Kisah Para Rasul 11:23

11:23 When ¹  he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true ²  to the Lord with devoted hearts, ³ 

Roma 1:12

1:12 that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, ⁴  both yours and mine.

Kolose 2:5

2:5 For though ⁵  I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see ⁶  your morale ⁷  and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

Kolose 2:1

2:1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, ⁸  and for those in Laodicea, and for those who have not met me face to face. ⁹ 

Kolose 3:8

3:8 But now, put off all such things ¹⁰  as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.

Kolose 3:2

3:2 Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,

Yohanes 1:4

1:4 In him was life, ¹¹  and the life was the light of mankind. ¹² 

[11:23]  ¹ tn Grk “Antioch, who when.” The relative pronoun was omitted and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek.

[11:23]  ² tn BDAG 883 s.v. προσμένω 1.a.β has “remain true to the Lord” for προσμένειν (prosmenein) in this verse.

[11:23]  sn He…encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord. The call to faithfulness is frequent in Acts (2:40; 14:22; 15:32; 16:39; 20:1-2).

[11:23]  ³ tn Grk “with purpose of heart”; BDAG 869 s.v. πρόθεσις 2.a translates this phrase “purpose of heart, i.e. devotion” here.

[1:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “that is, to be comforted together with you through the faith in one another.”

[2:5]  ⁵ tn The conditional particle εἰ (ei) together with καί (kai) here indicates a first class condition in Greek and carries a concessive force, especially when seen in contrast to the following phrase which begins with ἀλλά (alla).

[2:5]  ⁶ tn Grk “rejoicing and seeing.”

[2:5]  ⁷ tn The Greek word τάξις can mean “order,” “discipline,” or even “unbroken ranks” (REB).

[2:1]  ⁸ tn Or “I want you to know how hard I am working for you…”

[2:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “as many as have not seen my face in the flesh.”

[3:8]  ¹⁰ tn The Greek article with τὰ πάντα (ta panta) is anaphoric, referring to the previous list of vices, and has been translated here as “all such things.”

[1:4]  ¹¹ tn John uses ζωή (zwh) 37 times: 17 times it occurs with αἰώνιος (aiwnios), and in the remaining occurrences outside the prologue it is clear from context that “eternal” life is meant. The two uses in 1:4, if they do not refer to “eternal” life, would be the only exceptions. (Also 1 John uses ζωή 13 times, always of “eternal” life.)

[1:4]  sn An allusion to Ps 36:9, which gives significant OT background: “For with you is the fountain of life; In your light we see light.” In later Judaism, Bar 4:2 expresses a similar idea. Life, especially eternal life, will become one of the major themes of John’s Gospel.

[1:4]  ¹² tn Or “humanity”; Grk “of men” (but ἄνθρωπος [anqrwpo"] is used in a generic sense here, not restricted to males only, thus “mankind,” “humanity”).