1 Timotius 3:5

3:5 But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

Matius 24:25

24:25 Remember, ¹  I have told you ahead of time.

Lukas 12:42

12:42 The Lord replied, ²  “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, ³  whom the master puts in charge of his household servants, ⁴  to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?

Roma 12:8

12:8 if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness.

Roma 12:1

Consecration of the Believer’s Life

12:1 Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, ⁵  by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God ⁶  – which is your reasonable service.

Roma 5:12-13

The Amplification of Justification

5:12 So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people ⁷  because ⁸  all sinned – 5:13 for before the law was given, ⁹  sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin ¹⁰  when there is no law.

Ibrani 13:7

13:7 Remember your leaders, who spoke God’s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.

Ibrani 13:17

13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. ¹¹  Let them do this ¹²  with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

Ibrani 13:24

13:24 Greetings to all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.

[24:25]  ¹ tn Or “Pay attention!” Grk “Behold.”

[12:42]  ² tn Grk “And the Lord said.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[12:42]  ³ tn Or “administrator,” “steward” (L&N 37.39).

[12:42]  ⁴ tn This term, θεραπεία (qerapeia), describes the group of servants working in a particular household (L&N 46.6).

[12:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[12:1]  ⁶ tn The participle and two adjectives “alive, holy, and pleasing to God” are taken as predicates in relation to “sacrifice,” making the exhortation more emphatic. See ExSyn 618-19.

[12:1]  sn Taken as predicate adjectives, the terms alive, holy, and pleasing are showing how unusual is the sacrifice that believers can now offer, for OT sacrifices were dead. As has often been quipped about this text, “The problem with living sacrifices is that they keep crawling off the altar.”

[5:12]  ⁷ tn Here ἀνθρώπους (anqrwpou") has been translated as a generic (“people”) since both men and women are clearly intended in this context.

[5:12]  ⁸ tn The translation of the phrase ἐφ᾿ ᾧ (ef Jw) has been heavily debated. For a discussion of all the possibilities, see C. E. B. Cranfield, “On Some of the Problems in the Interpretation of Romans 5.12,” SJT 22 (1969): 324-41. Only a few of the major options can be mentioned here: (1) the phrase can be taken as a relative clause in which the pronoun refers to Adam, “death spread to all people in whom [Adam] all sinned.” (2) The phrase can be taken with consecutive (resultative) force, meaning “death spread to all people with the result that all sinned.” (3) Others take the phrase as causal in force: “death spread to all people because all sinned.”

[5:13]  ⁹ tn Grk “for before the law.”

[5:13]  ¹⁰ tn Or “sin is not reckoned.”

[13:17]  ¹¹ tn Or “as ones who will give an account”; Grk “as giving an account.”

[13:17]  ¹² tn Grk “that they may do this.”