Yesaya 32:8

32:8 An honorable man makes honorable plans;

his honorable character gives him security. ¹ 

Yesaya 32:1

Justice and Wisdom Will Prevail

32:1 Look, a king will promote fairness; ² 

officials will promote justice. ³ 

Titus 2:10

2:10 not pilfering, but showing all good faith, ⁴  in order to bring credit to ⁵  the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

Ibrani 13:2

13:2 Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it. ⁶ 

Ibrani 13:1

Final Exhortations

13:1 Brotherly love must continue.

Pengkhotbah 3:8

3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate;

a time for war, and a time for peace.

[32:8]  ¹ tn Heb “and he upon honorable things stands.”

[32:1]  ² tn Heb “will reign according to fairness.”

[32:1]  ³ tn Heb “will rule according to justice.”

[2:10]  ⁴ tn Or “showing that genuine faith is productive.” At issue between these two translations is the force of ἀγαθήν (agaqhn): Is it attributive (as the text has it) or predicate (as in this note)? A number of considerations point in the direction of a predicate ἀγαθήν (e.g., separation from the noun πίστιν (pistin) by the verb, the possibility that the construction is an object-complement, etc.), though is not usually seen as an option in either translations or commentaries. Cf. ExSyn 188-89, 312-13, for a discussion. Contextually, it makes an intriguing statement, for it suggests a synthetic or synonymous parallel: “‘Slaves should be wholly subject to their masters…demonstrating that all [genuine] faith is productive, with the result [ecbatic ἵνα] that they will completely adorn the doctrine of God.’ The point of the text, then, if this understanding is correct, is an exhortation to slaves to demonstrate that their faith is sincere and results in holy behavior. If taken this way, the text seems to support the idea that saving faith does not fail, but even results in good works” (ExSyn 312-13). The translation of ἀγαθήν as an attributive adjective, however, also makes good sense.

[2:10]  ⁵ tn Or “adorn,” “show the beauty of.”

[13:2]  ⁶ sn This is a vague allusion to people described in scripture and extra-biblical literature and may include Abraham and Sarah (Gen 18:2-15), Lot (Gen 19:1-14), Gideon (Judg 6:11-18), Manoah (Judg 13:3-22), and possibly Tobit (Tob 12:1-20).