Thursday, March 31, 2011

Paraphrase of 2 Timothy 2:11-13

2 TIMOTHY 2:11-13

TRUSTWORTHY IS THE WORD,           (See 1 Tim. 3:1; Titus 3:8)
“faithful”            Greek “logos”        (Cf. 1 Tim. 1:15; 4:9)

FOR IF WE HAVE DIED WITH HIM , WE ALSO WILL LIVE WITH HIM
                past tense (punctiliar)                future tense

IF WE ENDURE , WE ALSO WILL REIGN WITH HIM
         present tense          future tense

IF WE DENY HIM , HE ALSO WILL DENY US
         future tense              future tense

IF WE ARE UNFAITHFUL , HE REMAINS FAITHFUL
         present tense              present tense

FOR HE CANNOT          DENY HIMSELF.
             present tense      past tense (punctiliar)

PARAPHRASED TRANSLATION:

Trustworthy is the Word, for if at sometime in the past we have died together with him, we also will live together with him. If we are persevering now, we also will reign together with him. If we deny him in the future, he also will deny us. If we are being unfaithful, he will remain faithful—for he is not able to contradict (disavow or abnegate) himself.

Italics indicate words added to the Greek text as part of the translator's interpretation. "Him" seems to be necessary to connect the Greek "hymn" or "poem" with "in Christ Jesus" in verse 10.

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