Yesaya 40:11

40:11 Like a shepherd he tends his flock;

he gathers up the lambs with his arm;

he carries them close to his heart; ¹ 

he leads the ewes along.

Yesaya 40:2

40:2 “Speak kindly to ²  Jerusalem, ³  and tell her

that her time of warfare is over, ⁴ 

that her punishment is completed. ⁵ 

For the Lord has made her pay double ⁶  for all her sins.”

Kolose 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ⁷  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Galatia 5:22

5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit ⁸  is love, ⁹  joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ¹⁰ 

Galatia 5:1

Freedom of the Believer

5:1 For freedom ¹¹  Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke ¹²  of slavery.

Galatia 2:7

2:7 On the contrary, when they saw ¹³  that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised ¹⁴  just as Peter was to the circumcised ¹⁵ 

Titus 3:2

3:2 They must not slander ¹⁶  anyone, but be peaceable, gentle, showing complete courtesy to all people.

Yakobus 3:17

3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, ¹⁷  full of mercy and good fruit, ¹⁸  impartial, and not hypocritical. ¹⁹ 

Yakobus 3:1

The Power of the Tongue

3:1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, ²⁰  because you know that we will be judged more strictly. ²¹ 

Pengkhotbah 3:8

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

a time for war, and a time for peace.

[40:11]  ¹ tn Heb “in his bosom” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV), an expression which reflects closeness and protective care.

[40:2]  ² tn Heb “speak to the heart of Jerusalem.” Jerusalem is personified as a woman.

[40:2]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[40:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “that she is filled [with] her warfare.” Some understand צָבָא (tsavah, “warfare”) as meaning “hard service” or “compulsory labor” in this context.

[40:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “that her punishment is accepted [as satisfactory].”

[40:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “for she has received from the hand of the Lord double.” The principle of the double portion in punishment is also seen in Jer 16:18; 17:18 and Rev 18:6. For examples of the double portion in Israelite law, see Exod 22:4, 7, 9 (double restitution by a thief) and Deut 21:17 (double inheritance portion for the firstborn).

[1:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[5:22]  ⁸ tn That is, the fruit the Spirit produces.

[5:22]  ⁹ sn Another way to punctuate this is “love” followed by a colon (love: joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control). It is thus possible to read the eight characteristics following “love” as defining love.

[5:22]  ¹⁰ tn Or “reliability”; see BDAG 818 s.v. πίστις 1.a.

[5:1]  ¹¹ tn Translating the dative as “For freedom” shows the purpose for Christ setting us free; however, it is also possible to take the phrase in the sense of means or instrument (“with [or by] freedom”), referring to the freedom mentioned in 4:31 and implied throughout the letter.

[5:1]  ¹² sn Here the yoke figuratively represents the burdensome nature of slavery.

[2:7]  ¹³ tn The participle ἰδόντες (idontes) has been taken temporally to retain the structure of the passage. Many modern translations, because of the length of the sentence here, translate this participle as a finite verb and break the Greek sentences into several English sentences (NIV, for example, begins new sentences at the beginning of both vv. 8 and 9).

[2:7]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “to the uncircumcision,” that is, to the Gentiles.

[2:7]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “to the circumcision,” a collective reference to the Jewish people.

[3:2]  ¹⁶ tn Or “discredit,” “damage the reputation of.”

[3:17]  ¹⁷ tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”

[3:17]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”

[3:17]  ¹⁹ tn Or “sincere.”

[3:1]  ²⁰ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[3:1]  ²¹ tn Grk “will receive a greater judgment.”