Filipi 1:27

1:27 Only conduct yourselves ¹  in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that – whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent – I should hear that ²  you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel, ³ 

Mazmur 40:9

40:9 I have told the great assembly ⁴  about your justice. ⁵ 

Look! I spare no words! ⁶ 

O Lord, you know this is true.

Mazmur 71:17

71:17 O God, you have taught me since I was young,

and I am still declaring ⁷  your amazing deeds.

Matius 10:27

10:27 What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, ⁸  proclaim from the housetops. ⁹ 

Lukas 12:8

12:8 “I ¹⁰  tell you, whoever acknowledges ¹¹  me before men, ¹²  the Son of Man will also acknowledge ¹³  before God’s angels.

Roma 10:8-16

10:8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” ¹⁴  (that is, the word of faith that we preach), 10:9 because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord ¹⁵  and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10:10 For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness ¹⁶  and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation. ¹⁷  10:11 For the scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” ¹⁸  10:12 For there is no distinction between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, who richly blesses all who call on him. 10:13 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. ¹⁹ 

10:14 How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them ²⁰ ? 10:15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How timely ²¹  is the arrival ²²  of those who proclaim the good news.” ²³  10:16 But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” ²⁴ 

Wahyu 22:17

22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say: “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wants it take the water of life free of charge.

[1:27]  ¹ tn Grk “live as citizens.” The verb πολιτεύεσθε (politeuesqe) connotes the life of a freeman in a free Roman colony.

[1:27]  sn Conduct yourselves (Grk “live your lives as citizens”). The Philippians lived in a free Roman city, and thus understood from their own experience what it meant to live as citizens. Paul is here picking up on that motif and elevating it to the citizenship of heaven. Cf. 3:20 (our citizenship is in heaven).

[1:27]  ² tn Grk “the things concerning you, [namely,] that.” The ὅτι (Joti) clause is appositional to τὰ περὶ ὑμῶν (ta peri Jumwn) and therefore “the things concerning you” was not translated.

[1:27]  ³ tn The phrase “the faith of the gospel” could mean one of three things: “the faith that is the gospel” (genitive of apposition), “the faith that originates from the gospel” (genitive of source), or “faith in the gospel” (objective genitive).

[40:9]  ⁴ sn The great assembly is also mentioned in Pss 22:25 and 35:18.

[40:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “I proclaim justice in the great assembly.” Though “justice” appears without a pronoun here, the Lord’s just acts are in view (see v. 10). His “justice” (צֶדֶק, tsedeq) is here the deliverance that originates in his justice; he protects and vindicates the one whose cause is just.

[40:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “Look! My lips I do not restrain.”

[71:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “and until now I am declaring.”

[10:27]  ⁸ tn Grk “what you hear in the ear,” an idiom.

[10:27]  ⁹ tn The expression “proclaim from the housetops” is an idiom for proclaiming something publicly (L&N 7.51). Roofs of many first century Jewish houses in Judea and Galilee were flat and had access either from outside or from within the house. Something shouted from atop a house would be heard by everyone in the street below.

[12:8]  ¹⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[12:8]  ¹¹ tn Or “confesses.”

[12:8]  ¹² tn Although this is a generic reference and includes both males and females, in this context “men” has been retained because of the wordplay with the Son of Man and the contrast with the angels. The same is true of the occurrence of “men” in v. 9.

[12:8]  ¹³ sn This acknowledgment will take place at the judgment. Of course, the Son of Man is a reference to Jesus as it has been throughout the Gospel. On Jesus and judgment, see 22:69; Acts 10:42-43; 17:31.

[10:8]  ¹⁴ sn A quotation from Deut 30:14.

[10:9]  ¹⁵ tn Or “the Lord.” The Greek construction, along with the quotation from Joel 2:32 in v. 13 (in which the same “Lord” seems to be in view) suggests that κύριον (kurion) is to be taken as “the Lord,” that is, Yahweh. Cf. D. B. Wallace, “The Semantics and Exegetical Significance of the Object-Complement Construction in the New Testament,” GTJ 6 (1985): 91-112.

[10:10]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “believes to righteousness.”

[10:10]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “confesses to salvation.”

[10:11]  ¹⁸ sn A quotation from Isa 28:16.

[10:13]  ¹⁹ sn A quotation from Joel 2:32.

[10:14]  ²⁰ tn Grk “preaching”; the words “to them” are supplied for clarification.

[10:15]  ²¹ tn The word in this context seems to mean “coming at the right or opportune time” (see BDAG 1103 s.v. ὡραῖος 1); it may also mean “beautiful, attractive, welcome.”

[10:15]  ²² tn Grk “the feet.” The metaphorical nuance of “beautiful feet” is that such represent timely news.

[10:15]  ²³ sn A quotation from Isa 52:7; Nah 1:15.

[10:16]  ²⁴ sn A quotation from Isa 53:1.