REV 3:14 Parallel View

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ULT And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
¶ ‘The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God, says these things:

UST Write this message to the angel of the group of believers in the city of Laodicea: ‘I am the one who confirms all of God’s promises. I am the one who testifies about God with complete reliability. I am the ruler over all of God’s creation. I have these things to say to you:

BSB § To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
¶ These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator [fn] of God’s creation.

3:14 Or Beginning or Ruler

BLB And to the messenger of the church in Laodicea write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of God's creation.

AICNT And to the angel of the church {in}[fn] Laodicea write: “These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning[fn] of the {creation}[fn] of God:

3:14, in: Later manuscripts read “of.” THGNT TR

3:14, beginning: Or ruler. The Greek word means (1) the commencement of something as an action, process, or state of being, beginning, (2) one with whom a process begins, beginning, (3) the first cause, the beginning, (4) a point at which two surfaces or lines meet, corner, (5) a basis for further understanding, beginning, (6) an authority figure who initiates activity or process, ruler, authority, or (7) the sphere of one's official activity, rule, office. (BDAG, ἀρχή)

3:14, creation: ℵ(01) reads “church.”

OEB ¶ ‘To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
 ¶ These are the words of the Unchanging One, the witness faithful and true, the beginning of the Creation of God:

WEB “To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write:
¶ “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning[fn] of God’s creation, says these things:

3:14 or, Source, or Head

NET “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write the following:
¶ “This is the solemn pronouncement of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator of God’s creation:

LSV And to the messenger of the assembly of the Laodiceans write: These things says the Amen, the Witness—the Faithful and True—the Chief of the creation of God:

FBV Write this to the angel of the Laodicea church: This is what the Amen says, who is the faithful, true witness, highest ruler of God's creation:

TCNT “To the angel of the church [fn]in Laodicea write: ‘These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin of God's creation:

3:14 in Laodicea ¦ of the Laodiceans TR

T4T “Write this message to the leader [MET] of the congregation in Laodicea city: ‘I am saying these things to you. I am the one who ◄guarantees everything that God’s promises/confirms that he will do all that he has promised► [MET]. I am the one who testifies about God reliably and accurately. I am the one who God used to create everything.

LEB “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write:“This is what the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator[fn] of God’s creation, says:

?:? Or “the ruler”; or “the beginning”; or “the source”

BBE And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order:

MOF No MOF REV book available

ASV And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
¶ These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:

DRA And to the angel of the church of Laodicea, write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, who is the beginning of the creation of God:

YLT 'And to the messenger of the assembly of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the witness — the faithful and true — the chief of the creation of God;

DBY And to the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of [fn]God:

3.14 Elohim

RV And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:

WBS And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

KJB And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

BB And vnto the Angel of the Churche which is in Laodicea, write: This saith Amen, the faythfull and true witnesse, the begynnyng of the creatures of God.
(And unto the Angel of the Church which is in Laodicea, write: This saith Amen, the faithfull and true witnesse, the beginning of the creatures of God.)

GNV And vnto the Angell of the Church of the Laodiceans write, These things saieth Amen, the faithfull and true witnesse, that beginning of the creatures of God.
(And unto the Angell of the Church of the Laodiceans write, These things saieth Amen, the faithfull and true witnesse, that beginning of the creatures of God. )

CB And vnto the angell of the cogregacion, which is in Laodicia wryte: This sayth Amen the faithfull and true witnes, the begynnynge of ye creatures of God.
(And unto the angell of the cogregacion, which is in Laodicia wryte: This saith/says Amen the faithfull and true witnes, the beginning of ye/you_all creatures of God.)

TNT And vnto the messenger of the congregacion which is in Laodicia wryte: This sayth (amen) the faythfull and true witnes the begynninge of the creatures of God.
(And unto the messenger of the congregation which is in Laodicia wryte: This saith/says (amen) the faithfull and true witness the beginning of the creatures of God. )

WYC And to the aungel of the chirche of Laodice write thou, These thingis seith Amen, the feithful witnesse and trewe, which is bigynnyng of Goddis creature.
(And to the angel of the church of Laodice write thou, These things saith/says Amen, the faithful witness and trewe, which is beginning of Goddis creature.)

LUT Und dem Engel der Gemeinde zu Laodicea schreibe: Das saget Amen, der treue und wahrhaftige Zeuge, der Anfang der Kreatur Gottes:
(And to_him angel the Gemeinde to Laodicea schreibe: The saget Amen, the treue and wahrhaftige Zeuge, the beginning the Kreatur God’s:)

CLV Et angelo Laodiciæ ecclesiæ scribe: Hæc dicit: Amen, testis fidelis et verus, qui est principium creaturæ Dei.[fn]
(And angelo Laodiciæ ecclesiæ scribe: Hæc dicit: Amen, testis fidelis and verus, who it_is principium creaturæ God.)

3.14 Testis, eorum quæ audivit a Patre intrepidus. Vel, cui fides est adhibenda in omnibus. Vel, testis operum nostrorum apud Patrem. Et verus. Veritas est, quia per eum promissa Patris complentur.

3.14 Testis, eorum which audivit a Patre intrepidus. Vel, cui fides it_is adhibenda in omnibus. Vel, testis operum nostrorum apud Patrem. And verus. Veritas it_is, because per him promissa Patris complentur.

UGNT καὶ τῷ ἀγγέλῳ τῆς ἐν Λαοδικίᾳ ἐκκλησίας γράψον: τάδε λέγει ὁ Ἀμήν, ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστὸς καὶ ἀληθινός, ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς κτίσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ:
(kai tōi angelōi taʸs en Laodikia ekklaʸsias grapson: tade legei ho Amaʸn, ho martus ho pistos kai alaʸthinos, haʸ arⱪaʸ taʸs ktiseōs tou Theou:)

SBL-GNT Καὶ τῷ ἀγγέλῳ τῆς ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ ἐκκλησίας γράψον· Τάδε λέγει ὁ Ἀμήν, ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστὸς ⸀καὶ ἀληθινός, ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς κτίσεως τοῦ θεοῦ·
(Kai tōi angelōi taʸs en Laodikeia ekklaʸsias grapson; Tade legei ho Amaʸn, ho martus ho pistos ⸀kai alaʸthinos, haʸ arⱪaʸ taʸs ktiseōs tou theou; )

TC-GNT Καὶ τῷ ἀγγέλῳ τῆς [fn]ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ ἐκκλησίας γράψον, Τάδε λέγει ὁ Ἀμήν, ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστὸς καὶ [fn]ἀληθινός, ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς κτίσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ·
(Kai tōi angelōi taʸs en Laodikeia ekklaʸsias grapson, Tade legei ho Amaʸn, ho martus ho pistos kai alaʸthinos, haʸ arⱪaʸ taʸs ktiseōs tou Theou;)

3:14 εν λαοδικεια εκκλησιας ¦ εκκλησιας λαοδικεων TR ¦ εν λαοδικια εκκλησιας TH WH

3:14 αληθινος ¦ ο αληθινος WH

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-transliterate

ὁ Ἀμήν

the Amen

See how you translated the word Amen in 1:5, and see the discussion in the General Introduction to Revelation of how to translate this word.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

ὁ πιστὸς καὶ ἀληθινός

the the ¬the faithful and (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ τῷ ἀγγέλῳ τῆς ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ ἐκκλησίας γράψον τάδε λέγει ὁ Ἀμήν ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστὸς καὶ ὁ ἀληθινός ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς κτίσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ)

The terms faithful and true mean similar things. Jesus is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “entirely faithful”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς κτίσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ

the beginning ˱of˲_the creation ¬the ˱of˲_God

Jesus is most likely using this possessive form to describe himself as the one who began the creation of God, that is, the one through whom God created all things. Jesus is likely using this phrase to mean the same thing as he does when he describes himself as “the alpha” or “the first.” Jesus is not saying that he was the first creature God created. Jesus is not a created being, he is the eternally begotten Son of God. Alternate translation: “the one through whom God created all things”

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