Wahyu 13:14

13:14 and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told ¹  those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.

Wahyu 18:23

18:23 Even the light from a lamp

will never shine in you again!

The voices of the bridegroom and his bride

will never be heard in you again.

For your merchants were the tycoons of the world,

because all the nations ²  were deceived by your magic spells! ³ 

Wahyu 19:20

19:20 Now ⁴  the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf ⁵  – signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur. ⁶ 

Wahyu 20:3

20:3 The angel ⁷  then ⁸  threw him into the abyss and locked ⁹  and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)

Wahyu 20:8

20:8 and will go out to deceive ¹⁰  the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, ¹¹  to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea. ¹² 

Wahyu 20:10

20:10 And the devil who deceived ¹³  them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, ¹⁴  where the beast and the false prophet are ¹⁵  too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever.

Matius 24:24

24:24 For false messiahs ¹⁶  and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Roma 16:18

16:18 For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds ¹⁷  of the naive.

Roma 16:2

16:2 so that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and provide her with whatever help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many, including me.

Kolose 1:3

Paul’s Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Church

1:3 We always ¹⁸  give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

Efesus 4:14

4:14 So ¹⁹  we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes. ²⁰ 

Efesus 4:2

4:2 with all humility and gentleness, ²¹  with patience, bearing with ²²  one another in love,

Efesus 2:3

2:3 among whom ²³  all of us ²⁴  also ²⁵  formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath ²⁶  even as the rest… ²⁷ 

Efesus 2:9-11

2:9 it is not from ²⁸  works, so that no one can boast. ²⁹  2:10 For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them. ³⁰ 

New Life Corporately

2:11 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh – who are called “uncircumcision” by the so-called “circumcision” that is performed on the body ³¹  by human hands –

Efesus 2:1

New Life Individually

2:1 And although you were ³²  dead ³³  in your transgressions and sins,

Titus 2:14

2:14 He ³⁴  gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, ³⁵  who are eager to do good. ³⁶ 

Titus 2:2

2:2 Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, ³⁷  sound in faith, in love, and in endurance. ³⁸ 

Titus 3:13

3:13 Make every effort to help ³⁹  Zenas the lawyer ⁴⁰  and Apollos on their way; make sure they have what they need. ⁴¹ 

Titus 3:1

Conduct Toward Those Outside the Church

3:1 Remind them to be subject to rulers and ⁴²  authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.

Yohanes 5:19

5:19 So Jesus answered them, ⁴³  “I tell you the solemn truth, ⁴⁴  the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, ⁴⁵  but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father ⁴⁶  does, the Son does likewise. ⁴⁷ 

[13:14]  ¹ tn Grk “earth, telling.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek.

[13:14]  sn He told followed by an infinitive (“to make an image…”) is sufficiently ambiguous in Greek that it could be taken as “he ordered” (so NIV) or “he persuaded” (so REB).

[18:23]  ² tn Or “all the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

[18:23]  ³ tn On the term φαρμακεία (farmakeia, “magic spells”) see L&N 53.100: “the use of magic, often involving drugs and the casting of spells upon people – ‘to practice magic, to cast spells upon, to engage in sorcery, magic, sorcery.’ φαρμακεία: ἐν τῇ φαρμακείᾳ σου ἐπλανήθησαν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ‘with your magic spells you deceived all the peoples (of the world)’ Re 18:23.”

[19:20]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of an unexpected development in the account: The opposing armies do not come together in battle; rather the leader of one side is captured.

[19:20]  ⁵ tn For this meaning see BDAG 342 s.v. ἐνώπιον 4.b, “by the authority of, on behalf of Rv 13:12, 14; 19:20.”

[19:20]  ⁶ tn Traditionally, “brimstone.”

[20:3]  ⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel introduced in v. 1) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:3]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[20:3]  ⁹ tn Or “and shut.” While the lexical force of the term is closer to “shut,” it is acceptable to render the verb ἔκλεισεν (ekleisen) as “locked” here in view of the mention of the key in the previous verse.

[20:8]  ¹⁰ tn Or “mislead.”

[20:8]  ¹¹ sn The battle with Gog and Magog is described in the OT in Ezek 38:1-39:20.

[20:8]  ¹² tn Grk “of whom the number of them [is] like the sand of the sea” (an allusion to Isa 10:22).

[20:10]  ¹³ tn Or “misled.”

[20:10]  ¹⁴ tn Traditionally, “brimstone.”

[20:10]  ¹⁵ tn The verb in this clause is elided. In keeping with the previous past tenses some translations supply a past tense verb here (“were”), but in view of the future tense that follows (“they will be tormented”), a present tense verb was used to provide a transition from the previous past tense to the future tense that follows.

[24:24]  ¹⁶ tn Or “false christs”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[16:18]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “hearts.”

[1:3]  ¹⁸ tn The adverb πάντοτε (pantote) is understood to modify the indicative εὐχαριστοῦμεν (eucaristoumen) because it precedes περὶ ὑμῶν (peri Jumwn) which probably modifies the indicative and not the participle προσευχόμενοι (proseucomenoi). But see 1:9 where the same expression occurs and περὶ ὑμῶν modifies the participle “praying” (προσευχόμενοι).

[4:14]  ¹⁹ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:14]  ²⁰ tn While the sense of the passage is clear enough, translation in English is somewhat difficult. The Greek says: “by the trickery of men, by craftiness with the scheme of deceit.” The point is that the author is concerned about Christians growing into maturity. He is fearful that certain kinds of very cunning people, who are skilled at deceitful scheming, should come in and teach false doctrines which would in turn stunt the growth of the believers.

[4:2]  ²¹ tn Or “meekness.” The word is often used in Hellenistic Greek of the merciful execution of justice on behalf of those who have no voice by those who are in a position of authority (Matt 11:29; 21:5).

[4:2]  ²² tn Or “putting up with”; or “forbearing.”

[2:3]  ²³ sn Among whom. The relative pronoun phrase that begins v. 3 is identical, except for gender, to the one that begins v. 2 (ἐν αἵς [en Jais], ἐν οἵς [en Jois]). By the structure, the author is building an argument for our hopeless condition: We lived in sin and we lived among sinful people. Our doom looked to be sealed as well in v. 2: Both the external environment (kingdom of the air) and our internal motivation and attitude (the spirit that is now energizing) were under the devil’s thumb (cf. 2 Cor 4:4).

[2:3]  ²⁴ tn Grk “we all.”

[2:3]  ²⁵ tn Or “even.”

[2:3]  ²⁶ sn Children of wrath is a Semitic idiom which may mean either “people characterized by wrath” or “people destined for wrath.”

[2:3]  ²⁷ sn Eph 2:1-3. The translation of vv. 1-3 is very literal, even to the point of retaining the awkward syntax of the original. See note on the word dead in 2:1.

[2:9]  ²⁸ tn Or “not as a result of.”

[2:9]  ²⁹ tn Grk “lest anyone should boast.”

[2:10]  ³⁰ tn Grk “so that we might walk in them” (or “by them”).

[2:10]  sn So that we may do them. Before the devil began to control our walk in sin and among sinful people, God had already planned good works for us to do.

[2:11]  ³¹ tn Grk “in the flesh.”

[2:1]  ³² tn The adverbial participle “being” (ὄντας, ontas) is taken concessively.

[2:1]  ³³ sn Chapter 2 starts off with a participle, although you were dead, that is left dangling. The syntax in Greek for vv. 1-3 constitutes one incomplete sentence, though it seems to have been done intentionally. The dangling participle leaves the readers in suspense while they wait for the solution (in v. 4) to their spiritual dilemma.

[2:14]  ³⁴ tn Grk “who” (as a continuation of the previous clause).

[2:14]  ³⁵ tn Or “a people who are his very own.”

[2:14]  ³⁶ tn Grk “for good works.”

[2:2]  ³⁷ tn Or “sensible.”

[2:2]  ³⁸ sn Temperate…in endurance. See the same cluster of virtues in 1 Thess 1:3 and 1 Cor 13:13.

[3:13]  ³⁹ tn Grk “Eagerly help.”

[3:13]  ⁴⁰ tn Although it is possible the term νομικός (nomikos) indicates an expert in Jewish religious law here, according to L&N 33.338 and 56.37 it is more probable that Zenas was a specialist in civil law.

[3:13]  ⁴¹ tn Grk “that nothing may be lacking for them.”

[3:1]  ⁴² tc Most later witnesses (D² 0278 Ï lat sy) have καί (kai, “and”) after ἀρχαῖς (arcai", “rulers”), though the earliest and best witnesses (א A C D* F G Ψ 33 104 1739 1881) lack the conjunction. Although the καί is most likely not authentic, it has been added in translation due to the requirements of English style. For more discussion, see TCGNT 586.

[5:19]  ⁴³ tn Grk “answered and said to them.”

[5:19]  ⁴⁴ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[5:19]  ⁴⁵ tn Grk “nothing from himself.”

[5:19]  ⁴⁶ tn Grk “that one”; the referent (the Father) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:19]  ⁴⁷ sn What works does the Son do likewise? The same that the Father does – and the same that the rabbis recognized as legitimate works of God on the Sabbath (see note on working in v. 17). (1) Jesus grants life (just as the Father grants life) on the Sabbath. But as the Father gives physical life on the Sabbath, so the Son grants spiritual life (John 5:21; note the “greater things” mentioned in v. 20). (2) Jesus judges (determines the destiny of people) on the Sabbath, just as the Father judges those who die on the Sabbath, because the Father has granted authority to the Son to judge (John 5:22-23). But this is not all. Not only has this power been granted to Jesus in the present; it will be his in the future as well. In v. 28 there is a reference not to spiritually dead (only) but also physically dead. At their resurrection they respond to the Son as well.