscripts have "God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ"</note></verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="4">who gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="5">to whom <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the glory forever and ever. Amen. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="6">I am astonished that you are turning away so quickly from the one who called you by the grace of Christ to a different gospel,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="7">not that <transChange type="added">there</transChange> is a different <transChange type="added">gospel</transChange>, except there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="8">But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim a gospel to you contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let him be accursed!</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="9">As we said before, and now I say again, if anyone is proclaiming a gospel <transChange type="added">to</transChange> you contrary to what you have received, let him be accursed!</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="10">For am I now making an appeal to people or <transChange type="added">to</transChange> God? Or am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="11">For I make known to you, brothers, the gospel that has been proclaimed by me, that it is not {of human origin}<note>Literally "according to man"</note>.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="12">For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, but <transChange type="added">I received it</transChange> through a revelation of Jesus Christ.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="13">For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism, that to an extraordinary degree I was persecuting the church of God, and trying to destroy it,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="14">and was progressing in Judaism beyond many contemporaries in my nation, <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as causal</note> I was a far more zealous adherent of the traditions handed down by my forefathers. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="15">But when the one who set me apart<note>Some manuscripts have "when God who set me apart"</note> from my mother's womb and called <transChange type="added">me</transChange> by his grace was pleased</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="16">to reveal his Son in me in order that I would proclaim the gospel <transChange type="added">about</transChange> him among the Gentiles, immediately I did not consult with flesh and blood,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="17">nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those <transChange type="added">who were</transChange> apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia and I returned again to Damascus.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="18">Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="19">but I did not see <transChange type="added">any</transChange> others of the apostles except James, the brother of the Lord.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="20">(Now <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> which I am writing to you, behold, <transChange type="added">I assure you</transChange> before God that I am not lying.)</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="22">but I was unknown {in person}<note>Literally "by face"</note> to the churches of Judea <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> in Christ,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="23">and they were only hearing, "The one formerly persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith that formerly he was attempting to destroy,"</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="1">Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking along Titus also.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="2">Now I went up <transChange type="added">there</transChange> because of a revelation and laid out to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles, but in private to the influential people, lest somehow I was running, or had run, in vain.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="3">But not even Titus <transChange type="added">who was</transChange> with me, <transChange type="added">although</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as concessive</note> he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="4">Now <transChange type="added">this was</transChange> because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, in order that they might enslave us,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="5">to whom not even for an hour did we yield in subjection, in order that the truth of the gospel might remain continually with you.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="6">But from those {who were influential}<note>Literally "who were thought to be something"</note> (whatever they were, <transChange type="added">it makes</transChange> no difference to me, {God does not show partiality}<note>Literally "God does not receive the face of man"</note>)--for those who were influential added nothing to me.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="7">But these, <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal</note> saw that I had been entrusted <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the gospel to the uncircumcision, just as Peter to the circumcision</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="8">(for the one who was at work through Peter for <transChange type="added">his</transChange> apostleship to the circumcision was at work also through me for the Gentiles),</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="9">and <transChange type="added">when</transChange> James and Cephas and John--those thought to be pillars--acknowledged the grace given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right <transChange type="added">hand</transChange> of fellowship, in order that we <transChange type="added">should go</transChange> to the Gentiles and they to the circumcision.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="10"><transChange type="added">They asked</transChange> only that we should remember the poor, the very thing I was also eager to do. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="11">But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed <transChange type="added">him</transChange> to his face, because he was condemned.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="12">For before certain people came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles, but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was afraid of") which is understood as causal</note> was afraid of those <transChange type="added">who were</transChange> of the circumcision,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="13">and the rest of the Jews also joined in <transChange type="added">this</transChange> hypocrisy with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with them in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> hypocrisy.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="14">But when I saw that they were not being straightforward with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of <transChange type="added">them</transChange> all, "If you, <transChange type="added">although you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as concessive</note> are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?" </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="15">We <transChange type="added">are</transChange> Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="16">but knowing that a person is not justified by the works of the law, if not by faith in Jesus Christ,<note>Or "by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ"</note> and we have believed in Christ Jesus so that we may be justified by faith in Christ<note>Or "by the faithfulness of Christ"</note> and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law {no human being will be justified}<note>Literally "all flesh will not be justified"</note>.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="17">But if <transChange type="added">while</transChange> seeking to be justified by Christ, <transChange type="added">we</transChange> ourselves also have been found <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> sinners, then <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Christ an agent of sin? May it never be!</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="18">For if I build up again these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> which I destroyed, I show myself <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> a transgressor.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="19">For through the law I died to the law, in order that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="20">and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and that <transChange type="added">life</transChange> I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="21">I do not declare invalid the grace of God, for if righteousness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> through the law, then Christ died to no purpose. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="1">O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed <transChange type="added">as</transChange> having been crucified?</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="2">I want only to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="3">Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now trying to be made complete by the flesh?</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="4">Have you suffered so many <transChange type="added">things</transChange> for nothing--if indeed also <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> for nothing?</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="5">Therefore does the one who gives you the Spirit and who works miracles among you <transChange type="added">do so</transChange> by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="7">then understand that the ones {who have faith}<note>Literally "of faith"</note>, these are sons of Abraham.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="8">And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the good news in advance to Abraham: "In you all the nations<note>Or "Gentiles"; the same Greek word can be translated "nations" or "Gentiles" depending on the context</note> will be blessed."<note>A quotation from Gen 12:3; 18:18</note></verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="9">So then, the ones <transChange type="added">who have</transChange> faith are blessed together with Abraham who believed.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="10">For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> everyone who does not abide by all <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> that are written in the book of the law to do them."<note>A quotation from Deut 27:26</note></verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="11">Now <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> clear that no one is justified in the sight of God by the law, because "the one who is righteous will live by faith."<note>Or "the one who is righteous by faith will live," a quotation from Hab 2:4</note></verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="12">But the law is not from faith, but "the one who does these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> will live by them."<note>A quotation from Lev 18:5</note> </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="13">Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("becoming") which is understood as means</note> becoming a curse for us, because it is written, "Cursed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> everyone who hangs on a tree,"<note>A quotation from Deut 21:23</note></verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="14">in order that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="15">Brothers, I am speaking according to a human perspective. Nevertheless, <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("has been ratified") which is understood as temporal</note> the covenant of a man has been ratified, no one declares <transChange type="added">it</transChange> invalid or adds additional provisions <transChange type="added">to it</transChange>.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="16">Now to Abraham and to his descendant the promises were spoken. It does not say, "and to descendants," as concerning many, but as concerning one, "and to your descendant,"<note>A quotation from Gen 12:7; 13:15; 17:7; 24:7</note> who is Christ.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="17">Now I am saying this: the law, that came after four hundred and thirty years, does not revoke a covenant previously ratified by God, in order to nullify the promise.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="18">For if the inheritance <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from the law, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> no longer from the promise, but God graciously gave <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to Abraham through the promise. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="19">Why then the law? It was added on account of transgressions, until the descendant should come to whom it had been promised, having been ordered through angels by the hand of a mediator.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="21">Therefore <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law opposed to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, certainly righteousness would have been from the law.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="22">But the scripture imprisoned all under sin, in order that the promise could be given by faith<note>Or "through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ"</note> in Jesus Christ to those who believe. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="23">But before faith came, we were detained under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith was revealed.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="24">So then, the law became our guardian until Christ, in order that we could be justified by faith.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="25">But <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("has come") which is understood as temporal</note> faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="26">For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus,<note>Or "For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith"</note></verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="27">for as many <transChange type="added">of you</transChange> as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="28">There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="29">And if you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> Christ's, then you are descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="1">Now I say, for as long a time <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the heir is a child, <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> no different from a slave, <transChange type="added">although he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is") which is understood as concessive</note> is master of everything,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="2">but he is under guardians and managers until the time set by <transChange type="added">his</transChange> father.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="3">So also we, when we were children, we were enslaved under the elemental spirits of the world.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="4">But when the fullness of time came, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="5">in order that he might redeem those under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="6">And because you are sons, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, "Abba!<note>"Abba" is Aramaic for "father"</note> (Father!),"</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="7">so that you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, also an heir through God. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="8">But at that time <transChange type="added">when you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as temporal</note> did not know God, you were enslaved to the things which by nature are not gods.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="9">But now, <transChange type="added">because you</transChange> have come to know God, or rather have come to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental spirits? Do you want to be enslaved to them<note>Literally "to whom"</note> all over again?</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="11">I am afraid <transChange type="added">for</transChange> you, lest perhaps I have labored for you in vain!</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="12">I ask you, brothers, become like me, because I also <transChange type="added">have become</transChange> like you. You have done me no <transChange type="added">wrong</transChange>! </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="13">But you know that because of an illness of the flesh I proclaimed the gospel to you the first time.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="14">And you did not despise or disdain <transChange type="added">what was</transChange> a trial for you in my flesh, but you welcomed me like an angel of God, like Christ Jesus.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="15">So where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> your blessing? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes <transChange type="added">and</transChange> given <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to me!</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="16">So then, have I become your enemy <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being truthful") which is understood as means</note> being truthful to you?</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="17">They zealously seek you, not commendably, but they want to exclude you, in order that you may seek them <transChange type="added">zealously</transChange>.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="18">But <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> good to be sought zealously in good at all times, and not only when I am present with you.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="19">My children, for whom I am having birth pains again, until Christ is formed in you!</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="20">But I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone because I am perplexed about you. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="21">Tell me, <transChange type="added">you</transChange> who are wanting to be under the law, do you not understand<note>Literally "hear"</note> the law?</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="22">For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the female slave and one by the free woman.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="23">But the one by the female slave was born according to human descent, and the one by the free woman through the promise,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="24">which <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are spoken allegorically, for these <transChange type="added">women</transChange> are two covenants, one from Mount Sinai, bearing <transChange type="added">children</transChange> for slavery, who is Hagar.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="25">Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is a slave with her children.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="29">But just as at that time the <transChange type="added">child</transChange> born according to human descent persecuted the <transChange type="added">child born</transChange> according to the Spirit, so also now.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="30">But what does the scripture say? "Drive out the female slave and her son, for the son of the female slave will never inherit with the son"<note>A quotation from Gen 21:10, which does not include the words "of the free woman"</note> of the free woman.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="31">Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the female slave but of the free woman. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="1">For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="2">Look! I, Paul, tell you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing!</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="3">And again I testify to every man who becomes circumcised, that he is under obligation to keep the whole law.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="4">You are estranged from Christ, <transChange type="added">you</transChange> who are attempting to be justified<note>*The present tense has been translated as conative here ("are attempting")</note> by the law; you have fallen from grace.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="6">For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="8">This persuasion <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not from the one who calls you!</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="10">I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will think nothing different, but the one who is confusing you {will pay the penalty}<note>Literally "will bear the <transChange type="added">= his</transChange> condemnation"</note>, whoever he may be.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="11">Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="12">I wish that the ones who are disturbing you would also {castrate themselves}<note>Literally "cut themselves off"</note>! </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="13">For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not let your freedom <transChange type="added">become</transChange> an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="14">For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."<note>A quotation from Lev 19:18</note></verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="15">But if you bite and devour one another, watch out <transChange type="added">that</transChange> you are not consumed by one another. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="16">But I say, live by the Spirit, and you will never carry out the desire of the flesh.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="17">For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh, for these are in opposition to one another, so that whatever you want, you may not do these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="19">Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are sexual immorality, impurity, licentiousness,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="20">idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, factions,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="21">envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, <transChange type="added">things</transChange> which I am telling you <transChange type="added">in advance</transChange>, just as I said before, that the ones who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="22">But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="23">gentleness, self control. Against such things <transChange type="added">there</transChange> is no law.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="24">Now those {who belong to Christ}<note>Literally "of Christ"</note><note>Some manuscripts have "Christ Jesus"</note> have crucified the flesh together with its feelings and its desires. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="1">Brothers, even if a person is caught in some trespass, you <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of humility, looking out for yourself, lest you also be tempted.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="3">For if anyone thinks he is something <transChange type="added">although he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is") which is understood as concessive</note> is nothing, he is deceiving himself.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="4">But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have a reason for boasting in himself alone, and not in someone else.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="6">Now the one who is taught the word must share in all good <transChange type="added">things</transChange> with the one who teaches.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="7">Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked, for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap,</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="8">because the one who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="9">And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, <transChange type="added">if we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("give up") which is understood as conditional</note> do not give up.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="10">So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all <transChange type="added">people</transChange>, and especially to those who belong to the household of faith. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="11">See with what large letters I am writing to you with my <transChange type="added">own</transChange> hand.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="12">As many as are wanting to make a good showing in the flesh, these are attempting to compel<note>*The present tense has been translated as conative here ("are attempting")</note> you to be circumcised, only so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="13">For not even those who are circumcised observe the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised in order that they may boast in your flesh.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="14">But <transChange type="added">as</transChange> for me, may it never be <transChange type="added">that I</transChange> boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="15">For neither is circumcision anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="16">And all those who follow this rule, peace and mercy <transChange type="added">be</transChange> on them and on the Israel of God. </verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="17">Finally, let no one cause me trouble, for I carry on my body the marks of Jesus.</verse>


book: Gal
content:
<verse num="18">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with your spirit, brothers. Amen. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="1">Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus<note>A number of the earliest and most important manuscripts omit "in Ephesus," though it is hard to make sense of the line without this phrase (cf. rsv, "to the saints who are also faithful")</note> and faithful in Christ Jesus:</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="3">Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange><note>Or "blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange>"</note> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly <transChange type="added">places</transChange> in Christ,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="4">just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> we should be holy and blameless before him in love,<note>Or "before him, having predestined us in love" (the phrase "in love" could go either with v. 4 or v. 5)</note></verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="5">having predestined us to adoption through Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="6">to the praise of the glory of his grace that he bestowed on us in the beloved,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="7">in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="9">making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in him,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="10">for the administration of the fullness of times, to bring together all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="11">in whom also we were chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> according to the counsel of his will,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="12"><transChange type="added">that</transChange> we who hoped beforehand in Christ should be for the praise of his glory,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="13">in whom also you, when you heard<note>*This participle ("hearing") and the following one ("believing") are understood as temporal</note> the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also when you believed you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="14">who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="15">Because of this I also, hearing of {your faith}<note>Literally "the according to you faith"</note> in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="17">that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, {the glorious Father}<note>Literally "the Father of glory"</note>,<note>*Here "glorious" is an attributive genitive</note> may give you a spirit of wisdom<note>*Or "spiritual wisdom" (with "wisdom" is an attributive genitive)</note> and revelation in the knowledge of him</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="18">(the eyes of your hearts having been enlightened), so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the riches of the glory of his inheritance among the saints,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="19">and what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the surpassing greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty strength</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="20">which he has worked<note>Some manuscripts have "he worked"</note> in Christ, raising<note>*These participles are either means ("by raising ... and seating") or temporal ("when he raised ... and seated")</note> him from the dead and seating <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> at his right hand in the heavenly <transChange type="added">places</transChange>,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="21">above all rule and authority and power and lordship and every name named, not only in this age but also in the coming one,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="22">and he subjected all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> under his feet<note>An allusion to Ps 8:6</note> and gave him <transChange type="added">as</transChange> head over all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to the church,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="23">which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> in every <transChange type="added">way</transChange>. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="1">And you, {although you were dead}<note>Literally "and you being dead"</note><note>*Here the participle ("being") is understood as concessive</note> in your trespasses and sins,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="2">in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="3">among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will<note>Or "desires"</note> of the flesh and of the mind, and we were children of wrath<note>This phrase is a Semitic idiom which can mean either (1) "children characterized by wrath" or (2) "children destined for wrath"</note> by nature, as also the rest of <transChange type="added">them</transChange> were. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="4">But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love <transChange type="added">with</transChange> which he loved us,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="5">and we being dead in trespasses, he made <transChange type="added">us</transChange> alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved),</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="6">and raised <transChange type="added">us</transChange> together and seated <transChange type="added">us</transChange> together in the heavenly <transChange type="added">places</transChange> in Christ Jesus,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="7">in order that he might show in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness upon us in Christ Jesus.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="8">For by grace you are saved through faith, and this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not from yourselves, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> the gift of God;</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="9"><transChange type="added">it is</transChange> not from works, so that no one can boast.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="10">For we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that we may walk in them. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="11">Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> flesh, the so-called uncircumcision by the so-called circumcision in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> flesh, made by hands,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="12">that you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope, and without God in the world.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="13">But now in Christ Jesus you, the ones who once were far away, have become near by the blood of Christ.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="14">For he himself is our peace, who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition, the enmity, in his flesh,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="15">invalidating the law of commandments in ordinances, in order that he might create the two in himself into one new man, <transChange type="added">thus</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">thus</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("making") which is understood as result</note> making peace,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="16">and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, killing the enmity in himself.<note>Or "by it" (referring to the cross)</note></verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="17">And coming, he proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to the ones who were near,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="18">because through him <transChange type="added">we</transChange> both have access in one Spirit to the Father.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="19">Consequently, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="20">built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,<note>Or perhaps "capstone"</note></verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="21">in whom the whole building, joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="22">in whom you also are built up together into a dwelling place of God in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> Spirit.<note>Or "are built up together in spirit <transChange type="added">= spiritually</transChange> into a dwelling place of God" (cf. nrsv)</note> </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="1">On account of this I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="2">--if indeed you have heard <transChange type="added">about</transChange> the stewardship of God's grace given to me for you.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="3">According to<note>Some manuscripts have "given to me for you, that according to"</note> revelation the mystery was made known to me, just as I wrote beforehand in brief,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="4">so that you may be able when you read<note>Or "by reading"</note> to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="5">(which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit):</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="6"><transChange type="added">that</transChange> the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow sharers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="7">of which I became a servant, according to the gift of God's grace given to me, according to the working of his power. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="8">To me, the least of all the saints, was given this grace: to proclaim the good news of the fathomless riches of Christ to the Gentiles,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="9">and to enlighten everyone <transChange type="added">as to</transChange> what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages by God, who created all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="10">in order that the many-sided wisdom of God might be made known now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly <transChange type="added">places</transChange> through the church,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="11">according to the purpose of the ages which he carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="12">in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through faith in him.<note>Or "through his <transChange type="added">i.e., Christ's</transChange> faithfulness"</note></verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="13">Therefore I ask <transChange type="added">you</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> not to be discouraged at my afflictions on behalf of you, which are your glory. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="15">from whom every<note>Or "the whole"</note> family in heaven and on earth is named,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="16">that he may grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="17"><transChange type="added">that</transChange> Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith (you having been firmly rooted and established in love),</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="18">in order that you may be strong enough to grasp together with all the saints what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the breadth, and length, and height, and depth,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="19">and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, in order that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="20">Now to the one who is able to do beyond all measure more than all that we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="21">to him <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="1">Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to live in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called:</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="2">with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="4">one body and one Spirit (just as also you were called with one hope of your calling),</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="6">one God and Father of all, who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> over all, and through all, and in all. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="7">Now to each one of us was given this grace, according to the measure of Christ's gift.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="9">Now "he ascended," what is <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, except that he also descended<note>Some secondary manuscripts add "first"</note> to the lower regions of the earth?</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="10">The one who descended himself is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order that he might fill all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="11">And he himself gave some <transChange type="added">as</transChange> apostles and some <transChange type="added">as</transChange> prophets and some <transChange type="added">as</transChange> evangelists and some <transChange type="added">as</transChange> pastors and teachers</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="12">for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="13">until we all reach the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to a measure of the maturity of the fullness of Christ,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="14">so that we may no longer be infants, tossed about by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of people, by craftiness with reference to the scheming of deceit.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="15">But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him <transChange type="added">with reference to</transChange> all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, who is the head, Christ,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="16">from whom the whole body, joined together and held together by every supporting ligament, according to the working by measure of each single part, the growth of the body makes for the building up of itself in love. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="17">This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> you no longer walk as the Gentiles walk: in the futility of their mind,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="18">being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance <transChange type="added">that</transChange> is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="19">who, becoming callous, gave themselves over to licentiousness, for the pursuit of all uncleanness in greediness. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="21">if indeed you have heard <transChange type="added">about</transChange> him, and you were taught by him (just as truth is in Jesus),</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="22"><transChange type="added">that</transChange> you take off, according to your former way of life, the old man, who is being destroyed according to deceitful desires,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="24">and put on the new man (in accordance with God), who is created in righteousness and holiness from the truth. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="25">Therefore, putting aside the lie, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor,<note>An allusion to Zech 8:16</note> because we are members of one another.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="26">Be angry and do not sin;<note>An allusion to Ps 4:4</note> do not let the sun set on your anger,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="28">The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> good, so that he may have <transChange type="added">something</transChange> to share with the one who has need.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="29">{No rotten word must proceed}<note>Literally "Every rotten word must not proceed"</note> from your mouth, but only something good for the building up of the need, in order that it may give grace to those who hear,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="30">and do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="31">All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="32">Become<note>Some manuscripts have "But become"</note> kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="2">and live in love, just as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and sacrifice to God for a fragrant smell.<note>Or "a fragrant offering"</note></verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="3">But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or greediness, must not even be named among you (as is fitting for saints),</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="4">and obscenity, and foolish talk, or coarse jesting (which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not proper), but rather thanksgiving.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="5">For this you know {for certain}<note>Literally "for this you know, knowing"</note>, that every sexually immoral <transChange type="added">person</transChange>, or unclean <transChange type="added">person</transChange>, or greedy <transChange type="added">person</transChange> (who is an idolater), does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="6">Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="8">for you were formerly darkness, but now <transChange type="added">you are</transChange> light in the Lord. Live like children of light</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="9">(for the fruit of the light <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in all goodness and righteousness and truth),</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="11">And do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even expose <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="12">For it is shameful even to speak <transChange type="added">about</transChange> the things being <transChange type="added">done</transChange> by them in secret,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="13">but all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> exposed by the light are made visible,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="17">Because of this do not become foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord <transChange type="added">is</transChange>.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="18">And do not be drunk with wine (in which is dissipation), but be filled by the Spirit,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="19">speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and singing praise in your heart to the Lord,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="20">giving thanks always for all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to the God and Father,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="21">being subject to one another {out of reverence for}<note>Literally "in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> fear of"</note> Christ</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="23">because <transChange type="added">the</transChange> husband is <transChange type="added">the</transChange> head of the wife, as also Christ <transChange type="added">is the</transChange> head of the church (he himself <transChange type="added">being the</transChange> Savior of the body).</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="24">But as the church is subject to Christ, thus also wives <transChange type="added">should be subject</transChange><note>*The words "should be subject" are not in the Greek text, but are an understood repetition from the previous clause</note> to their husbands in everything. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="25">Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her;</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="26">in order that he might sanctify her by cleansing <transChange type="added">her</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> with the washing of water by the word;</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="27">in order that he might present to himself the church glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any such <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>, but that she may be holy and blameless.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="28">Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="29">For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ <transChange type="added">does</transChange> the church,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="31">"For this <transChange type="added">reason</transChange> a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."<note>A quotation from Gen 2:24</note></verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="32">(This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.)</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="33">Only you also, each one <transChange type="added">of you</transChange>, must thus love his own wife as himself, and the wife {must respect}<note>Literally "that she fear"</note> her husband. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="2">"Honor your father and mother" (which is the first<note>Or "is a very important"</note> commandment with a promise),</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="3">"in order that it may be well with you, and you may {live a long time}<note>Literally "be long-lived"</note> on the earth."<note>A quotation from Exod 20:12 and/or Deut 5:16</note></verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="4">And fathers, do not make your children angry, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="5">Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="6">not {while being watched}<note>Literally "with eye service"</note>, as people pleasers, but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="8"><transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal</note> know that each one of you, whatever good he should do,<note>Some manuscripts have "if he should do anything good"</note> this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="9">And masters, do the same <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to them, giving up threats, knowing that both their Lord and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="11">Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="12">because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual <transChange type="added">forces</transChange> of wickedness in the heavenly <transChange type="added">places</transChange>.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="13">Because of this, take up the full armor of God, in order that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="14">Stand therefore, girding your waist with truth, and putting on the breastplate of righteousness,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="15">and binding <transChange type="added">shoes</transChange> under your feet with the preparation of the good news of peace,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="16">in everything taking up the shield of faith, with which you are able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="17">and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="18">with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this <transChange type="added">end</transChange> being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="19">and for me, that a word may be given to me at the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="20">for the sake of which I am an ambassador in chains, that {in them}<note>Literally "in it" since "chain" is singular in the Greek text</note> I may speak freely, as it is necessary for me to speak. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="21">Now, so that you also may know {my circumstances}<note>Literally "the things with me"</note>, what I am doing, Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>,</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="22">whom I have sent<note>Or "whom I am sending"</note> to you for this very <transChange type="added">reason</transChange>, that you may know {our circumstances}<note>Literally "the things concerning us"</note>, and he may encourage your hearts. </verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="23">Peace to the brothers and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</verse>


book: Eph
content:
<verse num="24">Grace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruptibility.<note>Or "with undying love"</note> </verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="1">Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="3">I give thanks to my God upon my every remembrance of you,<note>Or "upon your every remembrance <transChange type="added">of me</transChange>"</note></verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="6">convinced of this same <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>, that the one who began a good work in you will finish <transChange type="added">it</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> until the day of Christ Jesus,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="7">just as it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, <transChange type="added">since</transChange><note>*Here "since" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as causal</note> both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you are sharers of grace with me.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="8">For God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my witness, that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. </verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="9">And this I pray: that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="10">so that you may approve what is superior, in order that you may be sincere and blameless in<note>Or "for," or "until"</note> the day of Christ,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="11">having been filled <transChange type="added">with the</transChange> fruit of righteousness which <transChange type="added">comes</transChange> through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God. </verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="12">Now I want you to know, brothers, that {my circumstances}<note>Literally "the things with me"</note> have happened instead for the progress of the gospel,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="13">so that my imprisonment in Christ has become known in the whole praetorium<note>Or "praetorian guard," or "imperial guard"</note> and to all the rest,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="14">and most of the brothers, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, dare <transChange type="added">even</transChange> more to speak the word without fear.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="15">Some even because of envy and strife preach Christ, but some also because of good will.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="16">The latter <transChange type="added">do so</transChange> from love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="17">The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction in my imprisonment.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="18">{What is the result?}<note>Literally "for what"</note> Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. But also I will rejoice,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="19">for I know that this will turn out to me for deliverance through your prayer and the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="20">according to my eager expectation and hope, that I will be put to shame in nothing, but with all boldness, even now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether through life or through death.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="21">For to me to live <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Christ and to die <transChange type="added">is</transChange> gain.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="22">But if <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> to live in the flesh, this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> fruitful work for me, and which I will prefer <transChange type="added">I do</transChange> not know.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="23">But I am hard pressed {between the two options}<note>Literally "by the two"</note>, having the desire to depart and to be with Christ, {for this is very much better}<note>Literally "for <transChange type="added">this is</transChange> more better by much"</note>.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="24">But to stay on in the flesh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> more necessary for your sake.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="25">And because I am<note>*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("convinced") which is understood as causal</note> convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="26">so that <transChange type="added">what</transChange> you can be proud of may increase in Christ Jesus because of me through my return again to you. </verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="27">Only lead your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent I hear {your circumstances}<note>Literally "the things concerning you"</note>, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="28">and not letting yourselves be intimidated in anything by your opponents, which is a sign of destruction to them, but of your salvation, and this from God,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="29">because to you has been graciously granted on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on behalf of him,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="1">Therefore, if <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="2">complete my joy, so that {you are in agreement}<note>Literally "you think the same <transChange type="added">thing</transChange></note>, having the same love, united in spirit, {having one purpose}<note>Literally "thinking the one <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>"</note>.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="3"><transChange type="added">Do</transChange> nothing according to selfish ambition or according to empty conceit, but in humility considering one another better than yourselves,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="4">each of you<note>Some manuscripts have "each one of you"</note> not looking out for {your own interests}<note>Literally "the things of yourselves"</note>, but also each of you <transChange type="added">for</transChange> {the interests}<note>Literally "the things"</note> of others. </verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="5">Think this in<note>Or "among"</note> yourselves which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> also in Christ Jesus, </verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="6">who, existing in the form of God, did not consider being equal with God something to be grasped,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="7">but emptied himself <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("taking") which is understood as means</note> taking the form of a slave, <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("becoming") which is understood as means</note> becoming in the likeness of people. And being found in appearance like a man,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="8">he humbled himself <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("becoming") which is understood as means</note> becoming obedient to the point of death, that is, death on a cross.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="9">Therefore also God exalted him and graciously granted him the name above every name,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="10">so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of <transChange type="added">those</transChange> in heaven and of <transChange type="added">those</transChange> on earth and of <transChange type="added">those</transChange> under the earth,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="11">and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Lord, to the glory of God the Father.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="12">Therefore my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="13">For the one at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure, is God.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="14">Do all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> without grumbling and disputing,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="15">in order that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without fault<note>Or "blameless"</note> in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as stars in the world,<note>Or possibly "in the universe"</note></verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="16">holding fast to the word of life, for a source of pride<note>Or "for a cause of boasting"</note> to me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="17">But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and rejoice with all of you.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="18">And <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the same <transChange type="added">way</transChange> also you rejoice and rejoice with me. </verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="19">But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I also may be encouraged <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as temporal</note> know {your circumstances}<note>Literally "the things concerning you"</note>.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="20">For I have no one like-minded who <transChange type="added">will</transChange> sincerely be concerned about {your circumstances}<note>Literally "the things concerning you"</note>.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="21">For they all seek {their own interests}<note>Literally "the things of themselves"</note>, not those of Jesus Christ.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="22">But you know his proven character, that like a child with a father he served with me for the gospel.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="23">Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see {my circumstances}<note>Literally "the things concerning me"</note>.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="25">But I considered <transChange type="added">it</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, but your messenger and servant of my need,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="26">because he was longing for all of you and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="27">For indeed he was sick, coming near to death, but God had mercy on him and not <transChange type="added">on</transChange> him only, but also <transChange type="added">on</transChange> me, so that I would not have grief upon grief.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="28">Therefore I am sending him with special urgency, in order that <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("see") which is understood as temporal</note> you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="29">Therefore welcome him in the Lord with all joy, and consider such <transChange type="added">people</transChange> highly honored,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="30">because on account of the work of Christ he came near to the point of death, risking his life in order that {he might make up for your inability to serve me}<note>Literally "he might fill up your lack of service to me"</note>. </verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="1">Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to you <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not troublesome to me, but <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a safeguard for you.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="2">Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the mutilation.<note>This term is a wordplay on the Greek word "circumcision"</note></verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="3">For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship<note>Or "who serve"</note> by the Spirit<note>Or "in the Spirit"</note> of God and boast in Christ Jesus and do not <transChange type="added">put</transChange> confidence in the flesh,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="4">although I <transChange type="added">could</transChange> have confidence even in the flesh. </verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="5">{circumcised on the eighth day}<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">with respect to</transChange> circumcision <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> on the eighth day"</note>, from the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew <transChange type="added">born</transChange> from Hebrews, according to the law a Pharisee,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="6">according to zeal persecuting the church, according to the righteousness in the law being blameless.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="7">But whatever <transChange type="added">things</transChange> were gain to me, these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> I have considered loss because of Christ.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="8">{More than that}<note>Literally "but on the contrary"</note>, <transChange type="added">I</transChange> even consider all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to be loss because of the surpassing greatness of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I have suffered the loss of all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and consider <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> dung, in order that I may gain Christ</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="9">and may be found in him, not having my righteousness <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> from the law, but <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> through faith in Christ,<note>Or "through Christ's faithfulness"</note> the righteousness from God on the basis of faith,<note>Or "on the basis of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> faithfulness"</note></verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="10">so that I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="12">Not that I have already received <transChange type="added">this</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> or <transChange type="added">have</transChange> already been made perfect, but I press on if indeed I may lay hold of <transChange type="added">that</transChange> for which also I was laid hold of by Christ.<note>Some manuscripts have "Christ Jesus"</note></verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="13">Brothers, I do not consider myself to have laid hold of <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> But <transChange type="added">I do</transChange> one <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>, forgetting the things behind and straining toward the things ahead,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="14">I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. </verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="15">Therefore as many as <transChange type="added">are</transChange> perfect, {let us hold this opinion}<note>Literally "let us think this"</note>, and if you think anything differently, God will reveal this also to you.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="17">Become fellow imitators of me, brothers, and observe those who walk in this way, just as you have us <transChange type="added">as</transChange> an example.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="18">For many live, of whom I spoke about to you many times, but now speak about even weeping, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the enemies of the cross of Christ,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="19">whose end <transChange type="added">is</transChange> destruction, whose God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the stomach, and <transChange type="added">whose</transChange> glory <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in their shame, the ones who think on earthly things.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="20">For our commonwealth exists in heaven, from which also we eagerly await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="21">who will transform our humble body <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> conformed to his glorious body, in accordance with the power that enables him even to subject all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to himself. </verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="1">So then, my beloved and greatly desired brothers, my joy and crown, thus stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="2">I appeal to Euodia and I appeal to Syntyche {to be in agreement}<note>Literally "to think the same <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>"</note> in the Lord.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="3">Yes, I ask also you, true yokefellow, help them, who struggled along with me in the gospel with both Clement and the rest of my fellow workers whose names <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the book of life. </verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="5">Let your gentleness be made known to all people. The Lord <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="6">Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="7">And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds<note>Or "thoughts"</note> in Christ Jesus.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="8">Finally, brothers, whatever <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are true, whatever <transChange type="added">things are</transChange> honorable, whatever <transChange type="added">things are</transChange> right, whatever <transChange type="added">things are</transChange> pure, whatever <transChange type="added">things are</transChange> pleasing, whatever <transChange type="added">things are</transChange> commendable, if <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> any excellence of character and if anything praiseworthy, think about these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="9">And <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> which you have learned and received and heard about and seen in me, practice these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and the God of peace will be with you. </verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="10">But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last {you have renewed your concern for me}<note>Literally "you have revived to think on behalf of me"</note>, for whom also you were thinking, but you had no opportunity <transChange type="added">to express it</transChange>.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="11">Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever <transChange type="added">circumstances</transChange> I am.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="12">I know <transChange type="added">how</transChange> both {to make do with little}<note>Literally "to be humbled"</note> and I know <transChange type="added">how</transChange> {to have an abundance}<note>Literally "to abound"</note>. In everything and in all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both {to have an abundance}<note>Literally "to abound"</note> and to go without.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="13">I am able <transChange type="added">to do</transChange> all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> by the one who strengthens me.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="14">Nevertheless you have done well by sharing<note>*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("sharing") which is understood as means</note> with me in my affliction.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="15">Now you also know, Philippians, that at the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone,</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="16">because even in Thessalonica {on more than one occasion}<note>Literally "both once and twice"</note> you sent for my need.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="17">Not that I seek the gift, but I seek for the profit that increases to your account.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="18">But I have received everything <transChange type="added">in full</transChange> and have an abundance; {I am well supplied}<note>Literally "I have been made full"</note> <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("received") which is understood as causal</note> I received from Epaphroditus {what you had sent}<note>Literally "the things from you"</note>, a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="19">And my God will fulfill your every need according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.</verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="20">Now to our God and Father <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the glory {forever and ever}<note>Literally "to the ages of the ages"</note>. Amen. </verse>


book: Phil
content:
<verse num="23">The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with your spirit. </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="1">Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="2">to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ in Colossae. Grace to you and peace from God our Father. </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="3">We give thanks always to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ <transChange type="added">when we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("pray") which is understood as temporal</note> pray for you,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="4"><transChange type="added">since we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">since</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard about") which is understood as causal</note> heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="5">because of the hope reserved for you in heaven, which you have heard about beforehand in the word of truth, the gospel,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="6">that has come to you, just as also in all the world it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day you heard about and understood the grace of God in truth,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="7">just as you learned <transChange type="added">it</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave who is a faithful minister of Christ <transChange type="added">on</transChange> our behalf,<note>Some manuscripts have "on your behalf"</note></verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="8"><transChange type="added">who</transChange> also made clear to us your love in the Spirit. </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="9">Because of this also we, from the day we heard about <transChange type="added">it</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> did not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual insight,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="10">so that you may live in a manner worthy of the Lord, {to please <transChange type="added">him</transChange> in all respects}<note>Literally "to all pleasing"</note>, bearing fruit in every good deed and increasing in the knowledge of God,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="11">enabled with all power, according to his glorious might, for all steadfastness and patience with joy,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="12">giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you for a share of the inheritance of the saints in light,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="13">who has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred <transChange type="added">us</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to the kingdom of the Son {he loves}<note>Literally "of his love"</note>,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="15">who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all<note>*Translated as a genitive of subordination (Wallace, GGBB, 104)</note> creation,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="16">because all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> in the heavens and on the earth were created by him, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers, all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> were created through him and for him,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="17">and he himself is before all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and in him all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are held together,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="18">and he himself is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in everything,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="19">because he was well pleased <transChange type="added">for</transChange> all the fullness to dwell in him,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="20">and through him to reconcile all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to himself, <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("making peace") which is understood as means</note> making peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven. </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="21">And {although you were formerly alienated}<note>Literally "and you formerly being alienated"</note><note>*Here the participle ("being") is understood as concessive</note> and enemies in attitude, because of your evil deeds,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="22">but now you have been reconciled<note>Some manuscripts have "he has reconciled <transChange type="added">you</transChange>"</note> by {his physical body}<note>Literally "the body of his flesh"</note> through death, to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="23">if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister. </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="24">Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="25">of which I became a minister, according to God's stewardship which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="26">the mystery <transChange type="added">which</transChange> has been hidden from the ages and from the generations, but has now been revealed to his saints,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="27">to whom God wanted to make known what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the glorious wealth of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="28">whom we proclaim, <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("admonishing") which is understood as means</note> admonishing every person<note>Literally "man," used here in a generic sense to refer to persons of either gender</note> and teaching every person<note>Literally "man," used here in a generic sense to refer to persons of either gender</note> with all wisdom, in order that we may present every person<note>Literally "man," used here in a generic sense to refer to persons of either gender</note> mature in Christ,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="29">for which <transChange type="added">purpose</transChange> also I labor, striving according to his working which is at work powerfully in me. </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="1">For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on behalf of you, and those in Laodicea, and all those who have not seen my face {in person}<note>Literally "in the flesh"</note>,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="2">so that their hearts may be encouraged, united in love and into all the wealth of the full assurance of insight into the knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="5">for even if I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="7">firmly rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding with thankfulness.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="8">Beware lest {anyone take you captive}<note>Literally "anyone be the one who takes captive you"</note> through philosophy and empty deceit, according to {human tradition}<note>Literally "the tradition of men"</note>, according to the elemental spirits of the world and not according to Christ,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="11">in whom also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made by hands, by the removal of the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="12">having been buried with him in baptism, in which also you were raised together with <transChange type="added">him</transChange> through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="13">And {although you were dead}<note>Literally "and you being dead"</note><note>*Here the participle ("being") is understood as concessive</note> in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="14">having destroyed the certificate of indebtedness in ordinances against us, which was hostile to us, and removed it out of the way <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("nailing") which is understood as means</note> nailing it to the cross.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="15"><transChange type="added">When he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had disarmed") which is understood as temporal</note> had disarmed the rulers and the authorities, he made a display of <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in public, triumphing over them by it.<note>Or "in him"</note> </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="16">Therefore do not let anyone judge you with reference to eating or<note>Some manuscripts have "and"</note> drinking or participation in a feast or a new moon or a Sabbath,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="17">which are a shadow of what is to come, but the reality <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Christ.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="18">Let no one condemn you, taking pleasure in humility and the worship of angels, going into detail <transChange type="added">about</transChange> <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> which he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="19">and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by the ligaments and sinews, grows with the growth of God. </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="20">If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit <transChange type="added">to them</transChange> as <transChange type="added">if</transChange> living in the world?</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="22">which <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are all <transChange type="added">meant</transChange> for destruction by consuming according to human commandments and teachings,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="23">which <transChange type="added">things</transChange> {although they have}<note>Literally "having"</note>,<note>*Here the participle ("having") is understood as concessive</note> to be sure, an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and humility and unsparing treatment of the body, {do not have any value}<note>Literally "are not with any value"</note> against the indulgence of the flesh. </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="1">Therefore, if you have been raised together with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="2">Set your mind on the things above, not <transChange type="added">on</transChange> the things on earth.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="4">When Christ, <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory. </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="5">Therefore put to death {what is earthly in you}<note>Literally "the members on the earth"</note>: sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustful passion, evil desire, and greediness, which is idolatry,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="7">in which also you once lived, when you used to live in them.<note>Or "among them" (the pronoun may refer either to people or to sins)</note></verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="8">But now you also lay aside all <transChange type="added">these</transChange> things: anger, rage, wickedness, slander, abusive language from your mouth.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="9">Do not lie to one another, <transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have taken off") which is understood as causal</note> have taken off the old man together with his deeds,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="10">and have put on the new <transChange type="added">man</transChange> that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created him,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="11">where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> free, but Christ <transChange type="added">is</transChange> all, and in all. </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="12">Therefore, as <transChange type="added">the</transChange> chosen of God, holy and <transChange type="added">dearly</transChange> loved, put on affection, compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="13">putting up with one another and forgiving one another. If anyone should have a complaint against anyone, just as also the Lord forgave you, thus also you <transChange type="added">do the same</transChange>.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="14">And to all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> <transChange type="added">add</transChange> love, which is <transChange type="added">the</transChange> bond of perfection.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="15">And the peace of Christ must rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="16">Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another with all wisdom, with psalms, hymns, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="17">and everything {whatever}<note>Literally "if anything that"</note> you do in word or in deed, giving thanks <transChange type="added">for</transChange> all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> in the name of the Lord Jesus to God the Father through him. </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="20">Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="21">Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they will not become discouraged.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="22">Slaves, obey your {human}<note>Literally "according to the flesh"</note> masters in everything, not {while being watched}<note>Literally "with eye-service"</note>, as people pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="23">Whatever you do, accomplish <transChange type="added">it</transChange> from the soul, as to the Lord, and not to people,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="24"><transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal</note> know that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. Serve<note>Or "You serve"; the same Greek verb form can be understood as either imperative ("serve") or indicative ("you serve"), so that commentators and Bible translations differ</note> the Lord Christ.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="25">For the one who does wrong will receive back whatever wrong he has done, and there is no partiality. </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="1">Masters, grant your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you also have a master in heaven. </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="3">praying at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door of the message, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which also {I am a prisoner}<note>Literally "I have been bound"</note>,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="4">so that I may reveal<note>Or "may make it clear"</note> it, as it is necessary for me to speak.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="6">Let your speech always <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with grace, seasoned with salt, so that <transChange type="added">you</transChange> may know how it is necessary for you to answer each one. </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="7">Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant and fellow slave in the Lord, will make known to you all {my circumstances}<note>Literally "the things according to me"</note>,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="8">whom I have sent to you for this very <transChange type="added">reason</transChange>, in order that you may know {our circumstances}<note>Literally "the things concerning us"</note> and he may encourage your hearts,</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="9">together with Onesimus, my faithful and dear brother, who is <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of you. They will make known to you all {the circumstances}<note>Literally "the things"</note> here. </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="10">Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions--if he should come to you, welcome him),</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="11">and Jesus who is called Justus. These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the only ones who are fellow workers for the kingdom of God from the circumcision, who have been a comfort to me.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="12">Epaphras, who is <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of you, greets you, a slave of Christ<note>Some manuscripts have "of Christ Jesus"</note> always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured<note>Or "and filled"</note> in all the will of God.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="13">For I testify to him that {he is working hard}<note>Literally "he has much labor"</note> on behalf of you and those in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="14">Luke the physician, our dear friend, greets you, <transChange type="added">as does</transChange> Demas.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="15">Greet the brothers in Laodicea, and Nympha and the church in her<note>Some manuscripts, including the majority of Byzantine minuscules, read the masculine form of the pronoun here ("his"), understanding the form of the name "Nympha" earlier in the verse to be masculine</note> house.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="16">And whenever this letter is read among you, {see to it}<note>Literally "cause"</note> that it is read also among the Laodicean church, and that you also read the <transChange type="added">letter</transChange> from Laodicea.</verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="17">And tell Archippus, "Direct your attention to the ministry that you received in the Lord, in order that you may complete it." </verse>


book: Col
content:
<verse num="18">The greeting <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by my hand, Paul's. Remember my {imprisonment}<note>Literally "bonds"</note>. Grace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with you. </verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="1">Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace. </verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="2">We give thanks to God always concerning all of you, making mention constantly in our prayers,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="3"><transChange type="added">because we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("remember") which is understood as causal</note> remember your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="4">knowing, brothers <transChange type="added">dearly</transChange> loved by God, {that he has chosen you}<note>Literally "the choice of you"</note>,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="5">because our gospel did not come to you with word only, but also with power and with the Holy Spirit and with much certainty, just as you know what sort of <transChange type="added">people</transChange> we became among you for your sake.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="6">And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="7">so that you became an example to all those who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="8">for from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia,<note>Some manuscripts have "and in Achaia"</note> but in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="9">For <transChange type="added">they</transChange> themselves report about us, what sort of welcome we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve <transChange type="added">the</transChange> living and true God,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="10">and to await his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, the one who delivers us from the coming wrath. </verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="1">For <transChange type="added">you</transChange> yourselves know, brothers, our reception with you, that it was not in vain,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="2">but <transChange type="added">after we</transChange> had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, just as you know, we had the courage in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="3">For our exhortation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not from error or from impurity or with deceit,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="4">but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, thus we speak, not as pleasing people but God, who examines our hearts.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="5">{For never}<note>Literally "for neither ever"</note> did we come with a word of flattery, just as you know, nor with a pretext of greediness (God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> witness),</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="7">{Although we could have insisted on our own importance}<note>Literally "being able to be with a claim of importance"</note><note>*Here the participle ("being able") is understood as concessive</note> as apostles of Christ, yet we became infants in your midst, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="8">Longing for you in this way, we determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own souls, because you had become dear to us. </verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="9">For you remember, brothers, our labor and hardship: working by night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="10">You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> witnesses, and <transChange type="added">so is</transChange> God, how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we became to you who believe,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="11">just as you know how <transChange type="added">we treated</transChange> each one of you, like a father his own children,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="12">exhorting and consoling you and insisting that you live in a manner worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory. </verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="13">And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that <transChange type="added">when you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("received") which is understood as temporal</note> received God's word {that you heard}<note>Literally "of hearing"</note> from us, you accepted <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not <transChange type="added">as the</transChange> word of men, but as <transChange type="added">it</transChange> truly is, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="14">For you became imitators, brothers, of the churches of God <transChange type="added">which</transChange> are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because you also suffered the same <transChange type="added">things</transChange> at the hands of your own people, just as <transChange type="added">they</transChange> themselves <transChange type="added">did</transChange> also at the hands of the Jews,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="15">who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and who persecuted us, and <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> not pleasing to God and <transChange type="added">are</transChange> opposed to all people,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="16">hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles in order that they may be saved, so that <transChange type="added">they</transChange> always fill up their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the end.<note>Or "has come upon them at last"</note> </verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="17">But <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were made orphans by separation") which is understood as temporal</note> we were made orphans by separation from you, brothers, for {a short time}<note>Literally "the time of an hour"</note> (in face, not in heart), <transChange type="added">we were</transChange> even more eager with great desire to see your face,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="18">because we wanted to come to you--I, Paul, {on more than one occasion}<note>Literally "both once and twice"</note>--and Satan hindered us.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="19">For who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our hope or joy or crown of boasting? <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming?</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="1">Therefore <transChange type="added">when we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("could bear") which is understood as temporal</note> could bear <transChange type="added">it</transChange> no longer, we determined to be left behind in Athens alone,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="2">and we sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, in order to strengthen and to encourage you about your faith,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="3"><transChange type="added">so that</transChange> no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For <transChange type="added">you</transChange> yourselves know that we are appointed for this,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="4">for indeed when we were with you we told you beforehand that we were about to be afflicted, just as indeed it happened, and you know.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="5">Because of this, I also, <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("could endure") which is understood as temporal</note> could endure <transChange type="added">it</transChange> no longer, sent in order to know your faith, lest somehow the tempter tempted you and our labor should be in vain. </verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="6">But now, <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("has come") which is understood as causal</note> Timothy has come to us from you and has brought good news to us of your faith and love, and that {you always think kindly of us}<note>Literally "that you have kindly remembrance of us always"</note>, desiring to see us just as also we <transChange type="added">desire to see</transChange> you,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="7">because of this, brothers, we have been comforted because of you in all our distress and affliction through your faith,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="9">For what thanks can we repay to God concerning you, because of all the joy <transChange type="added">with</transChange> which we rejoice because of you before our God,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="10">night and day praying beyond all measure that <transChange type="added">we</transChange> may see your face and complete what is lacking in your faith? </verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="11">Now <transChange type="added">may</transChange> our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="12">and <transChange type="added">may</transChange> the Lord <transChange type="added">cause</transChange> you to increase and to abound in love for one another and for all, just as also we <transChange type="added">do</transChange> for you,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="13">so that your hearts may be established blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.<note>Some manuscripts have "his saints. Amen."</note> </verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="1">Finally therefore, brothers, we ask you and appeal to <transChange type="added">you</transChange> in the Lord Jesus that, just as you have received from us how it is necessary for you to live and to please God, just as indeed you are living, that you progress even more.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="3">For this is the will of God, your sanctification: <transChange type="added">that</transChange> you abstain from sexual immorality;</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="4"><transChange type="added">that</transChange> each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="6">not to transgress and to exploit his brother in the matter, because the Lord <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the one who avenges concerning all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, just as also we told you beforehand and testified solemnly.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="8">Therefore the one who rejects <transChange type="added">this</transChange> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not rejecting man, but God, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> also gives his Holy Spirit to you. </verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="9">But concerning brotherly love, I do not have need to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="10">for indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to progress even more,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="11">and to aspire to live a quiet life, and to attend to {your own business},<note>Literally "your own things"</note> and to work with your hands,<note>Some manuscripts have "your own hands"</note> just as we commanded you,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="12">so that you may live decently toward those outside, and may have need of nothing. </verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="13">Now we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve as also the rest, who have no hope.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="14">For if we believe that Jesus died and rose <transChange type="added">again</transChange>, thus also God will bring those who have fallen asleep through Jesus together with him.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="15">For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain until the Lord's coming, will not possibly precede those who have fallen asleep.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="16">For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="17">Then we who are alive, who remain, will be snatched away at the same time together with them in the clouds for a meeting with the Lord in the air, and thus we will be together with the Lord always.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="1">Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need <transChange type="added">of anything</transChange> to be written to you,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="2">for <transChange type="added">you</transChange> yourselves well know that the day of the Lord is coming in the <transChange type="added">same</transChange> way as a thief in the night.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="3">Whenever they say "Peace and security," then sudden destruction will overtake them like the birth pains of {a pregnant woman}<note>Literally "one who has in the belly"</note>, and they will not possibly escape.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="4">But you, brothers, are not in the darkness, so that the day should catch you like a thief,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="5">for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. </verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="6">So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="7">For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="8">But <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as causal</note> we are of the day, we must be sober, <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("putting on") which is understood as means</note> putting on the breastplate of faith and love and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a helmet the hope of salvation,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="9">because God did not appoint us for wrath, but for the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="10">who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live at the same time with him.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="11">Therefore encourage one another and build up {each other}<note>Literally "one the one," i.e., "one the other"</note>, just as indeed you are doing. </verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="12">Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and rule over you in the Lord and admonish you,</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="13">and to esteem them beyond all measure in love, because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. </verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="14">And we urge you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, console the discouraged, help the sick, be patient toward all <transChange type="added">people</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="15">See to it that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue good toward<note>Some manuscripts have "both toward"</note> one another and toward all <transChange type="added">people</transChange>. </verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="18">give thanks in everything; for this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="21">but examine all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>; hold fast to <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> good.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="23">Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete, blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.</verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="24">The one who calls you <transChange type="added">is</transChange> faithful, who also will do <transChange type="added">this</transChange>. </verse>


book: 1Thess
content:
<verse num="28">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with you. </verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="1">Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="2">Grace to you and peace from God the Father<note>Some manuscripts have "God our Father"</note> and the Lord Jesus Christ. </verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="3">We ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers, just as it is fitting, because your faith is flourishing and the love of each one of you all toward one another is increasing</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="4">so that we ourselves boast in you in the churches of God about your patient endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="5">a proof of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, on behalf of which also you are suffering,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="6">since <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> righteous in the sight of God to pay back those who are afflicting you with affliction,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="7">and to you who are being afflicted, rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="8">with burning flame<note>Some manuscripts have "with flaming fire"</note> giving punishment to those who do not know God and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="9">who will pay the penalty <transChange type="added">of</transChange> eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="10">whenever he should come to be glorified on that day by his saints and to be marveled at by all who believe, because our testimony was believed among you,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="11">for which <transChange type="added">purpose</transChange> we also pray always for you, that you may be considered worthy of the calling of our God, and he might fulfill every desire for goodness and work of faith with power,<note>Or "by <transChange type="added">his</transChange> power"</note></verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="12">in order that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. </verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="1">Now we ask you, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to him,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="2">that you not be easily shaken from your composure, nor be troubled either by a spirit or by a message or by a letter {alleged to be from us}<note>Literally "as <transChange type="added">if</transChange> by us"</note>, to the effect that the day of the Lord has arrived.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="3">Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for <transChange type="added">that day will not come</transChange> unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="4">who opposes and who exalts himself over every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits down in the temple of God, proclaiming that he himself is God. </verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="5">Do you not remember that <transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were") which is understood as temporal</note> we were still with you, we were saying these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to you?</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="6">And you know that which restrains <transChange type="added">him</transChange> now, so that he will be revealed in his own time.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="7">For the mystery of lawlessness is at work already; only the one who now restrains<note>Or "restrains it" (referring to the "mystery of lawlessness"; or "restrains him" (referring to the "man of lawlessness" in v. 3)</note> <transChange type="added">will do so</transChange> until he is out of the way,<note>Literally "out of the midst"</note></verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="8">and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth, and wipe out by the appearance of his coming,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="9">whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="10">and with every unrighteous deception against those who are perishing, in place of which they did not accept the love of the truth, so that they would be saved.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="11">And because of this, God sends them {a powerful delusion}<note>Literally "a working of deceit"</note> so that they will believe the lie,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="12">in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth, but delighted in unrighteousness. </verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="13">But we ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers <transChange type="added">dearly</transChange> loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you <transChange type="added">as</transChange> first fruits for salvation by the sanctification of the Spirit and faith in the truth,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="14">for which <transChange type="added">purpose</transChange> he called<note>Some manuscripts have "he also called"</note> you through our gospel for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="15">So then, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions which you were taught, whether by <transChange type="added">spoken</transChange> word or by letter from us.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="16">Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given <transChange type="added">us</transChange> eternal encouragement and good hope by grace,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="17">encourage your hearts and strengthen <transChange type="added">you</transChange> in every good work and word. </verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="1">Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may progress and be honored, just as also <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> with you,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="2">and that we may be delivered from evil and wicked people, {for not all have the faith}<note>Literally "for not of all <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the faith"</note>.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="3">But the Lord is faithful, who will strengthen you and guard <transChange type="added">you</transChange> from the evil one.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="4">And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are both doing and you will do <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> that we are commanding.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="5">Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and toward the patient endurance of Christ. </verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="6">But we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> you keep away from every brother who lives irresponsibly and not according to the tradition that they received from us.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="7">For you yourselves know how it is necessary to imitate us, that we did not behave irresponsibly among you,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="8">nor did we eat bread from anyone without paying, but with toil and labor, <transChange type="added">we were</transChange> working night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you,</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="9">not that we do not have the right, but so that we may give ourselves <transChange type="added">as</transChange> an example to you, so that <transChange type="added">you</transChange> may imitate us.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="10">For even when we were with you, we used to command this to you: that if anyone does not want to work, neither should he eat.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="11">For we hear <transChange type="added">that</transChange> some among you are living irresponsibly, working <transChange type="added">at</transChange> nothing, but being busybodies.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="12">Now we command and we exhort such people in the Lord Jesus Christ that, working with quietness, they eat their own bread.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="13">But <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> you, brothers, do not be discouraged <transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("doing what is right") which is understood as temporal</note> doing what is right.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="14">But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note not to associate with him, in order that he may be put to shame.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="15">And do not consider <transChange type="added">him</transChange> as an enemy, but admonish <transChange type="added">him</transChange> as a brother. </verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="16">Now may the Lord of peace himself grant you peace through everything in every way. <transChange type="added">May</transChange> the Lord <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with all of you.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="17">The greeting <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by my hand, Paul's, which is {a sign of genuineness}<note>Literally "a sign"</note> in every letter: {this is how I write}<note>Literally "in this way I write"</note>.</verse>


book: 2Thess
content:
<verse num="18">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with all of you. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="1">Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="2">to Timothy, <transChange type="added">my</transChange> true child in the faith. Grace, mercy, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="3">Just as I urged you <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("traveled") which is understood as temporal</note> traveled to Macedonia, remain in Ephesus, so that you may instruct certain people not to teach other doctrine,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="4">and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause useless speculations rather than God's plan <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> by faith.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="5">But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a faith without hypocrisy,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="6">from which some have deviated, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> have turned away into fruitless discussion,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="7">wanting to be teachers of the law, <transChange type="added">although they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("understand") which is understood as concessive</note> do not understand either <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> which they are saying or <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> concerning which they are speaking confidently. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="8">But we know that the law <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good, if anyone makes use of it lawfully,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="9">knowing this, that the law <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not given for a righteous <transChange type="added">person</transChange> but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and totally worldly, for the one who kills his father and the one who kills his mother, for murderers,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="10">sexually immoral people, homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, perjurers, and {whatever}<note>Literally "if anything"</note> else is opposed to sound teaching,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="11">according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God that I was entrusted with. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="12">{I give thanks}<note>Literally "I have thankfulness"</note> to the one who strengthens me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful, placing <transChange type="added">me</transChange> into ministry,<note>Or "service"</note></verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="13"><transChange type="added">although I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as concessive</note> was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, but I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="14">and the grace of our Lord abounded with the faith and love <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> in Christ Jesus.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="15">The saying <transChange type="added">is</transChange> trustworthy and worthy of all acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="16">But because of this I was shown mercy, in order that in me foremost, Christ Jesus might demonstrate his total patience, for an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="17">Now to the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, to the only God, <transChange type="added">be</transChange> honor and glory {forever and ever}<note>Literally "to the ages of the ages"</note>. Amen. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="18">I am setting before you this instruction, Timothy <transChange type="added">my</transChange> child, in accordance with the prophecies spoken long ago about you, in order that by them you may fight the good fight,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="19">having faith and a good conscience, which some, <transChange type="added">because they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have rejected") which is understood as causal</note> have rejected <transChange type="added">these</transChange>, have suffered shipwreck concerning their faith,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="20">among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, in order that they may be taught not to blaspheme. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="1">Therefore, I urge first of all <transChange type="added">that</transChange> petitions, prayers, requests, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thanksgiving be made on behalf of all people,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="2">on behalf of kings and all those who are in authority, in order that we may live a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="3">This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good and acceptable before God our Savior,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="5">For <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> one God and one mediator between God and human beings, the man Christ Jesus,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="7">for which I was appointed a herald and an apostle--I am speaking the truth, <transChange type="added">I am</transChange> not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="8">Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and dispute. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="9">Likewise also the women should adorn themselves in appropriate clothing, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold jewelry or pearls or expensive clothing,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="12">But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but {to remain quiet}<note>Literally "to be in quietness"</note>.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="14">and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, <transChange type="added">because she</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was deceived") which is understood as causal</note> was deceived, came into transgression.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="15">But she will be saved through the bearing of children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="1">The saying <transChange type="added">is</transChange> trustworthy: if anyone aspires to supervision, he desires a good work.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="2">Therefore the overseer must be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="3">not addicted to wine, not a violent person, but gentle, peaceable, not loving money,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="4">managing his own household well, having children in submission with all dignity</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="5">(but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="6">not newly converted, lest he become conceited <transChange type="added">and</transChange> fall into the condemnation of the devil.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="7">But <transChange type="added">he</transChange> must also have a good testimony from those outside, in order that he may not fall into disgrace and the trap of the devil. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="8">Deacons likewise <transChange type="added">must be</transChange> dignified, not insincere, not devoted to much wine, not fond of dishonest gain,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="10">and these also must be tested first; then let them serve <transChange type="added">if they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as conditional</note> are above reproach.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="11">The wives<note>Or "The women"</note> likewise <transChange type="added">must be</transChange> dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="12">Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing <transChange type="added">their</transChange> children and their own households well.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="13">For those who have served well acquire a good standing for themselves, and great boldness in the faith <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> in Christ Jesus. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="14">I am writing these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to you, hoping to come to you in a short time.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="15">But if I am delayed, <transChange type="added">I am writing</transChange><note>*The words "I am writing" are not in the Greek text, but are an understood repetition from the previous clause</note> in order that you may know how one must conduct oneself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and mainstay<note>Or "basis"; or "support"</note> of the truth.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="1">Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the last times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="3">who forbid marrying <transChange type="added">and insist on</transChange> abstaining from foods that God created for sharing in with thankfulness by those who believe and who know the truth,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="4">because everything created by God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good and nothing <transChange type="added">is to be</transChange> rejected <transChange type="added">if it is</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("received") which is understood as conditional</note> received with thankfulness,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="6"><transChange type="added">By</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("teaching") which is understood as means</note> teaching these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed faithfully.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="7">But reject those {worthless myths told by elderly women}<note>Literally "worthless and characteristic of an elderly woman myths"</note>, and train yourself for godliness.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="8">For the training of the body is {somewhat}<note>Literally "for a little"</note> profitable, but godliness is profitable for everything, <transChange type="added">because it</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("holds") which is understood as causal</note> holds promise for the present life and for the <transChange type="added">life</transChange> to come.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="9">The statement <transChange type="added">is</transChange> trustworthy and deserving of complete acceptance.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="10">For to this <transChange type="added">end</transChange> we labor and suffer reproach,<note>Some manuscripts have "and strive"</note> because we have put our hope in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="11">Command these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> and teach <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="12">Let no one look down on your youth, but be an example for the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="13">Until I come, pay attention to the <transChange type="added">public</transChange> reading,<note>Many English translations supply "of scripture" here to clarify what is to be read aloud</note> to exhortation, to teaching.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="14">Do not neglect the gift <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> in you, that was granted to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="15">Practice these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>. Be <transChange type="added">diligent</transChange><note>Literally "be in these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>," though most English versions supply a predicate here</note> in these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, in order that your progress may be evident to everyone.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="16">Fix <transChange type="added">your</transChange> attention on yourself and on your teaching. Continue in them, for <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("doing") which is understood as means</note> doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="1">Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to <transChange type="added">him</transChange> as a father, younger men as brothers,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="4">But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to show profound respect for their own household first, and to pay back recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="5">But the widow <transChange type="added">who is one</transChange> truly, and is left alone, has put her hope in God and continues in her petitions and prayers night and day.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="6">But the one who lives for sensual pleasure is dead <transChange type="added">even though she</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">even though</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("lives") which is understood as concessive</note> lives.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="7">And command these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, in order that they may be irreproachable.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="8">But if someone does not provide for his own <transChange type="added">relatives</transChange>, and especially the members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="9">Let a widow be put on the list <transChange type="added">if she</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is") which is understood as conditional</note> is not less than sixty years <transChange type="added">old</transChange>, the wife of one husband,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="10">being well-attested by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has helped those who are oppressed, if she has devoted herself to every good work.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="11">But refuse younger widows, for whenever their physical desires lead them away from Christ, they want to marry,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="12"><transChange type="added">thus</transChange> incurring condemnation because they have broken their former pledge.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="13">And at the same time also, going around from house to house, they learn <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> idle, and not only idle, but also gossipy and busybodies, saying the things <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> not necessary.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="14">Therefore I want younger <transChange type="added">widows</transChange> to marry, to bear children, to manage a household, to give the adversary no opportunity for reproach.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="15">For already some have turned away <transChange type="added">and followed</transChange> after Satan.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="16">If any believing woman has widows, she must help them, and the church must not be burdened, in order that it may help those <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> truly widows. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="17">The elders who lead well must be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor by speaking and teaching.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="18">For the scripture says, "You must not muzzle an ox <transChange type="added">while it</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("threshing") which is understood as temporal</note> is threshing,"<note>A quotation from Deut 25:4</note> and "The worker <transChange type="added">is</transChange> worthy of his wages."<note>A quotation from Luke 10:7</note></verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="19">Do not accept an accusation against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="20">Reprove those who sin in the presence of all, in order that the rest also may experience fear.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="21">I testify solemnly before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels that you observe these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> without prejudice, doing nothing according to partiality.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="22">Lay hands on no one hastily, and do not participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="23">(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach and your frequent illnesses.)</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="24">The sins of some people are evident, preceding <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to judgment, but for some also they follow after <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="25">Likewise also good works <transChange type="added">are</transChange> evident, and those considered otherwise are not able to be hidden. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="1">All those who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, lest the name of God and the teaching be slandered.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="2">And those who have believing masters must not look down on <transChange type="added">them</transChange> because they are brothers, but rather they must serve, because those who benefit by their service are believers and dearly loved. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="3">If anyone teaches other doctrine and does not devote himself to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> in accordance with godliness,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="4">he is conceited, understanding nothing, but having a morbid interest concerning controversies and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, slanders, evil suspicions,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="5">constant wrangling by people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who consider godliness to be a means of gain.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="7">For we have brought nothing into the world, so that neither can we bring anything out.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="8">But <transChange type="added">if we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("having") which is understood as conditional</note> have food and clothing, with these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> we will be content.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="9">But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge those people into ruin and destruction.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="10">For the love of money is a root of all evil, by which some, <transChange type="added">because they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("desire") which is understood as causal</note> desire <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, have gone astray from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="11">But you, O man of God, flee from these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patient endurance, gentleness.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="12">Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="13">I command you, in the sight of God who gives life to all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> and Christ Jesus who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="14"><transChange type="added">that</transChange> you observe the commandment without fault, irreproachable until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="15">which he will make known in his own time, the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of those who reign as kings and Lord of those who rule as lords,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="16">the <transChange type="added">one who</transChange> alone possesses immortality, who lives <transChange type="added">in</transChange> unapproachable light, whom no human being has seen nor is able to see, to whom <transChange type="added">be</transChange> honor and eternal power. Amen. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="17">Command those <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> rich in this present age not to be proud and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in God, who provides us all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> richly for enjoyment,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="19">storing up for themselves a good foundation for the future, in order that they may take hold of <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> truly life. </verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="20">O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted <transChange type="added">to you</transChange>. Turn away from pointless empty talk and contradictions of <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> falsely called knowledge,</verse>


book: 1Tim
content:
<verse num="21">which some, <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("professing") which is understood as means</note> professing <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, have deviated concerning the faith. Grace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with you <transChange type="added">all</transChange>. </verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="1">Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of life which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Christ Jesus,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="2">to Timothy, <transChange type="added">my</transChange> dear child. Grace, mercy, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. </verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="3">{I am thankful}<note>Literally "I have thankfulness"</note> to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience {as my ancestors did}<note>Literally "from ancestors"</note>, when {I remember you constantly}<note>Literally "I have remembrance concerning you constantly"</note> in my prayers night and day,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="4">longing to see you <transChange type="added">as I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("remember") which is understood as temporal</note> remember your tears, so that I may be filled with joy,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="5">{remembering the}<note>Literally "receiving a remembrance of the"</note> sincere faith in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in you also,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="6">for which reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="7">For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline. </verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="8">Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor me his prisoner, but suffer along with <transChange type="added">me</transChange> for the gospel, according to the power of God,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="9">who saved us and called <transChange type="added">us</transChange> with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace that was given to us in Christ Jesus {before time began}<note>Literally "before times eternal"</note>,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="10">but has now been disclosed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ,<note>Some manuscripts have "our Savior Christ Jesus"</note> who has abolished death and brought to light life and immortality through the gospel,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="12">for which reason also I suffer these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>. But <transChange type="added">I am</transChange> not ashamed, because I know in whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard <transChange type="added">what</transChange> I have entrusted until that day.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="13">Hold fast to the pattern of sound words which you heard from me, in the faith and love <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> in Christ Jesus.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="15">You know this, that all those in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="16">May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he refreshed me many times, and was not ashamed of my imprisonment,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="17">but <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as temporal</note> was in Rome, he diligently sought me and found <transChange type="added">me</transChange>.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="18">May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord in that day! And how much he served <transChange type="added">me</transChange> in Ephesus you know very well. </verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="1">You, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> in Christ Jesus,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="2">and <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to faithful people who will be competent to teach others also.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="3">Suffer together with <transChange type="added">me</transChange> as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="4">No one who serves as a soldier is entangled in the activities of <transChange type="added">everyday</transChange> life, so that he may please the one who enlisted <transChange type="added">him</transChange>.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="5">And also if anyone competes he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="6">The farmer who works hard must <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the first to receive a share of the crops.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="7">Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will grant you understanding in all <transChange type="added">these things</transChange>. </verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="8">Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David according to my gospel,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="9">in connection with which I suffer misfortune to the point of {imprisonment}<note>Literally "bonds"</note> as a criminal, but the word of God is not bound.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="10">Because of this, I endure all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> for the sake of the chosen, in order that they also may obtain salvation <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="12">if we endure, we will also reign with <transChange type="added">him</transChange>; if we deny <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, he also will deny us;</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="13">if we are unfaithful, he remains faithful--{he cannot deny himself}<note>Literally "he is not able to deny himself"</note>.<note>Some manuscripts have "because he is not able to deny himself"</note></verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="14">Remind <transChange type="added">people</transChange> of these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, solemnly urging <transChange type="added">them</transChange> before the Lord<note>Some manuscripts have "before God"</note> not to dispute about words. <transChange type="added">This is</transChange> in no way beneficial <transChange type="added">and leads to</transChange> the ruin of the hearers.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="15">Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, a worker having no need to be ashamed, guiding the word of truth along a straight path.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="17">and their message {will spread}<note>Literally "will experience spreading"</note> like gangrene, among whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="18">who have deviated concerning the truth <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saying") which is understood as means</note> saying the resurrection has already taken place, and they are upsetting the faith of some.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="19">However, the solid foundation of God stands firm, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his,"<note>A quotation from Num 16:5</note> and "Everyone who names the name of the Lord must abstain from unrighteousness." </verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="20">Now in a great house <transChange type="added">there</transChange> are not only gold and silver vessels, but also wooden and earthenware <transChange type="added">ones</transChange>, some of which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for honorable use, and some of which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for ordinary use.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="21">Therefore, if someone cleanses himself from these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work. </verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="22">But flee from youthful desires, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> peace, in company with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="23">But avoid foolish and uninformed controversies, <transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal</note> know that they produce quarrels.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="24">And the slave of the Lord must not quarrel, but be kind toward everyone, skillful in teaching, tolerant,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="25">correcting those who are opposed with gentleness, <transChange type="added">seeing</transChange> whether perhaps God may grant them repentance to a knowledge of the truth,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="26">and they will come to their senses again <transChange type="added">and escape</transChange> from the trap of the devil, being held captive by him to <transChange type="added">do</transChange> his will. </verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="2">for people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="3">hardhearted, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, with no interest for what is good,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="5">maintaining a form of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid these <transChange type="added">people</transChange>.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="6">For from these are those who slip into houses and captivate foolish women loaded down with sins, led by various kinds of desires,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="8">And {just as}<note>Literally "in the manner in which"</note> Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these oppose the truth, people corrupted in mind, disqualified concerning the faith.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="9">But they will not progress to a greater extent, for their folly will be quite evident to everyone, as also the <transChange type="added">folly</transChange> of those <transChange type="added">two</transChange> was. </verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="10">But you have faithfully followed my teaching, way of life, purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="11">persecutions, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> in Lystra, what sort of persecutions I endured, and the Lord delivered me from all <transChange type="added">of them</transChange>.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="12">And indeed, all those who want to live in a godly manner in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="13">But evil people and imposters will progress to the worse, deceiving and being deceived.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="14">But you continue in <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> which you have learned and are convinced <transChange type="added">of</transChange>, <transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal</note> know from whom you learned <transChange type="added">them</transChange>,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="15">and that from childhood you have known the holy writings that are able <transChange type="added">to make</transChange> you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="16">All scripture <transChange type="added">is</transChange> inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="17">in order that the person of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. </verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="1">I solemnly charge <transChange type="added">you</transChange> before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="2">preach the word, be ready in season <transChange type="added">and</transChange> out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and instruction.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="3">For there will be a time when they will not put up with sound teaching, but in accordance with their own desires, they will accumulate for themselves teachers, {because they have an insatiable curiosity}<note>Literally "feeling an itching in the ear"; "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("feeling an itching") which is understood as causal</note>,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="4">and they will turn away from the hearing of the truth, but will turn to myths.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="5">But you, be self-controlled in all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, bear hardship patiently, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. </verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="6">For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is imminent.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="7">I have fought the good fight, I have completed the race, I have kept the faith.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="8">Finally, the crown of righteousness is reserved for me, that the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who have loved his appearing. </verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="10">For Demas deserted me, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("loved") which is understood as causal</note> loved the present age, and went to Thessalonica. Crescens <transChange type="added">went</transChange> to Galatia; Titus <transChange type="added">went</transChange> to Dalmatia.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="11">Luke alone is with me. Take along Mark <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("take along") has been translated as a finite verb</note> bring <transChange type="added">him</transChange> with you, because he is useful to me for ministry.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="13"><transChange type="added">When you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("come") which is understood as temporal</note> come, bring the cloak that I left behind in Troas with Carpus, and the scrolls, especially the parchments.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="14">Alexander the metalworker did me much harm; may the Lord pay back to him according to his deeds,</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="16">At my first defense, no one came to my <transChange type="added">aid</transChange>, but <transChange type="added">they</transChange> all deserted me; may it not be counted against them.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="17">But the Lord helped me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fulfilled and all the Gentiles might hear, and he rescued <transChange type="added">me</transChange> from the lion's mouth.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="18">The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will save <transChange type="added">me</transChange> for his heavenly kingdom, to whom <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the glory {forever and ever}<note>Literally "to the ages of the ages"</note>. Amen. </verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="20">Erastus remained in Corinth, but Trophimus I left behind in Miletus <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was sick") which is understood as causal</note> was sick.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="21">Make haste to come before winter. Eubulus and Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers greet you.</verse>


book: 2Tim
content:
<verse num="22">The Lord <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with your spirit. Grace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with you. </verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="1">Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of the chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> according to godliness,</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="2">in the hope of eternal life which God, who does not lie, promised before eternal ages,</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="3">but at the proper time has disclosed his message in the proclamation <transChange type="added">with</transChange> which I was entrusted according to the command of God our Savior,</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="4">to Titus, <transChange type="added">my</transChange> true child according to a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. </verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="5">On account of this, I left you behind in Crete, in order that what remains may be set in order and you may appoint elders in every town, as I ordered you.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="6">If anyone is blameless, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> husband of one wife, having faithful<note>Or "believing"</note> children, not {accused of dissipation}<note>Literally "with an accusation of dissipation"</note> or rebellious.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="7">For it is necessary <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the overseer to be blameless as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain,</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="9">holding fast to the faithful message according to the teaching, in order that he may be able both to exhort with sound instruction and to reprove those who speak against <transChange type="added">it</transChange>. </verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="10">For there are many rebellious <transChange type="added">people</transChange>, idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="11">whom it is necessary to silence, whoever are ruining whole families <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("teaching") which is understood as means</note> teaching <transChange type="added">things</transChange> which must not be <transChange type="added">taught</transChange> for the sake of dishonest gain.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="12">A certain one of them, <transChange type="added">one of</transChange> their own prophets, has said, "Cretans <transChange type="added">are</transChange> always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="13">This testimony is true, for which reason reprove them severely, in order that they may be sound in the faith,</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="14">not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of people who turn away from the truth.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="15">To the pure all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing <transChange type="added">is</transChange> pure, but both their mind and conscience are defiled.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="16">They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, <transChange type="added">because they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as causal</note> are detestable and disobedient, and unfit for every good deed. </verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="1">But you, speak <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> which are fitting for sound instruction.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="2">Older men are to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> in endurance.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="3">Older women likewise <transChange type="added">are to be</transChange> reverent in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> behavior, not slanderous, not enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="4">in order that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands <transChange type="added">and to</transChange> love their children,</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="5"><transChange type="added">to be</transChange> self-controlled, pure, busy at home, good, being subject to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be slandered.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="7">concerning everything showing yourself <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> an example of good deeds, in your teaching <transChange type="added">demonstrating</transChange> soundness, dignity,</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="8"><transChange type="added">a</transChange> sound message beyond reproach, in order that {an opponent}<note>Literally "one from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> opposed"</note> may be put to shame, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("has") which is understood as causal</note> has nothing bad to say concerning us. </verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="9">Slaves must be subject to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not to talk back,</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="10">not stealing, but demonstrating all good faith, in order that they may do credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="12">training us in order that, denying impiety and worldly desires, we may live self-controlled and righteously and godly in the present age,</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="13">looking forward to the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="14">who gave himself for us, in order that he might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good deeds.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="15">Speak these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you. </verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="1">Remind them to be subject to the rulers <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to the authorities, to obey, to be prepared for every good work,</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="2">to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all courtesy to all people.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="3">For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="5">he saved us, not by deeds of righteousness that we have done, but because of his mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit,</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="7">so that, having been justified by his grace, we may become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. </verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="8">The saying <transChange type="added">is</transChange> trustworthy, and I want you to insist concerning these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to engage in good deeds. These things are good and beneficial for people.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="9">But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and contentions and quarrels about the law, for they are useless and fruitless.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="11">knowing that such a person is perverted and is sinning, being self-condemned. </verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="12">When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make haste to come to me in Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="13">Diligently send on their way Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that {they may lack nothing}<note>Literally "nothing may lack to them"</note>.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="14">But also our <transChange type="added">people</transChange> must learn to engage in good deeds for necessary needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.</verse>


book: Titus
content:
<verse num="15">All those with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with all of you. </verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="1">Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear friend and fellow worker,</verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="2">and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house.</verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="5"><transChange type="added">because I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("hear about") which is understood as causal</note> hear about your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints.</verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="6"><transChange type="added">I pray</transChange> that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge <transChange type="added">of</transChange> every good <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in us for Christ.</verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="7">For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother. </verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="8">Therefore, <transChange type="added">although I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as concessive</note> have great confidence in Christ to order you <transChange type="added">to do what</transChange> is proper,</verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="9">instead I appeal to <transChange type="added">you</transChange> because of love, <transChange type="added">since I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">since</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("am") which is understood as causal</note> am such a one as Paul, now an old man and also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.</verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="10">I am appealing to you concerning my child whom I became the father of during my imprisonment, Onesimus.</verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="11">Once he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> useless to you, but now <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> useful to you<note>Some manuscripts have "both to you"</note> and to me,</verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="13">whom I wanted to keep with me, in order that he might serve me on behalf of you during my imprisonment for the gospel.</verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="14">But apart from your consent, I wanted to do nothing, in order that your good <transChange type="added">deed</transChange> might be not as according to necessity, but according to <transChange type="added">your own</transChange> free will.</verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="15">For perhaps because of this, he was separated <transChange type="added">from you</transChange> for a time, in order that you might have him back forever,</verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="16">no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. </verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="17">If therefore you consider me a partner, receive him as <transChange type="added">you would</transChange> me.</verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="18">But if in anything he has caused you loss or owes <transChange type="added">you anything</transChange>, {charge this to my account}<note>Literally "this to me charge to <transChange type="added">my</transChange> account"</note>.</verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="19">I, Paul, write <transChange type="added">this</transChange> with my <transChange type="added">own</transChange> hand: I will pay it back, lest I mention to you that {you owe me even your very self besides}<note>Literally "even yourself to me you owe besides"</note>.</verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="20">Yes, brother, I ought to have some benefit of you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ. </verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="21">Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you <transChange type="added">because I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal</note> know that you will do even beyond what I say.</verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="22">At the same time also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you. </verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="24"><transChange type="added">and so do</transChange> Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Luke, my fellow workers.</verse>


book: Phlm
content:
<verse num="25">The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with your spirit.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="1"><transChange type="added">Although</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("spoke") which is understood as concessive</note> God spoke long ago in many parts<note>Or "portions"</note> and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="2">in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, through whom also he made the world,<note>Or "the universe"; literally "the ages"</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="3">who is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, sustaining all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> by the word of power.<note>Some manuscripts have "by the word of his power. <transChange type="added">When he</transChange> had made purification for sins, he sat down"</note> <transChange type="added">When he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had made") which is understood as temporal</note> had made purification for sins through him, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="4">having become by so much better than the angels, by as much as he has inherited a more excellent name than theirs. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="9">You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; because of this God, your God, has anointed you with the olive oil of joy more than your companions.<note>A quotation from Ps 45:6-7</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="11">they will perish, but you continue, and they will all become old like a garment,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="12">and like a robe you will roll them up, and like a garment they will be changed; but you are the same, and your years will not run out."<note>A quotation from Ps 102:25-27</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="14">Are they not all spirits engaged in special service, sent on assignment for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation? </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="1">Because of this, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> all the more necessary <transChange type="added">that</transChange> we pay attention to the <transChange type="added">things</transChange> we have heard, lest we drift away.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="2">For if the word spoken through angels was binding and every transgression and act of disobedience received a just penalty,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="3">how will we escape <transChange type="added">if we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("neglect") which is understood as conditional</note> neglect so great a salvation which had <transChange type="added">its</transChange> beginning <transChange type="added">when it</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal infinitive ("was spoken")</note> was spoken through the Lord <transChange type="added">and</transChange> was confirmed to us by those who heard,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="4"><transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was testifying at the same time")</note> God was testifying at the same time by signs and wonders and various miracles and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to his will. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="5">For he did not subject to angels the world to come, about which we are speaking.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="7">You made him for a short <transChange type="added">time</transChange> lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor;<note>Several important manuscripts add "and placed him over the works of your hands" to the end of v. 7</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="8">you subjected all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> under his feet.<note>A quotation from Ps 8:4-6</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="9">but we see Jesus, for a short <transChange type="added">time</transChange> made lower than the angels, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that apart from God<note>Some manuscripts have "so that by the grace of God"</note> he might taste death on behalf of everyone.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="10">For it was fitting for him for whom <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> and through whom <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> in bringing many sons to glory to perfect the originator of their salvation through sufferings.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="11">For both the one who sanctifies and the ones who are sanctified <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all from one, for which reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="14">Therefore, since the children share in blood and flesh, he also in like manner shared in these <transChange type="added">same things</transChange>, in order that through death he could destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="15">and could set free these who through fear of death were subject to slavery throughout all their lives.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="16">For surely he is not concerned with angels, but he is concerned with the descendants of Abraham.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="17">Therefore he was obligated to be made like his brothers in all <transChange type="added">respects</transChange>, in order that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in the things relating to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="18">For in that which he himself suffered <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was tempted") which is understood as temporal</note> was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="1">Therefore, holy brothers, sharers in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="2">who was faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses also <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in his household.<note>Some manuscripts have "in all his household"</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="3">For this one is considered worthy of greater glory than Moses, inasmuch as the one who builds it has greater honor than the house.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="4">For every house is built by someone, but the one who built all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="5">And Moses <transChange type="added">was</transChange> faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony to the things that would be spoken,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="6">but Christ <transChange type="added">was faithful</transChange><note>*The words "<transChange type="added">was faithful</transChange>" are not in the Greek text, but are an understood repetition from the previous verse and v. 2</note> as a son over his house, whose house we are, if<note>Some manuscripts have "if indeed"</note> we hold fast to our confidence and the hope we can be proud of. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="8">do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="9">where your fathers tested <transChange type="added">me</transChange> by trial and saw my works</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="10"><transChange type="added">for</transChange> forty years. Therefore I was angry with this generation, and I said, 'They always go astray in their heart, and they do not know my ways.'</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="11">As I swore in my anger, '{They will never enter}<note>Literally "if they will enter"</note> into my rest.'"<note>A quotation from Ps 95:7b-11</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="12">Watch out, brothers, lest there be in some of you an evil, unbelieving heart, <transChange type="added">with the result that you</transChange> fall away<note>*Here "<transChange type="added">with the result that</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the infinitive ("fall away") which is understood as result</note> from the living God.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="13">But encourage one another {day by day}<note>Literally "by each day"</note>, as long as it is called "today," so that {none of you become hardened}<note>Literally "not anyone of you be hardened"</note> by the deception of sin.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="14">For we have become partners of Christ, if indeed we hold fast the beginning of <transChange type="added">our</transChange> commitment steadfast until the end,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="16">For who, <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal</note> heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, were disobedient? Surely <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> not all who went out from Egypt through Moses?</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="17">And with whom was he angry <transChange type="added">for</transChange> forty years? <transChange type="added">Was it</transChange> not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="18">And to whom did he swear <transChange type="added">they would</transChange> not enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="19">And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="1">Therefore let us fear, <transChange type="added">while there</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("remains") which is understood as temporal</note> remains a promise of entering into his rest, that none of you appear to fall short of <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="2">{For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us}<note>Literally "for we are also having had the good news proclaimed"</note>, just as those also <transChange type="added">did</transChange>, but the message {they heard}<note>Literally "of hearing"</note> did not benefit them, <transChange type="added">because they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("united") which is understood as causal</note> were not united with those who heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in faith.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="3">For we who have believed enter into rest,<note>Some manuscripts have "that rest"</note> just as he has said, </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="4">For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh <transChange type="added">day</transChange> in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,"<note>A quotation from Gen 2:2</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="5">and in this <transChange type="added">passage</transChange> again, '{They will never enter}<note>Literally "if they will enter"</note> into my rest.'"<note>A quotation from Ps 95:11</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="6">Since therefore it remains <transChange type="added">for</transChange> some to enter into it, and the ones to whom the good news was proclaimed previously did not enter because of disobedience,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="7">again he ordains a certain day, today, speaking by David after so long a time, just as had been said before, </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="8">For if Joshua had caused them to rest, he would not have spoken about another day after these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="10">For the one who has entered into his rest has also himself rested from his works, just as God <transChange type="added">did</transChange> from his own <transChange type="added">works</transChange>. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="11">Therefore, let us make every effort to enter into that rest, in order that no one may fall in the same pattern of disobedience.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="12">For the word of God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="13">And no creature is hidden in the sight of him, but all <transChange type="added">things are</transChange> naked and laid bare to the eyes of him to whom {we must give our account}<note>Literally "our account"</note>. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="14">Therefore, <transChange type="added">because we</transChange> have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="15">For we do not have a high priest who is not able to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who has been tempted in all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> in the same way, without sin.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="16">Therefore let us approach with confidence to the throne of grace, in order that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="1">For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of people in the things relating to God, in order that he can offer both gifts and sacrifices on behalf of sins,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="2">being able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and led astray, since he himself also is surrounded by weakness,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="3">and because of it he is obligated to offer <transChange type="added">sacrifices</transChange> for sins {for himself also, as well as for the people}<note>Literally "as for the people so also for himself"</note>.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="4">And someone does not take for himself the honor, but is called by God, just as Aaron also <transChange type="added">was</transChange>.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="5">Thus also Christ did not glorify himself to become high priest, but the one who said to him, </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="6">just as also in another <transChange type="added">place</transChange> he says, </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="7">who in the days of his flesh offered up both prayers and supplications, with loud crying and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard as a result of his reverence.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="9">and being perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation to all those who obey him,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="10">being designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="11">Concerning this<note>Literally "which"</note> {we have much to say and it is difficult to explain}<note>Literally "great for us the message and hard to explain to say"</note>, since you have become sluggish in hearing.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="12">For indeed, <transChange type="added">although you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("ought") which is understood as concessive</note> ought to be teachers {by this time}<note>Literally "because of the time"</note>, you have need of someone to teach you again the beginning elements of the oracles of God, and {you have need of}<note>Literally "you are having need of"</note> milk, not<note>Some manuscripts have "and not"</note> solid food.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="13">For everyone who partakes of milk <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unacquainted with the message of righteousness, because he is an infant.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="14">But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have trained their faculties for the distinguishing of both good and evil. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="1">Therefore, leaving behind the elementary message about Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="2">teaching about baptisms and laying on of hands, and resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="4">For <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> impossible <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and become sharers of the Holy Spirit,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="6">and having fallen away, to renew <transChange type="added">them</transChange> again to repentance, <transChange type="added">because they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have crucified again") which is understood as causal</note> have crucified again for themselves the Son of God and held him up to contempt.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="7">For ground that drinks the rain that comes often upon it, and brings forth vegetation usable to those <transChange type="added">people</transChange> {for whose sake}<note>Literally "for the sake of whom"</note> <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> also cultivated, shares a blessing from God.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="8">But <transChange type="added">if it</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("produces") which is understood as conditional</note> produces thorns and thistles, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> worthless and near to a curse, whose end <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for burning. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="9">But even if we are speaking in this way, dear friends, we are convinced of better <transChange type="added">things</transChange> concerning you, and belonging to salvation.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="10">For God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not unjust, <transChange type="added">so as</transChange> to forget your work and the love which you demonstrated for his name <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("having served") which is understood as means</note> having served the saints, and continuing to serve <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="11">And we desire each one of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the full assurance of <transChange type="added">your</transChange> hope until the end,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="12">in order that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and patience. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="13">For <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("made a promise")</note> God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="15">And so, <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("persevering") which is understood as means</note> persevering, he obtained the promise.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="16">For people swear by what is greater <transChange type="added">than themselves</transChange>, and the oath for confirmation <transChange type="added">is the</transChange> end of all dispute for them.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="17">In the same way God, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("wanted") which is understood as causal</note> wanted to show even more to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his resolve, guaranteed <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with an oath,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="18">in order that through two unchangeable things, in which <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge may have powerful encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before <transChange type="added">us</transChange>,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="19">which we have like an anchor of the soul, both firm and steadfast, and entering into the inside of the curtain,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="20">where Jesus, the forerunner for us, entered, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("became") which is understood as causal</note> became a high priest {forever}<note>Literally "to the age"</note> according to the order of Melchizedek. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="1">For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham <transChange type="added">as he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was returning") which is understood as temporal</note> was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,<note>This verse contains a number of quotations from Gen 14:17-19</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="2">to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth of everything<note>A quotation from Gen 14:20</note>--in the first place, <transChange type="added">his name</transChange> is translated "king of righteousness," and then also "king of Salem," that is, "king of peace";</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="3">without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God--he remains a priest for all time. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="4">But see how great this man <transChange type="added">was</transChange>, to whom Abraham<note>Some manuscripts have "even Abraham"</note> the patriarch gave a tenth from the spoils!</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="5">And indeed those of the sons of Levi who receive the priesthood have a commandment to collect a tenth from the people according to the law, that is, from their brothers, although {they are descended from Abraham}<note>Literally "coming forth from the loins of Abraham"</note>.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="6">But the one who did not trace <transChange type="added">his</transChange> descent from them collected tithes from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="8">And in this case mortal men receive tithes, but in that case it is testified that he lives.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="9">And, {so to speak}<note>Literally "as if to say a word"</note>, even Levi, the one who receives tithes, has paid tithes through Abraham.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="11">Thus if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood, for on the basis of it the people received the law, what further need <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek and not said to be according to the order of Aaron?</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="12">For <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("changes")</note> the priesthood changes, of necessity there is a change of the law also.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="13">For the one about whom these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are spoken belongs to another tribe from which no one has officiated at the altar.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="14">For <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> evident that our Lord is a descendant of Judah, a tribe <transChange type="added">with reference</transChange> to which Moses said nothing concerning priests.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="15">And it is still more clear, if another priest according to the likeness of Melchizedek arises,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="16">who has become <transChange type="added">a priest</transChange> not according to a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="18">For on the one hand a preceding commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="19">(for the law <transChange type="added">made</transChange> nothing perfect), but on the other hand <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> the introduction of a better hope through which we draw near to God.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="20">And by as much as <transChange type="added">this was</transChange> not without an oath (for these on the one hand {have become priests}<note>Literally "are having become priests"</note> without an oath,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="22">by so much more<note>Some manuscripts have "so much more also"</note> Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="23">And indeed many {have become}<note>Literally "are having become"</note> priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing <transChange type="added">in office</transChange>,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="24">but he, because he continues {forever}<note>Literally "for the age"</note>, holds the priesthood permanently.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="25">Therefore also he is able to save completely those who draw near to God through him, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("lives") which is understood as causal</note> always lives in order to intercede on their behalf. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="26">For a high priest such as this indeed is fitting for us, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and having become exalted <transChange type="added">above</transChange> the heavens,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="27">who does not {need every day}<note>Literally "have necessity every day"</note> like the former high priests to offer up sacrifices for his own sins <transChange type="added">and</transChange> then for the <transChange type="added">sins</transChange> of the people, because he did this once for all <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("offered up")</note> offered up himself.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="28">For the law appoints men <transChange type="added">as</transChange> high priests who have weakness, but the statement of the oath, after the law, <transChange type="added">appoints</transChange> a Son, who is made perfect {forever}<note>Literally "for the age"</note>. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="1">Now <transChange type="added">this is</transChange> the main point in what has been said: we have a high priest such as this, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="2">a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord set up, not man.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="3">For every high priest is appointed in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices; therefore <transChange type="added">it was</transChange><note>*Or "<transChange type="added">it is</transChange>"; either a present or a past tense verb may be supplied here</note> necessary <transChange type="added">for</transChange> this one also to have something that he offers.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="4">Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, <transChange type="added">because there</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as causal</note> are those who offer the gifts according to the law,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="5">who serve a sketch and shadow of the heavenly <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, just as Moses was warned <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("about")</note> was about to complete the tabernacle, for he says, "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain."<note>A quotation from Exod 25:40</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="6">But now he has attained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also mediator of a better covenant which has been enacted upon better promises.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="7">For if that first <transChange type="added">covenant</transChange> had been faultless, occasion would not have been sought for a second.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="9">not like the covenant which I made with their fathers on the day I took hold of them by my hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I disregarded them, says the Lord.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="10">For this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the covenant that I will decree with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I am putting my laws in their minds and I will write them on their hearts, and I will be {their}<note>Literally "to them for"</note> God and they will be {my}<note>Literally "to me for"</note> people.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="11">And they will not teach each one his fellow citizen and each one his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="12">For I will be merciful toward their wrongdoings, and I will not remember their sins <transChange type="added">any</transChange> longer."</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="13">In calling <transChange type="added">it</transChange> new, he has declared the former <transChange type="added">to be old</transChange>. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near to disappearing. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="1">Now<note>Some manuscripts have "Now even"</note> the first <transChange type="added">covenant</transChange> had regulations for worship and the earthly sanctuary.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="2">For a tent was prepared, the first <transChange type="added">one</transChange>, in which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the lampstand and the table and the presentation of the loaves, which is called the holy place.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="3">And after the second curtain <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a tent called the holy of holies,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="4">containing the golden incense altar and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> a golden jar containing the manna and the rod of Aaron that budded and the tablets of the covenant.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="5">And above it <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, about which it is not now <transChange type="added">possible</transChange> to speak in detail. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="6">Now these things having been prepared in this way, the priests enter into the first tent {continually}<note>Literally "throughout all"</note> <transChange type="added">as they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("accomplish")</note> accomplish their service,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="7">but only the high priest <transChange type="added">enters</transChange> into the second <transChange type="added">tent</transChange> once a year, not without blood, which he offers on behalf of himself and the <transChange type="added">sins</transChange> of the people committed in ignorance.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="8">The Holy Spirit <transChange type="added">was</transChange> making this clear, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the way <transChange type="added">into</transChange> the holy place <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not yet revealed, <transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("was")</note> the first tent was still in existence,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="9">which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a symbol for the present time, in which both the gifts and sacrifices which were offered were not able to perfect the worshiper with respect to the conscience,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="10">concerning <transChange type="added">instead</transChange> only food and drink and different washings, regulations of outward things imposed until the time of setting <transChange type="added">things</transChange> right. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="11">But Christ has arrived <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a high priest of the good <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to come. Through the greater and more perfect tent not made by hands, that is, not of this creation,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="12">and not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered once for all into the <transChange type="added">most</transChange> holy place, obtaining eternal redemption.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="13">For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled sanctify <transChange type="added">them</transChange> for the ritual purity of the flesh,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="14">how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve <transChange type="added">the</transChange> living God? </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="15">And because of this, he is the mediator of a new covenant, in order that, <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("has taken place") which is understood as causal</note> a death has taken place for the redemption of transgressions <transChange type="added">committed</transChange> during the first covenant, those who are the called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="16">For where <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a will, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> a necessity <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the death of the one who made the will to be established.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="17">For a will <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in force concerning those who are dead, since <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> never in force when the one who made the will is alive.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="18">Therefore not even the first <transChange type="added">covenant</transChange> was ratified without blood.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="19">For <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("had been spoken")</note> every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, <transChange type="added">he</transChange> took the blood of calves<note>Some manuscripts have "calves and goats"</note> with water and scarlet wool and hyssop <transChange type="added">and</transChange> sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="21">And likewise he sprinkled both the tabernacle and all the utensils of service with the blood.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="22">Indeed, nearly everything is purified with blood according to the law, and apart from the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="23">Therefore <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> necessary <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the sketches of the <transChange type="added">things</transChange> in heaven to be purified with these <transChange type="added">sacrifices</transChange>, but the heavenly <transChange type="added">things</transChange> themselves <transChange type="added">to be purified</transChange> with better sacrifices than these.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="24">For Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made by hands, a <transChange type="added">mere</transChange> copy of the true <transChange type="added">one</transChange>, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="25">and not in order that he can offer himself many times, as the high priest enters into the sanctuary {year by year}<note>Literally "according to year"</note> with blood not his own,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="26">since it would have been necessary for him to suffer many times from the foundation of the world, but now he has appeared once at the end of the ages for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of himself.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="27">And {just as}<note>Literally "in as much as"</note> it is destined for people to die once, and after this, judgment,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="28">thus also Christ, having been offered once in order to bear the sins of many, will appear for the second time without reference to sin to those who eagerly await him for salvation. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="1">For the law, possessing a shadow of the good <transChange type="added">things</transChange> that are about to come, not the form of things itself, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> never able {year by year}<note>Literally "according to year"</note> by means of the same sacrifices which they offer without interruption to make perfect those who draw near.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="2">For otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the ones who worship, having been purified once and for all, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="3">But in them <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a reminder of sins {year by year}<note>Literally "according to year"</note>.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="4">For <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> impossible <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="5">Therefore, <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("came")</note> came into the world, he said, </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="6">you did not delight in whole burnt offerings and <transChange type="added">offerings</transChange> for sins.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="7">Then I said, 'Behold, I have come-- in the roll of the book it is written about me-- to do your will, O God.'</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="10">by which will we are made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="11">And every priest stands every day serving and offering the same sacrifices many times, which are never able to take away sins.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="12">But this one, <transChange type="added">after he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("had offered")</note> had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="16">"This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the covenant that I will decree for them after those days, says the Lord: I am putting my laws on their hearts, and I will write them on their minds."<note>A quotation from Jer 31:33</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="17"><transChange type="added">He</transChange> also <transChange type="added">says</transChange>, </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="18">Now where <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> forgiveness of these, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no longer an offering for sin. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="19">Therefore, brothers, <transChange type="added">since we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">since</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as causal</note> have confidence for the entrance into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="20"><transChange type="added">by the</transChange> new and living way which he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, his flesh,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="21">and <transChange type="added">since we have</transChange><note>These words are an implied repetition from v. 19 for clarity</note> a great priest over the house of God,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="22">let us approach with a true heart in the full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled <transChange type="added">clean</transChange> from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="23">Let us hold fast to the confession of <transChange type="added">our</transChange> hope without wavering, for the one who promised <transChange type="added">is</transChange> faithful.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="24">And let us think about {how to stir one another up to love}<note>Literally "one another for the stirring up of love"</note> and good works,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="25">not abandoning {our meeting together}<note>Literally "the meeting of ourselves"</note>, as <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the habit of some, but encouraging <transChange type="added">each other</transChange>, and by so much more as you see the day drawing near. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="26">For <transChange type="added">if</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the conditional genitive absolute participle ("keep on sinning")</note> we keep on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="27">but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that is about to consume the adversaries.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="28">Anyone who rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy on <transChange type="added">the testimony of</transChange> two or three witnesses.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="29">How much worse punishment do you think the person will be considered worthy of who treats with disdain the Son of God and who considers ordinary the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy and who insults the Spirit of grace?</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="31"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> a terrifying <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> to fall into the hands of the living God. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="32">But remember the former days in which, <transChange type="added">after you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("were enlightened")</note> were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="33">sometimes being publicly exposed both to insults and to afflictions, and sometimes becoming sharers with those who were treated in this way.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="34">For you both sympathized with the prisoners and put up with the seizure of your belongings with joy <transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("knew") which is understood as causal</note> knew that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="36">For you have need of endurance, in order that <transChange type="added">after you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("have done")</note> have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="38">But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul is not well pleased with him."<note>A quotation from Hab 2:3-4</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="39">But we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but among those who have faith to the preservation of <transChange type="added">our</transChange> souls. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="1">Now faith is the realization of what is hoped for, the proof of things not seen.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="3">By faith we understand the worlds were created by the word of God, in order that what is seen did not come into existence from what is visible. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="4">By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, by which he was approved that he was righteous, <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("was")</note> God approved <transChange type="added">him</transChange> for his gifts, and through it<note>I.e., his faith</note> he still speaks, <transChange type="added">although he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is dead") which is understood as concessive</note> is dead.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="5">By faith Enoch was taken up, so that he did not experience death, and he was not found, because God took him up. For before his removal, he had been approved {as having been pleasing}<note>Literally "to be pleasing"</note> to God.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="6">Now without faith <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> impossible to please <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and is a rewarder of those who seek him.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="7">By faith Noah, having been warned about things not yet seen, out of reverence constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family, by which he pronounced sentence on the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="8">By faith Abraham, <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("was called")</note> was called, obeyed to go out to a place that he was going to receive for an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="9">By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="10">For he was expecting the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="11">By faith also, {with Sarah}<note>Literally "with her, Sarah"</note>,<note>Some manuscripts have "even though Sarah herself was barren"</note> he received {the ability to procreate}<note>Literally "power to deposit seed"</note> even {past the normal age}<note>Literally "beyond the time of maturity"</note>, because he regarded the one who had promised <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> faithful.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="12">And therefore these were fathered from one man, and <transChange type="added">he</transChange> being as good as dead, as the stars of heaven in number and like the innumerable sand by the shore of the sea. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="13">These all died in faith without receiving the promises, but seeing them from a distance and welcoming <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and admitting that they were strangers and temporary residents on the earth.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="14">For those who say such <transChange type="added">things</transChange> make clear that they are seeking a homeland.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="15">And if they remember<note>Some manuscripts have "they had been remembering"</note> that <transChange type="added">land</transChange> from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="16">But now they aspire to a better <transChange type="added">land</transChange>, that is, a heavenly <transChange type="added">one</transChange>. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="17">By faith Abraham, <transChange type="added">when he</transChange> was tested, offered Isaac, and the one who received the promises was ready to offer his one and only <transChange type="added">son</transChange>,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="18">with reference to whom it was said, "In Isaac your descendants will be named,"<note>A quotation from Gen 21:12</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="19">having reasoned that God <transChange type="added">was</transChange> able even to raise <transChange type="added">him</transChange> from the dead, from which he received him back also as a symbol.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="20">By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things that were going to happen.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="21">By faith Jacob, <transChange type="added">as he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("was dying")</note> was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped, <transChange type="added">leaning</transChange> on the top of his staff.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="22">By faith Joseph, <transChange type="added">as he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("was dying")</note> was dying, mentioned about the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his bones. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="23">By faith Moses, <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("afraid of")</note> was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw the child <transChange type="added">was</transChange> handsome, and they were not afraid of the edict of the king.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="24">By faith Moses, <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("was")</note> was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="25">choosing instead to be mistreated with the people of God <transChange type="added">rather</transChange> than to experience the transitory enjoyment of sin,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="26">considering {reproach endured for the sake of Christ}<note>Literally "the reproach of Christ"</note> greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="27">By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king, for he persevered as <transChange type="added">if he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as conditional</note> saw the invisible one.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="28">By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, in order that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="29">By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry land; the Egyptians, {when they made the attempt}<note>Literally "of which attempt making"</note>, were drowned.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="30">By faith the walls of Jericho fell down <transChange type="added">after they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("had been marched around")</note> had been marched around for seven days.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="31">By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, <transChange type="added">because she</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("welcomed") which is understood as causal</note> welcomed the spies in peace. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="32">And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, and Samuel and the prophets,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="33">who through faith conquered kingdoms, accomplished justice, obtained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="34">extinguished the effectiveness of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong from weakness, became mighty in battle, put to flight enemy battle lines.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="35">Women received back their dead by resurrection. But others were tortured, not accepting release, in order that they might gain a better resurrection.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="36">And others {experienced mocking and flogging}<note>Literally "received experience of mocking and flogging"</note>, and in addition bonds and imprisonment.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="37">They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they died by murder with a sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, impoverished, afflicted, mistreated,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="38">of whom the world was not worthy, wandering about on deserts and mountains and in caves and in holes in the ground.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="39">And <transChange type="added">although they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were approved") which is understood as concessive</note> all were approved<note>Some manuscripts have "And all these, <transChange type="added">although they</transChange> were approved"</note> through their faith, they did not receive what was promised,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="40"><transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle ("had provided")</note> God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="1">Therefore, <transChange type="added">since</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">since</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as causal</note> we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and {the sin that so easily ensnares us}<note>Literally "the easily ensnaring sin"</note>, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="2">fixing our eyes on Jesus, the originator and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="3">For consider the one who endured such hostility by sinners against himself,<note>*The plural reflexive pronoun can still be translated as singular; see Louw-Nida 92.25</note> so that you will not grow weary in your souls <transChange type="added">and</transChange> give up.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="4">You have not yet resisted to the point of <transChange type="added">shedding your</transChange><note>*The words "shedding your" are not in the Greek text but are supplied for clarity</note> blood <transChange type="added">as you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("struggle")</note> struggle against sin.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="5">And have you completely forgotten the exhortation which instructs you as sons? </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="6">For the Lord disciplines the one whom he loves, and punishes every son whom he accepts."<note>A quotation from Prov 3:11-12</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="7">Endure <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for discipline. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> whom a father does not discipline?</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="8">But if you are without discipline, in which all <transChange type="added">legitimate sons</transChange><note>*The phrase "legitimate sons" is not in the Greek text but is implied</note> have become participants, then you are illegitimate and not sons.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="9">Furthermore, we have had {our earthly fathers}<note>Literally "the flesh of our fathers"</note> who disciplined <transChange type="added">us</transChange>, and we respected <transChange type="added">them</transChange>. Will we not much rather subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live?</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="10">For they disciplined <transChange type="added">us</transChange> for a few days according to what seemed <transChange type="added">appropriate</transChange> to them, but he <transChange type="added">does so</transChange> for our benefit, in order that <transChange type="added">we</transChange> can have a share in his holiness.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="11">Now all discipline seems for the moment not to be joyful but painful, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who are trained by it. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="13">and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame will not be dislocated, but rather be healed.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="14">Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="15">Take care <transChange type="added">that</transChange> no one falls short of the grace of God; <transChange type="added">that</transChange> no one growing up <transChange type="added">like</transChange> a root of bitterness causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="16"><transChange type="added">that</transChange> no one <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a sexually immoral or totally worldly <transChange type="added">person</transChange> like Esau, who for one meal traded his own birthright.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="17">For you know that also afterwards, <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("wanted")</note> wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, because he did not find an occasion for repentance, although he sought it with tears. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="18">For you have not come to something that can be touched, and to a burning fire, and to darkness, and to gloom, and to a whirlwind,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="19">and to the noise of a trumpet, and to the sound of words which those who heard begged <transChange type="added">that</transChange> not <transChange type="added">another</transChange> word be spoken to them.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="20">For they could not endure what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned."<note>A quotation from Exod 19:12-13</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="21">And the spectacle was so terrifying <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."<note>A quotation from Deut 9:19</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="22">But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to tens of thousands of angels, to the festal gathering</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="23">and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous <transChange type="added">people</transChange> made perfect,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="24">and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and {to the sprinkled blood}<note>Literally "to the blood of sprinkling"</note> that speaks better than Abel's <transChange type="added">does</transChange>. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="25">Watch out that you do not refuse the one who is speaking! For if those did not escape <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("refused")</note> refused the one who warned <transChange type="added">them</transChange> on earth, much less <transChange type="added">will</transChange> we <transChange type="added">escape</transChange>,<note>*Here the verb "will ... escape" is an understood repetition from the previous clause</note> <transChange type="added">if we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("reject") which is understood as conditional</note> reject the <transChange type="added">one who warns</transChange> from heaven,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="27">Now the <transChange type="added">phrase</transChange> "yet once <transChange type="added">more</transChange>" indicates the removal of what is shaken, namely, things that have been created, in order that the things that are not shaken may remain.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="28">Therefore, <transChange type="added">since we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">since</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are receiving") which is understood as causal</note> are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be thankful, through which let us serve God acceptably, with awe and reverence.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="29">For indeed our God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a consuming fire. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="2">Do not neglect hospitality, because through this some have received angels as guests without knowing <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="3">Remember the prisoners, as <transChange type="added">though you were</transChange> fellow-prisoners; <transChange type="added">remember</transChange><note>*This is an understood repetition of the verb from the previous clause</note> the mistreated, as <transChange type="added">though</transChange> <transChange type="added">you</transChange> yourselves also are being <transChange type="added">mistreated</transChange><note>*This is an understood repetition of the participle from the previous clause</note> in the body.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="4">Marriage <transChange type="added">must be</transChange> held in honor by all, and the marriage bed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> undefiled, because God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="5">Your lifestyle <transChange type="added">must be</transChange> free from the love of money, being content with what you have. For he himself has said, "I will never desert you, and I will never abandon you."<note>A quotation from Deut 31:6, 8</note></verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="7">Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you; {considering the outcome of their way of life}<note>Literally "of whom considering the outcome of the way of life"</note>, imitate their faith.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="8">Jesus Christ <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the same yesterday and today and {forever}<note>Literally "to the ages"</note>.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="9">Do not be carried away by various and strange teachings, for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> good <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods by which those who participate have not benefited.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="10">We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle do not have the right to eat.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="11">For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sins are burned up outside the camp.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="12">Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, in order that he might sanctify the people by his own blood.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="14">For here we do not have a permanent city, but we seek the <transChange type="added">city</transChange> that is to come.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="15">Therefore through him let us offer up a sacrifice of praise {continually}<note>Literally "through all"</note> to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="16">And do not neglect doing good and generosity, for God is pleased with such sacrifices. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="17">Obey your leaders and submit <transChange type="added">to them</transChange>, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not <transChange type="added">with</transChange> groaning, for this <transChange type="added">would be</transChange> unprofitable for you. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="18">Pray for us, for we are convinced that we have a good conscience, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> want to conduct ourselves commendably in every <transChange type="added">way</transChange>.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="19">And I especially urge <transChange type="added">you</transChange> to do this, so that I may be restored to you more quickly. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="20">Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="21">equip you with every good <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> to do his will, carrying out in us <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the glory {forever}<note>Literally "to the ages"</note>.<note>Some manuscripts have "forever and ever" (literally, "to the ages of the ages")</note> Amen. </verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="22">Now I urge you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for indeed I have written to you {briefly}<note>Literally "through few words"</note>.</verse>


book: Heb
content:
<verse num="23">Know <transChange type="added">that</transChange> our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I will see you, if he comes quickly <transChange type="added">enough</transChange>.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="1">James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the dispersion. Greetings! </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="2">Consider <transChange type="added">it</transChange> all joy, my brothers, whenever you encounter various trials,</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="3"><transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal</note> know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="4">And let endurance have <transChange type="added">its</transChange> perfect effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="5">Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for <transChange type="added">it</transChange> from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="6">But let him ask for <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in faith, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed about.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="7">For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="8"><transChange type="added">he is</transChange> a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="10">but the rich person in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower of the grass.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="11">For the sun rises with its burning heat and dries up the grass, and its flower falls off, and the beauty of its appearance is lost. So also the rich person in his pursuits<note>Or "on his (business) journeys"; or "in his ways"</note> will wither away. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="12">Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the person<note>Literally "the man," but clearly in a generic sense here meaning "someone, a person"</note> who endures testing, because <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is") which is understood as temporal</note> is approved he will receive the crown of life that he<note>Most manuscripts read "the Lord" here, while others read "God"</note> has promised to those who love him.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="13">No one who is being tempted should say, "I am being tempted by God," for God {cannot be tempted}<note>Literally "is without temptation"</note> by evil, and he himself tempts no one.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="14">But each one is tempted <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is dragged away") which is understood as temporal</note> is dragged away and enticed by his own desires.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="15">Then desire, <transChange type="added">after it</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("has conceived") which is understood as temporal</note> has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, <transChange type="added">when it</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is brought to completion") which is understood as temporal</note> is brought to completion, gives birth to death. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="17">Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="18"><transChange type="added">By his</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("will") which is understood as means</note> will he gave birth to us through the message of truth, so that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="19">Understand <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, my dear brothers: every person must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="20">for human<note>Literally "man's"</note> anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="21">Therefore, putting aside all moral uncleanness and wicked excess, welcome<note>Or "receive"</note> with humility the implanted message which is able to save your souls. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="22">But be doers of the message and not hearers only,<note>Some manuscripts have "not only hearers"</note> deceiving yourselves,</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="23">because if anyone is a hearer of the message and not a doer, this one is like someone<note>Literally "a man," but clearly in a generic sense here meaning "someone, a person"</note> staring at {his own face}<note>Literally "the face of his existence"</note> in a mirror,</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="24">for he looks at himself and goes away and immediately forgets what sort of <transChange type="added">person</transChange> he was.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="25">But the one who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues <transChange type="added">to do it</transChange>, not being a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts, this one will be blessed {in what he does}<note>Literally "in his doing"</note>. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="26">If anyone thinks he is religious, <transChange type="added">although he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("bridle") which is understood as concessive</note> does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion <transChange type="added">is</transChange> worthless.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="27">Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our<note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to keep oneself unstained by the world. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="1">My brothers, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="2">For if someone<note>Literally "a man," but clearly in a generic sense here meaning "someone, a person"</note> enters into your assembly<note>Literally "synagogue," but here probably referring to a Christian assembly</note> in fine clothing with a gold ring on his finger, and a poor person in filthy clothing also enters,</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="3">and you look favorably on the one wearing the fine clothing and you say, "Be seated here in a good place," and to the poor person you say, "You stand or be seated there<note>Some manuscripts have "you stand there or be seated"</note> by my footstool,"</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="4">have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="5">Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose the poor of the world <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="6">But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich exploiting you and they themselves dragging you into the courts?</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="7">Do they themselves not blaspheme the good name {of the one to whom you belong}<note>Literally "that was called over you"</note>? </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="8">However, if you carry out the royal law according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself,"<note>A quotation from Lev 19:18</note> you are doing well.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="9">But if you show partiality, you commit sin, <transChange type="added">and thus</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and thus</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are convicted") which is understood as result</note> are convicted by the law as transgressors.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="10">For whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles in one <transChange type="added">point only</transChange> has become guilty of all <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="11">For the one who said "Do not commit adultery"<note>A quotation from Exod 20:14; Deut 5:18</note> also said "Do not murder."<note>A quotation from Exod 20:13; Deut 5:17</note> Now if you do not commit adultery but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="12">Thus speak and thus act as those who are going to be judged by the law of liberty.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="13">For judgment <transChange type="added">is</transChange> merciless to the one who has not practiced mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="14">What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the benefit, my brothers, if someone says <transChange type="added">that he</transChange> has faith but does not have works? That faith <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not able to save him, <transChange type="added">is it</transChange>?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note></verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="16">and one of you should say to them, "Go in peace, keep warm and {eat well}<note>Literally, "be satisfied"</note>," but does not give them what is necessary for the body, what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the benefit?</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="18">But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works."<note>Some see the quotation by "someone" extending to the end of v. 18, while others see it extending through v. 19</note> Show me your faith apart from your<note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> works, and I will show you my<note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> faith by my works.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="19">You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe, and shudder!</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="20">But do you want to know, O foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="21">Was not Abraham our father justified by works <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("offered up") which is understood as temporal</note> offered up his son Isaac on the altar?</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="22">You see that faith was working together with his works, and by the works the faith was perfected.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="23">And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness,"<note>A quotation from Gen 15:6</note> and he was called God's friend.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="25">And likewise was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works <transChange type="added">when she</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("welcomed") which is understood as temporal</note> welcomed the messengers and sent <transChange type="added">them</transChange> out by a different route?</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="26">For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="1">Not many should become teachers, my brothers, <transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal</note> know that we will receive a greater judgment.<note>Or "greater condemnation"</note></verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="2">For we all stumble <transChange type="added">in</transChange> many <transChange type="added">ways</transChange>. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a perfect individual,<note>Literally "man," but clearly in a generic sense here meaning "someone, a person"</note> able to hold in check his whole body also.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="3">And if we put bits in the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we also guide their whole bodies.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="4">Behold also ships: <transChange type="added">although they</transChange> are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot wishes.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="5">So also the tongue is a small member <transChange type="added">of the body</transChange><note>*The words "of the body" are not in the Greek text but are supplied for clarity</note> and boasts great <transChange type="added">things</transChange>. Behold how small a fire sets ablaze how great a forest!</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="6">And the tongue <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a fire! The world of unrighteousness,<note>Or "a fire, the world of unrighteousness! The tongue is set among our members"</note> the tongue, is set among our members, defiling the whole body and setting on fire {the course of human existence}<note>Literally "the wheel of origin"</note>, being set on fire by hell. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="7">For every species of animals and birds, of reptiles and sea creatures, is being tamed and has been tamed by the human species,</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="8">but no human being is able to tame the tongue. <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> a restless evil, full of deadly poison.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="9">With it we bless the<note>*Or possibly "our," if the Greek article is understood as a possessive pronoun</note> Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="10">From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> ought not to be so!</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="11">A spring does not pour forth from the same opening fresh and bitter <transChange type="added">water, does it</transChange>?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note></verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="12">A fig tree is not able, my brothers, to produce olives, or a grapevine figs. Neither can a saltwater spring produce fresh water. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="13">Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his<note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> good behavior his works, with the humility of wisdom.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="14">But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="15">This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but <transChange type="added">is</transChange> earthly, unspiritual, demonic.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="16">For where <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> jealousy and selfish ambition, there <transChange type="added">is</transChange> disorder and every evil practice.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="17">But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, nonjudgmental, without hypocrisy,</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="18">And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace among<note>Or "for"; or possibly "by"</note> those who make peace. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="1">From where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> conflicts and from where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> quarrels among you? <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> not from this, from your pleasures that wage war among your members?</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="2">You desire and do not have; you murder and are filled with envy, and are not able to obtain; you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="3">You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, in order that you may spend <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on your pleasures. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="4">Adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> an enemy of God.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="5">Or do you think that in vain the scripture says, "The spirit which he caused to dwell in us desires jealously"?<note>This translation takes "spirit" to be the capacity within people that produces a divided mind and conflicts regarding God; other translations take this to refer to the Holy Spirit: "He (God) jealously desires the Spirit which he caused to dwell in us"</note></verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="7">Therefore subject yourselves to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="8">Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse <transChange type="added">your</transChange> hands, <transChange type="added">you</transChange> sinners, and purify <transChange type="added">your</transChange> hearts, <transChange type="added">you</transChange> double-minded!</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="9">Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your<note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> joy to gloominess.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="11">Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. The one who speaks evil of a brother or judges his brother speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge <transChange type="added">of the law</transChange>.<note>The words "of the law" are not in the Greek text, but are an understood repetition from the previous clause</note></verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="12">There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your<note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> neighbor? </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="13">Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there, and carry on business and make a profit,"</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="14">you who do not know {what will happen tomorrow}<note>Literally "the <transChange type="added">circumstance</transChange> of tomorrow"</note>, {what your life will be like}<note>Literally "of what sort your life"</note>. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="15">Instead you should say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="17">Therefore, to the one who knows to do good and does not do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, to him it is sin. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="1">Come now, you rich people, weep <transChange type="added">and</transChange> cry aloud over the miseries that are coming upon you!</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="3">Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you, and it will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="4">Behold, the wages that were held back by you from the workers who reap your fields cry out, and the cries of the reapers have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="5">You have lived self-indulgently on the earth<note>Or "land"</note> and have lived luxuriously. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="6">You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous <transChange type="added">person</transChange>; he does not resist you. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="7">Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient concerning it until it receives the early and late rains.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="8">You also be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="9">Brothers, do not complain against one another, in order that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors!</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="10">Brothers, take <transChange type="added">as an</transChange> example of perseverance and endurance the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="11">Behold, we consider blessed those who have endured. You have heard about the patient endurance of Job, and you saw the outcome from the Lord, that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="12">Now above all, my brothers, do not swear either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no, no, in order that you may not fall under judgment. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="13">Is anyone among you suffering misfortune? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praise.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="14">Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the elders of the church and they should pray over him, anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="15">And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins {he will be forgiven}<note>Literally "it will be forgiven him"</note>.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="16">Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous person accomplishes much.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="17">Elijah was a human being<note>Literally "man," but in a generic sense; the emphasis is not on Elijah's masculine gender but his shared humanity</note> with the same nature as us, and {he prayed fervently}<note>Literally "he prayed with prayer"</note> for <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not to rain, and it did not rain on the land <transChange type="added">for</transChange> three years and six months.</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="18">And he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the earth produced its fruit. </verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="19">My brothers, if anyone among you should wander away from the truth and someone turns him back,</verse>


book: Jas
content:
<verse num="20">he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save that person's<note>Literally "his," but in context this refers to the sinner, not the person who turns the sinner back</note> soul from death, and will cover over a great number of sins. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="1">Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen<note>Or "elect"</note> who are residing temporarily in the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="2">according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and <transChange type="added">for</transChange> sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="3">Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="4">into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and unfading, reserved in heaven for you</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="5">who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="6">in which you rejoice greatly, <transChange type="added">although</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are distressed") which is understood as concessive</note> now for a short time, if necessary,<note>Some manuscripts have "if it is necessary"</note> you are distressed by various trials,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="7">so that the genuineness of your faith, more valuable than gold that is passing away, but is tested by fire, may be found to <transChange type="added">result in</transChange> praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="8">whom, <transChange type="added">although you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("seen") which is understood as concessive</note> have not seen, you love; in whom now you believe, <transChange type="added">although you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("see") which is understood as concessive</note> do not see <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, and you rejoice greatly with joy inexpressible and full of glory,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="9">obtaining the goal of your faith, the salvation of <transChange type="added">your</transChange><note>*This is an understood repetition of the previous "your"</note> souls. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="10">Concerning this<note>Literally "which"</note> salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace meant for you sought and made careful inquiry,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="11">investigating for what <transChange type="added">person</transChange> or which time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("testified beforehand") which is understood as temporal</note> testified beforehand to the sufferings with reference to Christ and the glories after these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="12">to whom it was revealed that they were serving not themselves but you with reference to the same <transChange type="added">things</transChange> which now have been announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, {things into which}<note>Literally "into which <transChange type="added">things</transChange>"</note> angels desire to look. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="13">Therefore, {when you have prepared your minds for action}<note>Literally "having girded up the loins of your mind"</note> <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being self-controlled") which is understood as means</note> being self-controlled, put your hope completely in the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="14">As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former desires <transChange type="added">you used to conform to</transChange><note>*This is an understood repetition of the earlier verb "be conformed to"</note> in your ignorance,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="15">but as the one who called you <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy, <transChange type="added">you</transChange> yourselves be holy in all <transChange type="added">your</transChange> conduct,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="16">for it is written, "You will be holy, because I <transChange type="added">am</transChange><note>*Here the verb is understood in Greek and is supplied in the translation</note> holy."<note>A quotation from Lev 19:2</note><note>Some manuscripts explicitly state "I am holy"</note></verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="17">And if you call on <transChange type="added">him</transChange> <transChange type="added">as</transChange> Father who judges impartially according to each one's work, conduct yourselves with fear during the time of your temporary residence,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="18"><transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal</note> know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="19">but with the precious blood of Christ, like <transChange type="added">that of</transChange> an unblemished and spotless lamb</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="20">who was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has been revealed in these last times for you</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="21">who through him <transChange type="added">are</transChange> believing in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="22">Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from the heart,<note>Some manuscripts have "from a pure heart"</note></verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="23"><transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have been born again") which is understood as causal</note> have been born again, not from perishable seed but imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="25">but the word of the Lord endures {forever}<note>Literally "for the age"</note>."<note>A quotation from Isa 40:6, 8</note></verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="1">Therefore, ridding yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="2">like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="3">if you have tasted that the Lord <transChange type="added">is</transChange> kind,<note>A quotation from Ps 34:8</note></verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="4">to whom you are drawing near, a living stone rejected by men but chosen <transChange type="added">and</transChange> precious in the sight of God.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="5">And <transChange type="added">you</transChange> yourselves, as living stones, are being built up <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="7">Therefore the honor <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for you who believe, but for those who refuse to believe, </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="9">But you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a chosen race,<note>Or "people," or "generation," or "nation"</note> a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for <transChange type="added">God's</transChange> possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="10">who once <transChange type="added">were</transChange> not a people, but now <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the people of God, the ones <transChange type="added">who were</transChange> not shown mercy, but now are shown mercy.<note>This verse contains quotations from Hos 1:6, 9; 2:23</note> </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="11">Dear friends, I urge <transChange type="added">you</transChange> as foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your<note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> soul,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="12">maintaining your good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> in which they slander you as evildoers, by seeing your good deeds they may glorify God on the day of visitation. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="13">Subject yourselves to every human authority for the sake of the Lord, whether to a king<note>Or "to the emperor"</note> as having supreme authority,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="14">or to governors as those sent out by him for the punishment of those who do evil and the praise of those who do good.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="15">For the will of God is as follows: <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("doing good") which is understood as means</note> doing good to silence the ignorance of foolish people.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="16"><transChange type="added">Live</transChange> as free <transChange type="added">persons</transChange>, and not using your<note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> freedom as a covering for evil, but as slaves of God.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="17">Honor all <transChange type="added">people</transChange>, love the community of believers, fear God, honor the king.<note>Or "the emperor"</note> </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="18">Domestic slaves, be subject to your<note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> masters with all respect, not only to those <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> good and gentle, but also to those <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> unjust.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="19">For this <transChange type="added">finds</transChange> favor, if because of consciousness of God someone endures sorrows <transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("suffering") which is understood as temporal</note> suffering unjustly.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="20">For what credit <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> if, <transChange type="added">when you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("sin") which is understood as temporal</note> sin and are beaten <transChange type="added">for it</transChange>, you endure? But if you endure <transChange type="added">when you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("do good") which is understood as temporal</note> do good and suffer <transChange type="added">for it</transChange>, this <transChange type="added">finds</transChange> favor with God.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="21">For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his footsteps,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="22">who did not commit sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth,<note>This verse contains quotations from Isa 53:9</note></verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="23">who <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was reviled") which is understood as temporal</note> was reviled, did not revile in return; <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("suffering") which is understood as temporal</note> suffering, he did not threaten, but entrusted <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> to the one who judges justly,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="24">who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that <transChange type="added">we</transChange> may die to sins <transChange type="added">and</transChange> live to righteousness, by whose wounds you were healed.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="25">For you were going astray like sheep, but you have turned back now to the shepherd and guardian of your souls. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="1">In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some are disobedient to the word, they may be won over without a word by the conduct of their wives,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="2"><transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("see") which is understood as temporal</note> see your respectful, pure conduct.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="3">Let your<note>Literally "of whom," referring to the wives</note> adornment not be the external <transChange type="added">kind</transChange>, braiding hair and putting on gold jewelry or putting on <transChange type="added">fine</transChange> clothing,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="4">but the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable <transChange type="added">quality</transChange> of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is highly valuable in the sight of God.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="5">For in the <transChange type="added">same</transChange> way formerly the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being subject") which is understood as means</note> being subject to their own husbands,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="6">like Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you have become <transChange type="added">when you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("do good") which is understood as temporal</note> do good and are not frightened with respect to any terror. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="7">Husbands, in the same way live with <transChange type="added">your wives</transChange> {knowledgeably}<note>Literally "according to knowledge"</note>, as with the weaker female vessel, showing <transChange type="added">them</transChange> honor as fellow heirs also of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="8">And finally, all <transChange type="added">of you be</transChange> harmonious, sympathetic, showing mutual affection, compassionate, humble,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="9">not repaying evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the other hand blessing <transChange type="added">others</transChange>, because for this <transChange type="added">reason</transChange> you were called, so that you could inherit a blessing.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="11">And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="12">For the eyes of the Lord <transChange type="added">are</transChange> on the righteous, and his ears <transChange type="added">are open to</transChange> their prayer. But the face of the Lord <transChange type="added">is</transChange> against those who do evil.<note>Verses 10-12 are a quotation from Ps 34:12-16</note></verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="13">And who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the one who will harm you if you are a zealous adherent for what is good?</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="14">But even if you might suffer for the sake of righteousness, <transChange type="added">you are</transChange> blessed. And do not be afraid of their intimidation or be disturbed,<note>The second half of this verse contains a quotation from Isa 8:12</note></verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="15">but set Christ apart <transChange type="added">as</transChange> Lord in your hearts, always ready to <transChange type="added">make</transChange> a defense to anyone who asks you <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an accounting concerning the hope <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> in you.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="16">But <transChange type="added">do so</transChange> with courtesy and respect, having a good conscience, so that in <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> in which you are slandered, the ones who malign your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="17">For <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> better to suffer for doing good, {if God wills it}<note>Literally "if the will of God wills"</note>, than for doing evil. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="18">For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, in order that he could bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="19">in which also he went <transChange type="added">and</transChange> proclaimed to the spirits in prison,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="20">who were formerly disobedient, when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah, <transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was being constructed")</note> an ark was being constructed, in which a few--that is, eight souls--were rescued through water.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="21">And<note>Literally "which"</note> also, corresponding to <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, baptism now saves you, not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="22">who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, with angels and authorities and powers having been subjected to him. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="1">Therefore, <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("suffered") which is understood as causal</note> Christ suffered in the flesh, you also equip yourselves with the same way of thinking, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="2">in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for the will of God.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="3">For the time that has passed <transChange type="added">was</transChange> sufficient {to do what the Gentiles desire to do}<note>Literally "to do the intention of the Gentiles"</note>, having lived in licentiousness, <transChange type="added">evil</transChange> desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="4">with respect to which they are surprised <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("run with") which is understood as temporal</note> you do not run with <transChange type="added">them</transChange> into the same flood of dissipation, <transChange type="added">and so they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and so</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("revile") which is understood as result</note> revile <transChange type="added">you</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="5">They<note>Literally "who"</note> will give an account to the one who is ready to judge the living and the dead.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="6">Because for this reason also the gospel was preached to those who are dead, so that they were judged {by human standards}<note>Literally "according to men"</note> in the flesh, but they may live in the spirit {by God's standards}<note>Literally "according to God"</note>. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="7">Now the end of all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for <transChange type="added">your</transChange> prayers.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="8">Above all, keep<note>Literally "having"</note> your love for one another constant, because love covers a large number of sins.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="9"><transChange type="added">Be</transChange> hospitable to one another without complaining.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="10">Just as each one has received a gift, <transChange type="added">use</transChange> it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="11">If anyone speaks, <transChange type="added">let it be</transChange> as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, <transChange type="added">let it be</transChange> as by the strength that God provides, so that in all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> God will be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power {forever and ever}<note>Literally "for the ages of the ages"</note>. Amen. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="12">Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, <transChange type="added">when it</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("takes place") which is understood as temporal</note> takes place to test you, as <transChange type="added">if</transChange> <transChange type="added">something</transChange> strange were happening to you.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="13">But to the degree that you share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that also at the revelation of his glory you may rejoice <transChange type="added">and</transChange> be glad.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="14">If you are reviled on account of the name of Christ, <transChange type="added">you are</transChange> blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="15">By all means do not let anyone of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="16">But if <transChange type="added">someone suffers</transChange> as a Christian, he must not be ashamed, but must glorify God with this name.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="17">For <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> the time for the judgment to begin out from the household of God. But if <transChange type="added">it begins</transChange> out from us first, what will be the outcome for those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="18">And if the righteous are saved with difficulty, {what will become of the ungodly and the sinner}<note>Literally "the ungodly and sinner where will he appear"</note>?<note>This verse contains a quotation from Prov 11:31</note></verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="19">So then also those who suffer according to the will of God must entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing good. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="1">Therefore <transChange type="added">I, your</transChange> fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*The conjunction "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied here to make it clear that the following phrase refers also to the author of the letter and not to Christ</note> also a sharer of the glory that is going to be revealed, exhort the elders among you:</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="2">shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not by compulsion but willingly, in accordance with God, and not greedily but eagerly,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="3">and not as lording it over {those under your care}<note>Literally "the portion"</note>, but being examples for the flock.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="4">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("appears")</note> the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="5">In the same way, younger men, be subject to the elders, and all <transChange type="added">of you</transChange> clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="6">Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the <transChange type="added">right</transChange> time,</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="7">casting all your cares on him, because {he cares}<note>Literally "it is a care to him"</note> for you. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="8">Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="9">{Resist him}<note>Literally "to whom resist"</note>, steadfast in your<note>Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> faith, <transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal</note> know the same <transChange type="added">kinds</transChange> of sufferings are being accomplished by your community of believers in the world.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="10">And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ,<note>Some manuscripts have "in Christ Jesus"</note> <transChange type="added">after you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have suffered") which is understood as temporal</note> have suffered for a short time, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> establish <transChange type="added">you</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="11">To him <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the power {forever and ever}<note>Literally "to the ages of the ages"</note>.<note>Some manuscripts have "forever" (literally "to the ages")</note> Amen. </verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="12">Through Silvanus, the faithful brother (as I consider <transChange type="added">him</transChange>), I have written to you {briefly}<note>Literally "by a few"</note> to encourage <transChange type="added">you</transChange> and to attest that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="13">She <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> in Babylon, chosen the same as <transChange type="added">you</transChange>, greets you, and <transChange type="added">so does</transChange> my son Mark.</verse>


book: 1Pet
content:
<verse num="14">Greet one another with a loving kiss. Peace to all of you who are in Christ. </verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="1">Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith equal in value to ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="2">May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="3">because his divine power has bestowed on us all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> necessary for life and godliness, through the knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence of character,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="4">through which things he has bestowed on us his precious and very great promises, so that through these you may become sharers of the divine nature <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("escaping from") which is understood as temporal</note> escaping from the corruption <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> in the world because of evil desire,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="5">and <transChange type="added">for</transChange> this same <transChange type="added">reason</transChange>, and <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("applying") which is understood as means</note> applying all diligence, supply with your faith excellence of character, and with excellence of character, knowledge,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="6">and with knowledge, self-control, and with self-control, patient endurance, and with patient endurance, godliness,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="8">For <transChange type="added">if</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as conditional</note> these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are yours and are increasing, this does not make <transChange type="added">you</transChange> useless or unproductive in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="9">For <transChange type="added">the one</transChange> for whom these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not present is blind, being nearsighted, {having forgotten the cleansing}<note>Literally "receiving forgetfulness of the cleansing"</note> of his former sins.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="10">Therefore, brothers, be zealous even more to make your calling and election secure, because <transChange type="added">if you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("do") which is understood as conditional</note> do these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, you will never ever stumble.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="11">For in this way entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplied for you. </verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="12">Therefore I intend to remind you continually concerning these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, although <transChange type="added">you</transChange> know <transChange type="added">them</transChange> and are established in the truth that you have.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="13">But I consider <transChange type="added">it</transChange> right, for as long as I am in this habitation, to stir you up by a reminder,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="14"><transChange type="added">because I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal</note> know that the removal of my habitation is imminent, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="15">And I will also make every effort <transChange type="added">that</transChange> you are able at any time, after my departure, {to recall these things to mind}<note>Literally "to make recollection of these"</note>. </verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="16">For we did not make known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("following") which is understood as means</note> following ingeniously concocted myths, but <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being") which is understood as means</note> being eyewitnesses of that one's majesty.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="17">For <transChange type="added">he</transChange> received honor and glory from God the Father <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was brought")</note> a voice such as this was brought to him by the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="18">And <transChange type="added">we</transChange> ourselves heard this voice brought from heaven <transChange type="added">when we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were") which is understood as temporal</note> were with him on the holy mountain,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="19">and we possess <transChange type="added">as</transChange> more reliable the prophetic word, to which you do well <transChange type="added">if you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("pay attention to") which is understood as conditional</note> pay attention to <transChange type="added">it</transChange> as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="20">recognizing this above all, that every prophecy of scripture does not come about from one's own interpretation,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="21">for no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. </verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="1">But there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you also, who will bring in {destructive heresies}<note>Literally "heresies of destruction"</note>, even denying the Master who bought them, <transChange type="added">thus</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">thus</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("bringing on") which is understood as result</note> bringing on themselves swift destruction.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="2">And many will follow their licentious ways, because of whom the way of truth will be reviled.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="3">And in greediness they will exploit you with false words, whose condemnation <transChange type="added">from</transChange> long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. </verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="4">For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but held <transChange type="added">them</transChange> captive in Tartarus with chains of darkness <transChange type="added">and</transChange> handed <transChange type="added">them</transChange> over to be kept for judgment,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="5">and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a proclaimer of righteousness, {and seven others}<note>Literally "eighth"</note> <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("brought") which is understood as temporal</note> brought a flood on the world of the ungodly,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="6">and condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes, having appointed <transChange type="added">them</transChange> <transChange type="added">as</transChange> an example for those who are going to be ungodly,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="7">and rescued righteous Lot, worn down by the way of life of lawless persons in licentiousness</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="8">(for that righteous man, <transChange type="added">as he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("lived") which is understood as temporal</note> lived among them day after day, was tormenting <transChange type="added">his</transChange> righteous soul by the lawless deeds <transChange type="added">he was</transChange> seeing and hearing),</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="9"><transChange type="added">then</transChange> the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to reserve the unrighteous to be punished at<note>Or "until"</note> the day of judgment,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="10">and especially those who go after the flesh in defiling lust<note>Literally "in lust of defilement," translated here as an attributive genitive</note> and who despise authority. </verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="11">whereas angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not bring against them a demeaning judgment.<note>Some manuscripts have "a demeaning judgment from the Lord"</note></verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="12">But these persons, like irrational animals born <transChange type="added">only with</transChange> natural <transChange type="added">instincts</transChange> for capture and killing, blaspheming {about things}<note>Literally "with reference to which"</note> they do not understand, in their destruction will also be destroyed,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="13">being harmed <transChange type="added">as the</transChange> wages of unrighteousness. Considering reveling in the daytime a pleasure, <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> stains and blemishes, carousing in their deceitful pleasures <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("feast together") which is understood as temporal</note> feast together with you,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="14">having eyes full of <transChange type="added">desire for</transChange> an adulteress and unceasing from sin, enticing unstable persons, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied in keeping with English style</note> having hearts trained for greediness. Accursed children!</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="15"><transChange type="added">By</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("leaving") which is understood as means</note> leaving the straight path, they have gone astray, <transChange type="added">because they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("followed") which is understood as causal</note> followed the way of Balaam the <transChange type="added">son of</transChange> Bosor,<note>Although some English versions use "Beor" here, this is due to harmonization with the Old Testament; the vast majority of Greek manuscripts read "Bosor" here</note> who loved the wages of unrighteousness,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="16">but received a rebuke for his own lawlessness: a speechless donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained {the prophet's madness}<note>Literally "the of the prophet madness"</note>. </verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="17">These <transChange type="added">people</transChange> are waterless springs and mists driven by a hurricane, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="18">{For by speaking high-sounding but empty words}<note>Literally "for speaking pompous <transChange type="added">words</transChange> of emptiness"</note>, they entice with desires of the flesh <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with licentiousness those who are scarcely escaping from those who live in error,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="19">promising them freedom <transChange type="added">although they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as concessive</note> themselves are slaves of depravity. For to whatever someone succumbs, by this he is also<note>Some manuscripts omit "also"</note> enslaved.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="20">For if, <transChange type="added">after they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have escaped from") which is understood as temporal</note> have escaped from the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord<note>Some manuscripts have "of our Lord"</note> and Savior Jesus Christ, and they are again entangled in these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> succumb to <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, the last <transChange type="added">state</transChange> has become worse for them than the first.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="21">For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than having known <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="22">The <transChange type="added">statement</transChange> of the true proverb has happened to them, "A dog returns to its own vomit,"<note>A paraphrased quotation from Prov 26:11</note> and "A sow, <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("washing herself") which is understood as temporal</note> washing herself, <transChange type="added">returns</transChange><note>*The verb "<transChange type="added">returns</transChange>" is not in the Greek text, but is an understood repetition from the previous clause</note> to wallowing in the mud."<note>The source of this quotation is uncertain</note> </verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="1">Dear friends, this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> already the second letter I am writing to you, in <transChange type="added">both of</transChange> which I am attempting to stir up your sincere mind by a reminder,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="2">to remember the words proclaimed beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="3">above all knowing this, that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following according to their own desires</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="4">and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For {ever since}<note>Literally "from which <transChange type="added">time</transChange>"</note> the fathers fell asleep, all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> have continued just as they have been from the beginning of creation."</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="5">For <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("maintain") which is understood as temporal</note> they maintain this, it escapes <transChange type="added">their</transChange> notice that the heavens existed long ago and the earth held together out of water and through water by the word of God,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="6">by means of which things the world that existed at that time was destroyed <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being inundated") which is understood as means</note> being inundated with water.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="7">But by the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people. </verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="8">Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your <transChange type="added">notice</transChange>, that one day with the Lord <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like a thousand years, and a thousand years <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like one day.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="9">The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("want") which is understood as causal</note> does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="10">But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will disappear with a rushing noise, and the celestial bodies will be destroyed <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being burned up") which is understood as means</note> being burned up, and the earth and the deeds <transChange type="added">done</transChange> on it will be disclosed.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="11"><transChange type="added">Because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are being destroyed") which is understood as causal</note> all these things are being destroyed in this way, what sort of <transChange type="added">people</transChange> must you be in holy behavior and godliness,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="12"><transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("waiting for") which is understood as temporal</note> waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being burned up") which is understood as means</note> being burned up and the celestial bodies will melt <transChange type="added">as they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are consumed by heat") which is understood as temporal</note> are consumed by heat!</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="13">But according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness resides. </verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="14">Therefore, dear friends, <transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are waiting for") which is understood as causal</note> are waiting for these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, make every effort to be found at peace, spotless and unblemished in him.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="15">And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom that was given to him,</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="16">as <transChange type="added">he does</transChange> also in all his<note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note><note>Some manuscripts do not explicitly state "his"</note> letters, speaking in them about these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, in which there are some <transChange type="added">things</transChange> hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, as <transChange type="added">they</transChange> also <transChange type="added">do</transChange> the rest of the scriptures.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="17">Therefore, dear friends, <transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know beforehand") which is understood as causal</note> know <transChange type="added">this</transChange> beforehand, guard yourselves so that you do not lose your own safe position <transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have been led away") which is understood as causal</note> have been led away by the error of lawless persons.</verse>


book: 2Pet
content:
<verse num="18">But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="1">What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched, concerning the word of life--</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="2">and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was revealed to us--</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="3">what we have seen and heard, we announce to you also, in order that you also may have fellowship with us, and indeed our fellowship <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="4">And these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> we write, in order that our joy may be complete. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="5">And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light and there <transChange type="added">is</transChange> no darkness in him at all.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="6">If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.<note>Or "we are lying and are not practicing the truth"</note></verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="7">But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="8">If we say that we do not have sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="9">If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, so that he will forgive us <transChange type="added">our</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> sins and will cleanse us from all unrighteousness.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="10">If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="1">My little children, I am writing these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to you in order that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous <transChange type="added">one</transChange>,</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="2">and he<note>Or "he himself" (emphatic)</note> is the propitiation<note>Or "expiation"; or "atoning sacrifice"</note> for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for <transChange type="added">the sins of</transChange> the whole world.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="3">And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="4">The one who says "I have come to know him," and does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in this person.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="5">But whoever keeps his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="6">The one who says <transChange type="added">that he</transChange> resides in him ought also to walk<note>Some manuscripts have "to walk in this way"</note> just as that one walked. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="7">Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message which you have heard.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="8">Again, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, because<note>Or perhaps "that"</note> the darkness is passing away and the true light already is shining.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="9">The one who says <transChange type="added">he</transChange> is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness until now.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="10">The one who loves his brother resides in the light, and <transChange type="added">there</transChange> is no cause for stumbling in him.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="11">But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="12">I am writing to you, little children, because<note>Or "that"</note> your sins have been forgiven you on account of his name.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="13">I am writing to you, fathers, because<note>Or "that"</note> you have known the <transChange type="added">One who is</transChange> from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because<note>Or "that"</note> you have conquered the evil one.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="14">I have written to you, children, because<note>Or "that"</note> you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because<note>Or "that"</note> you have known the <transChange type="added">One who is</transChange> from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because<note>Or "that"</note> you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="15">Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="16">because everything <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> in the world--the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance of material possessions--is not from the Father, but is from the world.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="17">And the world is passing away, and its desire,<note>Or "and the desire for it"</note> but the one who does the will of God remains {forever}<note>Literally "for the age"</note>. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="18">Children, it is the last hour, and just as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen, by which we know that it is the last hour.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="19">They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us. But <transChange type="added">they went out</transChange><note>*This is an understood repetition of the phrase "they went out" from the beginning of v. 19</note>, in order that it might be shown that all of them are not of us. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="21">I have not written to you because<note>Or "that"</note> you do not know the truth, but because<note>Or "that"</note> you do know it, and because<note>Or "that"</note> every lie is not of the truth.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="22">Who is the liar except the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This person is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="23">Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father <transChange type="added">either</transChange>; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="24"><transChange type="added">As for</transChange> you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you have heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="26">These <transChange type="added">things</transChange> I have written to you concerning the ones who are trying to deceive you. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="27">And <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you do not have need that anyone teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you reside<note>*By form the verb could also be imperative: "just as it has taught you, reside in him"</note> in him. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="28">And now, little children, remain in him, so that whenever he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="29">If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone<note>Some manuscripts have "everyone also"</note> who practices righteousness has been fathered by him. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="1">See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called children of God, and we are! Because of this the world does not know us: because it did not know him.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="2">Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever he is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="3">And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as that one is pure. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="4">Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="5">And you know that that one was revealed in order that he might take away sins, and in him <transChange type="added">there</transChange> is no sin.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="6">Everyone who resides in him does not sin. Everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="7">Little children, let no one deceive you: the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as that one is righteous.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="8">The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this <transChange type="added">reason</transChange> the Son of God was revealed: in order to destroy the works of the devil.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="9">Everyone who is fathered by God does not practice sin, because his seed resides in him, and <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="10">By this the children of God and the children of the devil are evident: everyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, namely, the one who does not love his brother. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="11">For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another,</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="12">not as Cain, who was of the evil one and violently murdered his brother. And {for what reason}<note>Literally "on account of what"</note> did he violently murder him? Because his deeds were evil and the <transChange type="added">deeds</transChange> of his brother <transChange type="added">were</transChange> righteous. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="13">Do not marvel,<note>Some manuscripts have "And do not marvel"</note> brothers, if the world hates you.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="14">We know that we have passed over from death to life because we love the brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="15">Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that every murderer does not have eternal life residing in him.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="16">We have come to know love by this: that {he}<note>Literally "that one" (referring to Jesus Christ)</note> laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="17">But whoever has the world's material possessions and observes his brother {in need}<note>Literally "having need"</note> and shuts his heart against him, how does the love of God reside in him? </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="18">Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="19">By this<note>Some manuscripts have "And by this"</note> we know that we are of the truth and will convince our heart before him,</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="20">that<note>Or "because"</note> if our heart condemns us, that God is greater than our heart and knows all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="21">Dear friends, if our heart does not condemn <transChange type="added">us</transChange>, we have confidence before God,</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="22">and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> pleasing {in his sight}<note>Literally "in the sight of him"</note>.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="23">And this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as {he commanded us}<note>Literally "he gave us commandment"</note>.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="24">And the one who keeps his commandments resides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he resides in us: by the Spirit whom he has given to us. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="1">Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits <transChange type="added">to determine</transChange> if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="2">By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ<note>Or "confesses Jesus <transChange type="added">as</transChange> Christ who has come in the flesh" (see also 2 John 7)</note> has come in the flesh is from God,</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="3">and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God, and this is the <transChange type="added">spirit</transChange> of the antichrist, <transChange type="added">of</transChange> which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="4">You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> in you is greater than the one <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> in the world.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="5">They are from the world; {therefore}<note>Literally "because of this"</note> they speak from the world and the world listens to them.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="6">We are from God. The one who knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="7">Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="9">By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God sent his one and only Son into the world in order that we may live through him.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="10">In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son <transChange type="added">to be the</transChange> propitiation<note>Or "expiation"; or "atoning sacrifice"</note> for our sins. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="11">Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="12">No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us and his love is perfected in us.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="13">By this we know that we reside in him and he in us: that<note>Or "because"</note> he has given us of his Spirit.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="14">And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son <transChange type="added">to be the</transChange> Savior of the world. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="15">Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="16">And we have come to know and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="17">By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as that one is, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> also are we in this world.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="18"><transChange type="added">There</transChange> is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear includes punishment, and the one who is afraid has not been perfected in love.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="20">If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar, for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen is not able to love God whom he has not seen.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="21">And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the commandment we have from him: that the one who loves God should love his brother also. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="1">Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves {the father}<note>Literally "the one who fathers"</note> also loves the <transChange type="added">child</transChange> fathered by him.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="2">By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and keep his commandments.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="3">For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="5">Now who is the one who conquers the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="6">This is the one who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ, not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="7">For <transChange type="added">there</transChange> are three that testify,<note>Later Latin manuscripts add the following words to v. 7 and v. 8: "in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. 8 And there are three that testify on earth"</note></verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="8">the Spirit and the water and the blood, and the three are {in agreement}<note>Literally "for the one"</note>. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="9">If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="10">(The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. The one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="11">And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="12">The one who has the Son has the life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="13">These <transChange type="added">things</transChange> I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life. </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="14">And this is the confidence that we have before him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="15">And if we know that he hears us <transChange type="added">in</transChange> whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="16">If anyone should see his brother sinning a sin not <transChange type="added">leading</transChange> to death, he should ask, and he will grant life to him, to those who sin not <transChange type="added">leading</transChange> to death. (<transChange type="added">There</transChange> is a sin <transChange type="added">leading</transChange> to death; I do not say that he should ask about that.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="17">All unrighteousness is sin, and <transChange type="added">there</transChange> is a sin not <transChange type="added">leading</transChange> to death.) </verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="18">We know that everyone who is fathered by God does not sin, but the one fathered by God, he protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="19">We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in <transChange type="added">the power of</transChange> the evil one.</verse>


book: 1John
content:
<verse num="20">And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, in order that we may know the one who is true, and we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.</verse>


book: 2John
content:
<verse num="1">The elder, to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth--and not I alone, but also all those who know the truth--</verse>


book: 2John
content:
<verse num="2">because of the truth that resides in us and will be with us {forever}<note>Or "in perpetuity"; literally "for the age"</note>.</verse>


book: 2John
content:
<verse num="3">Grace, mercy, peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father in truth and love. </verse>


book: 2John
content:
<verse num="4">{I was very glad}<note>Literally "I rejoiced exceedingly"</note> because I found <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of your children walking in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> truth, just as {the Father commanded us}<note>Literally "we received commandment from the Father"</note>. </verse>


book: 2John
content:
<verse num="5">And now I ask you, lady (not as <transChange type="added">if I were</transChange> writing a new commandment to you, but <transChange type="added">one</transChange> that we have had from the beginning), that we should love one another.</verse>


book: 2John
content:
<verse num="6">And this is love: that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.</verse>


book: 2John
content:
<verse num="7">For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess Jesus Christ<note>Or "confess Jesus <transChange type="added">as</transChange> Christ coming in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> flesh" (see 1 John 4:2)</note> coming in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> flesh. This person is the deceiver and the antichrist!</verse>


book: 2John
content:
<verse num="8">Watch yourselves that you do not lose what we have worked for, but receive a full reward. </verse>


book: 2John
content:
<verse num="9">Everyone who goes too far and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in the teaching--this person has both the Father and the Son.</verse>


book: 2John
content:
<verse num="10">If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into <transChange type="added">your</transChange> house and do not speak a greeting to him,</verse>


book: 2John
content:
<verse num="12"><transChange type="added">Although</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as concessive</note> I have many <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to write to you, I do not want <transChange type="added">to do so</transChange> by means of paper and ink, but I hope to be with you and to speak {face to face}<note>Literally "mouth to mouth"</note>, so that your<note>Some manuscripts have "our"</note> joy may be complete.</verse>


book: 3John
content:
<verse num="1">The elder, to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> truth.</verse>


book: 3John
content:
<verse num="2">Dear friend, I pray you may prosper concerning everything and be healthy, just as your soul prospers.</verse>


book: 3John
content:
<verse num="3">For I rejoiced exceedingly <transChange type="added">when the</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("came") which is understood as temporal</note> brothers came and testified <transChange type="added">to</transChange> your truth, just as you are walking in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> truth.</verse>


book: 3John
content:
<verse num="4">I have no greater joy than this: that I hear my children are walking in the truth. </verse>


book: 3John
content:
<verse num="5">Dear friend, you act faithfully<note>Or "you act loyally"</note> <transChange type="added">in</transChange> whatever you do for the brothers, {even though they are strangers}<note>Literally "and this strangers"</note>.</verse>


book: 3John
content:
<verse num="6">They have testified <transChange type="added">to</transChange> your love before the church; you will do well to send them<note>Literally "whom"</note> on their way in a manner worthy of God.</verse>


book: 3John
content:
<verse num="7">For they have gone out on behalf of the name, accepting nothing from the pagans.<note>That is, Gentile unbelievers (as opposed to Gentile Christians)</note></verse>


book: 3John
content:
<verse num="8">Therefore we ought to support such <transChange type="added">people</transChange>, so that we become fellow workers with <transChange type="added">the</transChange> truth. </verse>


book: 3John
content:
<verse num="9">I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who wants to be first <transChange type="added">among</transChange> them, does not acknowledge us.</verse>


book: 3John
content:
<verse num="10">Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to {the deeds he is doing}<note>Literally "his deeds which he is doing"</note>, disparaging us with evil words. And not being content with these, he does not receive the brothers himself, and he hinders those wanting <transChange type="added">to do so</transChange> and throws <transChange type="added">them</transChange> out of the church.</verse>


book: 3John
content:
<verse num="11">Dear friend, do not imitate <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> evil, but <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God. </verse>


book: 3John
content:
<verse num="12">Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. And we also testify <transChange type="added">to him</transChange>, and you know that our testimony is true. </verse>


book: 3John
content:
<verse num="13">I have many things to write to you, but I do not want to write to you by means of ink and pen.</verse>


book: 3John
content:
<verse num="14">But I hope to see you right away, and to speak {face to face}<note>Literally "mouth to mouth"</note>.</verse>


book: 3John
content:
<verse num="15">Peace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.</verse>


book: Jude
content:
<verse num="1">Jude,<note>"Jude" is the traditional form of the name introducing the letter, but the Greek form is the same as "Judas"</note> a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to <transChange type="added">those who are</transChange> called, loved in God the Father and kept for<note>Or perhaps "by"</note> Jesus Christ.</verse>


book: Jude
content:
<verse num="3">Dear friends, <transChange type="added">although I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was making") which is understood as concessive</note> was making every effort to write to you concerning our common salvation, I considered <transChange type="added">it</transChange> a necessity to write to you to encourage <transChange type="added">you</transChange> to contend for the faith delivered once and for all to the saints.</verse>


book: Jude
content:
<verse num="4">For certain men<note>Or "people," since the Greek term can be used in a generic sense, but if this statement is related to 2 Peter 2:12, it is more likely men are in view</note> have slipped in stealthily, who were designated long ago for this condemnation, ungodly ones, who change the grace of our God into licentiousness and who deny our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ. </verse>


book: Jude
content:
<verse num="5">Now I want to remind you, <transChange type="added">although</transChange> you know everything once and for all,<note>Some manuscripts place this word in the following clause</note> that Jesus,<note>Some manuscripts have "the Lord"</note> having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, the second time destroyed those who did not believe.</verse>


book: Jude
content:
<verse num="6">And <transChange type="added">the</transChange> angels who did not keep to their own domain but deserted their proper dwelling place, he has kept in eternal bonds under deep gloom for the judgment of the great day,</verse>


book: Jude
content:
<verse num="7">as Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns around them indulged in sexual immorality and {pursued unnatural desire}<note>Literally "went after other flesh"</note> <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the same way as these, are exhibited as an example <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("undergoing") which is understood as means</note> undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. </verse>


