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OET (OET-LV) Again truly, I_am_saying to_you_all that if two of you_all on the earth may_agree_together concerning any matter, of_whatever if they_may_request, it_will_be_becoming for_them by the father of_me, who is in the_heavens.
OET (OET-RV) “Again, I can assure you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they request in prayer, then my father who is in the heavens will action it,
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
πάλιν
again
Here, the word Again introduces a statement that is related to what Jesus said in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a similar or related statement, or you could leave Again untranslated. Alternate translation: “In addition,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
ὑμῖν & ὑμῶν
˱to˲_you_all & you_all
The word you throughout this verse is plural because Jesus is speaking to his disciples.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἐὰν δύο & ἐξ ὑμῶν
if two & of you_all
Here Jesus implies that he means not only two, but two or more people. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “if two or more of you”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
αἰτήσωνται & αὐτοῖς
˱they˲_/may/_request & ˱for˲_them
Since Jesus begins the sentence by referring to two of you, If it would be helpful in your language you could continue to refer to these people in the second person. Alternate translation: “you might ask … for you”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
γενήσεται αὐτοῖς παρὰ τοῦ Πατρός μου, τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς
˱it˲_/will_be/_becoming ˱for˲_them by the Father ˱of˲_me who_‹is› in /the/_heavens
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “my Father in the heavens will do it for them”
Note 6 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples
τοῦ Πατρός μου
the Father ˱of˲_me
Father is an important title that describe the relationship between God the Father and Jesus his Son.
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς
the who_‹is› in /the/_heavens
Here, the phrase in the heavens identifies the location in which God the Father is specially present and from which he rules. If it would be helpful in your language, you make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “who is in the heavens”
18:19 anything you ask: In the context of church discipline (18:15-17), this suggests that discipline must be done in prayer.
OET (OET-LV) Again truly, I_am_saying to_you_all that if two of you_all on the earth may_agree_together concerning any matter, of_whatever if they_may_request, it_will_be_becoming for_them by the father of_me, who is in the_heavens.
OET (OET-RV) “Again, I can assure you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they request in prayer, then my father who is in the heavens will action it,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.