OET interlinear 2COR 6:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τίς δὲ συνκατάθεσις ναῷ Θεοῦ μετὰ εἰδώλων?

what and (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τίς δὲ συγκατάθεσις ναῷ Θεοῦ μετὰ εἰδώλων ἡμεῖς γὰρ ναὸς Θεοῦ ἐσμεν ζῶντος καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς ὅτι ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῶν Θεός καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μου λαός)

Here, just as in 6:14–15, Paul is using the question form to deny that something could be true. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could express the idea by using a strong negation. Alternate translation: “And the temple of God has no agreement with idols!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τίς & συνκατάθεσις ναῷ Θεοῦ μετὰ εἰδώλων

what & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τίς δὲ συγκατάθεσις ναῷ Θεοῦ μετὰ εἰδώλων ἡμεῖς γὰρ ναὸς Θεοῦ ἐσμεν ζῶντος καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς ὅτι ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῶν Θεός καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μου λαός)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of agreement, you could express the idea by using a verb such as “agree.” Alternate translation: “does the temple of God agree with idols”

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces an explanation of what Paul said about the temple of God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different word or phrase that introduces an explanation. Alternate translation: “Now” or “As a matter of fact,”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἡμεῖς

we

Here, the word we refers to everyone who believes in Jesus.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἡμεῖς & ναὸς Θεοῦ ἐσμεν ζῶντος

we & /the/_temple ˱of˲_God are /the/_living

Here Paul speaks as if we were a temple. He follows this metaphor with a quotation which illustrates how God dwells with his people as their God. Since the temple is an important building in Paul’s culture, if possible you should preserve the language. If necessary, you could express the idea by using a simile form. Alternate translation: “we are like the temple of the living God” or “the living God dwells with us as if we were his temple”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 2) Θεοῦ & ζῶντος

˱of˲_God & /the/_living

Here, the phrase the living God identifies God as the one who lives and possibly as the one who gives life. The primary point is that God is actually alive, unlike idols and other things that people call their gods. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that emphasizes that God really lives. See how you translated the similar phrase in 3:3. Alternate translation: “of the God who lives” or “of the true God”

Note 7 topic: writing-quotations

καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς

as said ¬the God

Here, the phrase just as God said introduces a quotation that supports what Paul has said about how we are the temple of the living God. The words Paul quotes could come from Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 31:33; and Ezekiel 37:27. If it would be helpful in your language, you could clarify that the words that God speaks are from the Scriptures. Alternate translation: “just as God spoke through the prophets” or “as God spoke in the Old Testament”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐνπεριπατήσω

˱I˲_/will_be/_dwelling in them and (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τίς δὲ συγκατάθεσις ναῷ Θεοῦ μετὰ εἰδώλων ἡμεῖς γὰρ ναὸς Θεοῦ ἐσμεν ζῶντος καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς ὅτι ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῶν Θεός καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μου λαός)

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and it would be good to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation rather than combining them. However, if the repetition might be confusing, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “I will dwell among them; yes, I will walk among them”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐνπεριπατήσω

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: τίς δὲ συγκατάθεσις ναῷ Θεοῦ μετὰ εἰδώλων ἡμεῖς γὰρ ναὸς Θεοῦ ἐσμεν ζῶντος καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς ὅτι ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῶν Θεός καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μου λαός)

Here the author of the quotation speaks as if God would walk among his people. He means that God will be as close to his people as if he were walking around with them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “spend time with them” or “be close to them”

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί

they will_be

Here, the word translated themselves switches focus from God to they. Consider using a natural way to switch the focus to they in your language. Alternate translation: “it is they who will be”