Yesaya 33:20

33:20 Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals!

You ¹  will see Jerusalem, ² 

a peaceful settlement,

a tent that stays put; ³ 

its stakes will never be pulled up;

none of its ropes will snap in two.

Yesaya 33:2

33:2 Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you.

Give us strength each morning! ⁴ 

Deliver us when distress comes. ⁵ 

1 Korintus 5:1

Church Discipline

5:1 It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with ⁶  his father’s wife.

1 Korintus 5:4

5:4 When you gather together in the name of our Lord Jesus, ⁷  and I am with you in spirit, ⁸  along with the power of our Lord Jesus,

1 Korintus 5:2

5:2 And you are proud! ⁹  Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this ¹⁰  from among you?

1 Petrus 1:13-14

1:13 Therefore, get your minds ready for action ¹¹  by being fully sober, and set your hope ¹²  completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed. ¹³  1:14 Like obedient children, do not comply with ¹⁴  the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance, ¹⁵ 

[33:20]  ¹ tn Heb “your eyes” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[33:20]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[33:20]  ³ tn Or “that does not travel”; NASB “which shall not be folded.”

[33:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “Be their arm each morning.” “Arm” is a symbol for strength. The mem suffixed to the noun has been traditionally understood as a third person suffix, but this is contrary to the context, where the people speak of themselves in the first person. The mem (מ) is probably enclitic with ellipsis of the pronoun, which can be supplied from the context. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:589, n. 1.

[33:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “[Be] also our deliverance in the time of distress.”

[5:1]  ⁶ tn Or “someone has married”; Grk “someone has,” but the verb ἔχω (ecw) is routinely used of marital relationships (cf. BDAG 420 s.v. 2.a), including sexual relationships. The exact nature of the relationship is uncertain in this case; it is not clear, for example, whether the man had actually married the woman or was merely cohabiting with her.

[5:4]  ⁷ tc On the wording “our Lord Jesus” (τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ, tou kuriou Jhmwn Ihsou) there is some variation in the extant witnesses: ἡμῶν is lacking in א A Ψ 1505 pc; Χριστοῦ (Cristou, “Christ”) is found after ᾿Ιησοῦ in Ì⁴⁶ א D² F G 33 1881 Ï co and before ᾿Ιησοῦ in 81. The wording τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ is read by B D* 1175 1739 pc. Concerning Χριστοῦ, even though the external evidence for this is quite good, it may well be a motivated reading. Elsewhere in Paul the expression “our Lord Jesus” is routinely followed by “Christ” (e.g., Rom 5:1, 11; 15:6, 30; 1 Cor 1:2, 7, 10; 15:57; 2 Cor 8:9; Gal 6:14, 18, Eph 1:3, 17; 5:20; 6:24; Col 1:3; 1 Thess 1:3; 5:9, 23, 28). Less commonly, the wording is simply “our Lord Jesus” (e.g., Rom 16:20; 2 Cor 1:14; 1 Thess 2:19; 3:11, 13; 2 Thess 1:8, 12). A preference should thus be given to the shorter reading. As for the ἡμῶν, it is very difficult to decide: “the Lord Jesus” occurs as often as “our Lord Jesus” (cf. 1 Cor 11:23; 16:23; 2 Cor 4:14; 11:31; Eph 1:15; 1 Thess 4:2; 2 Thess 1:7; Phlm 5). Although scribes would tend to expand on the text, the only witnesses that have “the Lord Jesus” (without “our” or “Christ”) are A Ψ 1505 pc. On balance, then, “our Lord Jesus” is the best reading in this verse.

[5:4]  ⁸ tn Verses 4b-5a are capable of various punctuations: (1) “and I am with you in spirit, through the power of our Lord Jesus turn this man over to Satan”; (2) “and I am with you in spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus, turn this man over to Satan”; (3) “and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of our Lord Jesus, turn this man over to Satan” (as adopted in the text). The first option suggests the Lord’s power is needed when the church is to hand the man over to Satan; the second option suggests that the Lord’s power is present when Paul is gathered with the Corinthians in spirit; the third option leaves the relation of the Lord’s power to the surrounding phrases vague, perhaps implying that both are in view.

[5:2]  ⁹ tn Or “are puffed up/arrogant,” the same verb occurring in 4:6, 18.

[5:2]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “sorrowful, so that the one who did this might be removed.”

[1:13]  ¹¹ tn Grk “binding up the loins of your mind,” a figure of speech drawn from the Middle Eastern practice of gathering up long robes around the waist to prepare for work or action.

[1:13]  ¹² tn Grk “having bound up…, being sober, set your hope…”

[1:13]  ¹³ tn Grk “at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (cf. v. 7).

[1:14]  ¹⁴ tn Or “do not be conformed to”; Grk “not being conformed to.”

[1:14]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “the former lusts in your ignorance.”