COL 2:2 Parallel View

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ULT so that their hearts might be encouraged, having been brought together in love and into all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, into knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ,

UST I work this hard in order to encourage all of you who have not met me so that you unite yourselves together with love for each other. I want you to completely and confidently understand the secret that God had previously kept hidden. This secret is about the Messiah.

BSB that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,[fn]

2:2 Literally the mystery of God: Christ

BLB that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and to all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, which is Christ,

AICNT that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of {the God, Christ},[fn]

2:2, the God, Christ: NA28 SBLGNT ‖ Other manuscripts read “the God and Father of the Christ.” THGNT ‖ Later manuscripts read “the God and Father and of the Christ.” BYZ TR

OEB in the hope that they, being bound to one another by love, and keeping in view the full blessedness of a firm conviction, may be encouraged to strive for a perfect knowledge of God’s hidden truth,

WEB that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

WMB that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Messiah,

NET My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

LSV that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,

FBV so that you may be encouraged. May you be bound together in love, experiencing the great benefit of being completely sure in your understanding, for this is what the true knowledge of God brings. May you know the revealed mystery of God, which is Christ!

TCNT I want their hearts to be comforted and knit together in love, so that they may have all the riches of being fully assured in their understanding, and so that they may know the mystery of [fn]our God and Father and of Christ,

2:2 our God and Father and of Christ 77.8% ¦ God, the Father of Christ TH 0.6% ¦ God, which is Christ NA SBL WH 0.3%

T4T I am doing this in order that they and you [SYN] might be strengthened spiritually as you are united in loving one another. And I am doing this in order that they and you might fully and thoroughly [DOU] understand the message that God has now revealed; that is, in order that they and you might truly know the message from God our Father and about Christ,

LEB so that their hearts may be encouraged, united in love and into all the wealth of the full assurance of insight into the knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ,

BBE So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,

MOF No MOF COL book available

ASV that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even Christ,

DRA That their hearts may be comforted, being instructed in charity, and unto all riches of fulness of understanding, unto the knowledge of the mystery of God the Father and of Christ Jesus:

YLT that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,

DBY to the end that their hearts may be encouraged, being united together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to [the] full knowledge of the mystery of [fn]God;

2.2 Elohim

RV that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even Christ,

WBS That their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of understanding to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

KJB That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

BB That their heartes myght be comforted, beyng knyt together in loue, and in al riches of certaintie of vnderstanding, to knowe the misterie of God, and of the father, and of Christe,
(That their hearts might be comforted, being knyt together in loue, and in all riches of certaintie of understanding, to know the misterie of God, and of the father, and of Christ,)

GNV That their heartes might be comforted, and they knit together in loue, and in all riches of the full assurance of vnderstanding, to know the mysterie of God, euen the Father, and of Christ:
(That their hearts might be comforted, and they knit together in loue, and in all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to know the mysterie of God, even the Father, and of Christ: )

CB that their hertes mighte be comforted and knytt together in loue, to all riches of full vnderstodinge, which is in the knowlege of the mystery of God the father and of Christ,
(that their hearts mighte be comforted and knytt together in loue, to all riches of full understanding, which is in the knowlege of the mystery of God the father and of Christ,)

TNT that their hertes myght be conforted and knet togedder in love and in all ryches of full vnderstondynge for to knowe the mistery of God the father and of Christ
(that their hearts might be comforted and knet together in love and in all ryches of full understondynge for to know the mistery of God the father and of Christ )

WYC that her hertis ben coumfortid, and thei ben tauyt in charite, in to alle the richessis of the plente of the vndurstondyng, in to the knowyng of mysterie of God, the fadir of Jhesu Crist,
(that her hearts been comforted, and they been tauyt in charity, in to all the richessis of the plenty of the understondyng, in to the knowing of mysterie of God, the father of Yhesu Christ,)

LUT auf daß ihre Herzen ermahnet und zusammengefasset werden in der Liebe zu allem Reichtum des gewissen Verstandes, zu erkennen das Geheimnis Gottes und des Vaters und Christi,
(auf that ihre Herzen ermahnet and zusammengefasset become in the love to allem Reichtum the gewissen Verstandes, to erkennen the Geheimnis God’s and the Vaters and Christi,)

CLV ut consolentur corda ipsorum, instructi in caritate, et in omnes divitias plenitudinis intellectus, in agnitionem mysterii Dei Patris et Christi Jesu:[fn]
(ut consolentur corda ipsorum, instructi in caritate, and in everyone divitias plenitudinis intellectus, in agnitionem mysterii God Patris and Christi Yesu:)

2.2 Instructi in charitate. Quam Deus ad nos habuit, qui pro nobis Filium tradidit. In omnes divitias. Id est copias intellectus pleni, ubi perfecte de humanis et divinis habeant intellectum, velut de anima et de supernis spiritibus. Aliter enim nemo ad cognitionem Dei ascendit. Dei Patris, etc. Ut sciatis quod alia persona sit Pater a Filio, quamvis idem in substantia cum eo. Ad cognitionem si tenditis, ad Christum tantum recurrite, quia in eo sunt omnes copiæ, sed absconditæ, et ideo ne miremini si in Christo estis, et eas nondum invenistis, quia non omnibus patent, sed his qui petunt et pulsant.

2.2 Instructi in charitate. Quam God to nos habuit, who pro nobis Son tradidit. In everyone divitias. Id it_is copias intellectus pleni, ubi perfecte about humanis and divinis habeant intellectum, velut about anima and about supernis spiritibus. Aliter because nemo to cognitionem God ascendit. God Patris, etc. Ut sciatis that other persona sit Pater a Filio, quamvis idem in substantia when/with eo. Ad cognitionem when/but_if tenditis, to Christum only recurrite, because in eo are everyone copiæ, but absconditæ, and ideo ne miremini when/but_if in Christo estis, and eas nondum invenistis, because not/no omnibus patent, but his who petunt and pulsant.

UGNT ἵνα παρακληθῶσιν αἱ καρδίαι αὐτῶν, συμβιβασθέντες ἐν ἀγάπῃ, καὶ εἰς πᾶν πλοῦτος τῆς πληροφορίας τῆς συνέσεως; εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ μυστηρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ, Χριστοῦ,
(hina paraklaʸthōsin hai kardiai autōn, sumbibasthentes en agapaʸ, kai eis pan ploutos taʸs plaʸroforias taʸs suneseōs? eis epignōsin tou mustaʸriou tou Theou, Ⱪristou,)

SBL-GNT ἵνα παρακληθῶσιν αἱ καρδίαι αὐτῶν, ⸀συμβιβασθέντες ἐν ἀγάπῃ καὶ εἰς ⸂πᾶν πλοῦτος⸃ τῆς πληροφορίας τῆς συνέσεως, εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ μυστηρίου τοῦ ⸀θεοῦ, Χριστοῦ,
(hina paraklaʸthōsin hai kardiai autōn, ⸀sumbibasthentes en agapaʸ kai eis ⸂pan ploutos⸃ taʸs plaʸroforias taʸs suneseōs, eis epignōsin tou mustaʸriou tou ⸀theou, Ⱪristou, )

TC-GNT ἵνα παρακληθῶσιν αἱ καρδίαι αὐτῶν, [fn]συμβιβασθέντων ἐν ἀγάπῃ, καὶ εἰς [fn]πάντα πλοῦτον τῆς πληροφορίας τῆς συνέσεως, εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ μυστηρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ [fn]καὶ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ,
(hina paraklaʸthōsin hai kardiai autōn, sumbibasthentōn en agapaʸ, kai eis panta plouton taʸs plaʸroforias taʸs suneseōs, eis epignōsin tou mustaʸriou tou Theou kai patros kai tou Ⱪristou,)

2:2 συμβιβασθεντων ¦ συμβιβασθεντες NA SBL TH ¦ συνβιβασθεντες WH

2:2 παντα πλουτον ¦ παν πλουτος CT

2:2 και πατρος και του 77.8% ¦ πατρος του TH 0.6% ¦ — NA SBL WH 0.3%

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

ἵνα

in_order_that

Here, so that marks the encouragement of the believers as the goal or purpose of Paul’s struggle. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that this is the purpose. If it would be helpful, you could start a new sentence here and repeat some of the previous verse. Alternate translation: “The reason that I struggle so much is so that” or “I do this in order that”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

αὐτῶν

˱of˲_them

Paul here switches from the second person to the third person because he wishes to include everyone he has not met in person, including the Colossians. If it would be helpful in your language, you could: (1) use the second person from the previous verse but make it clear that this includes everyone Paul has not met in person. Alternate translation “your hearts and their” (2) retain the third person here and reverse the list in the previous verse as suggested by the note there

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

παρακληθῶσιν αἱ καρδίαι αὐτῶν, συμβιβασθέντες

/may_be/_comforted the hearts ˱of˲_them /having_been/_held_together

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express these verbs in their active forms, with Paul as the subject of the “encouraging” and God as the subject of the “bringing together.” Alternate translation: “I might encourage their hearts, with God bringing them together”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

αἱ καρδίαι αὐτῶν

the hearts ˱of˲_them

Here when Paul refers to their hearts, the Colossians would have understood him to mean the entire person. Paul uses hearts because his culture identified hearts as the body part where people experienced encouragement. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that identifies the location where people experience encouragement in your culture, or you could express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: “they”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

πᾶν πλοῦτος τῆς πληροφορίας

all /the/_riches ˱of˲_the full_assurance

Paul here speaks as if full assurance could be characterized as having all the riches. He uses this metaphor to describe the full assurance as complete and valuable. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: “all the benefits of having complete assurance” or “all the blessings of the full assurance”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τῆς πληροφορίας τῆς συνέσεως

˱of˲_the full_assurance ¬the ˱of˲_insight

Here Paul uses the possessive form to speak of understanding that is the source of full assurance. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a relative clause to translate of understanding. (From the rest of the verse, it is clear that what is understood is the mystery of God.) Alternate translation: “of the full assurance that comes from understanding” or “of understanding the truth that brings full assurance”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

εἰς πᾶν πλοῦτος τῆς πληροφορίας τῆς συνέσεως; εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ μυστηρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ, Χριστοῦ

to all /the/_riches ˱of˲_the full_assurance ¬the ˱of˲_insight to /the/_knowledge ˱of˲_the mystery ¬the ˱of˲_God Christ

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas behind full assurance, understanding, and knowledge, you could express the ideas with verbs. Alternate translation: “into all the riches that come from being confident that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ” or “having all the riches that come when they completely trust God because they understand, that is, they know the mystery of God, Christ”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

τῆς συνέσεως; εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν

˱of˲_the ¬the ˱of˲_insight to /the/_knowledge

Here, the words understanding and knowledge mean basically the same thing. Paul uses both words to emphasize the breadth of spiritual knowledge he speaks about. If your language does not use repetition in this way or has only one word for this concept, you could use just one word or translate understanding with an adjective such as “full” or “true.” Alternate translation: “of true knowledge” or “of full knowledge”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ μυστηρίου

/the/_knowledge ˱of˲_the mystery

Here, Paul uses the possessive form to speak of knowledge about the mystery. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate knowledge with a verb such as “knowing” or use different prepositions, such as “about.” Alternate translation: “knowing about the mystery”

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τοῦ μυστηρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ

˱of˲_the mystery ¬the ˱of˲_God

Paul here uses the possessive form to speak about the mystery that comes from God. Only God can reveal the content of this mystery. If your language does not use this form to express that idea, you could express the idea by using a relative clause. Alternate translation: “of the mystery that God reveals” or “of the mystery known by God”

Parallel COL 2:2