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OET (OET-LV) The one loving the brother of_him, is_remaining in the light, and offense is not in him
OET (OET-RV) It’s the person that loves their fellow believers who is living in the light and doesn’t offend anyone.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo
ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῷ φωτὶ μένει
the_‹one› loving the brother ˱of˲_him in the light /is/_remaining
John is suggesting a further hypothetical situation in order to reassure his readers. Alternate translation: “Suppose someone does love his fellow believers. Then he is genuinely doing what is right”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ
the brother ˱of˲_him
See how you translated his brother in 2:9. Alternate translation: “each fellow believer”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ
the brother ˱of˲_him
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this term by translating this in the plural, since John is speaking of loving all believers. Alternate translation: “each of his brothers”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐν τῷ φωτὶ μένει
in the light /is/_remaining
John is using the word light to mean what is holy, right, and good. Alternate translation: “is genuinely doing what is right”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐν τῷ φωτὶ μένει
in the light /is/_remaining
See the discussion of the term “remain” in Part 3 of the Introduction to 1 John. Here the word seems to describe behavior that is recognized to be genuine because it is consistent. Alternate translation: “is genuinely doing what is right”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
σκάνδαλον ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν
offense in him not is
John is using the term stumbling block, which means something that a person would trip over, to mean something that would cause a person to sin. Alternate translation: “he has no reason to sin” or “nothing will cause him to sin”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
σκάνδαλον ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν
offense in him not is
John speaks of this stumbling block being in or inside a person because it represents the hatred for a fellow believer that he describes in 2:9. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this explicitly. Alternate translation: “he has no hatred inside of him that will cause him to sin”
2:10 To cause others to stumble can also mean to ensnare or entrap them. The Greek word skandalon means a trap or a block in someone’s path. The Gnostics, who taught falsehood about Christ, were hindering people by ensnaring them in error and darkness.
• living in the light: A godly life will help, not hinder, the faith of other Christians.
OET (OET-LV) The one loving the brother of_him, is_remaining in the light, and offense is not in him
OET (OET-RV) It’s the person that loves their fellow believers who is living in the light and doesn’t offend anyone.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.