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OET interlinear 1 TIM 3:5

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SR Greek word order

    1. Greek word
    2. Greek lemma
    3. OET-LV words
    4. OET-RV words
    5. Strongs
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. OET Gloss
    8. VLT Gloss
    9. CAPS codes
    10. Confidence
    11. OET tags
    12. OET word #
    1. εἰ
    2. ei
    3. if
    4. -
    5. 14870
    6. C·······
    7. if
    8. if
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137407
    1. δέ
    2. de
    3. (but
    4. -
    5. 11610
    6. C·······
    7. but
    8. but
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137408
    1. τὶς
    2. tis
    3. someone
    4. someone
    5. 51000
    6. R····NMS
    7. someone
    8. someone
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137409
    1. τοῦ
    2. ho
    3. of his
    4. -
    5. 35880
    6. E····GMS
    7. ˱of˲ his
    8. ˱of˲ his
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137410
    1. ἰδίου
    2. idios
    3. own
    4. -
    5. 23980
    6. E····GMS
    7. own
    8. own
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137411
    1. οἴκου
    2. oikos
    3. house
    4. household
    5. 36240
    6. N····GMS
    7. house
    8. house
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137412
    1. προστῆναι
    2. proistēmi
    3. to lead
    4. -
    5. 42910
    6. VNAA····
    7. ˓to˒ lead
    8. ˓to˒ lead
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137413
    1. οὐκ
    2. ou
    3. not
    4. -
    5. 37560
    6. D·······
    7. not
    8. not
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137414
    1. οἶδεν
    2. eidō
    3. has known
    4. -
    5. 14920
    6. VIEA3··S
    7. ˓has˒ known
    8. ˓has˒ known
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137415
    1. πῶς
    2. pōs
    3. how
    4. -
    5. 44590
    6. D·······
    7. how
    8. how
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137416
    1. ἐκκλησίας
    2. ekklēsia
    3. of +the assembly
    4. assembly
    5. 15770
    6. N····GFS
    7. ˱of˲ ˓the˒ assembly
    8. ˱of˲ ˓the˒ assembly
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137417
    1. Θεοῦ
    2. theos
    3. of god
    4. -
    5. 23160
    6. N····GMS
    7. ˱of˲ god
    8. ˱of˲ God
    9. GN
    10. Y65; Person=God
    11. 137418
    1. ἐπιμελήσεται
    2. epimeleomai
    3. ˓will he be taking care
    4. -
    5. 19590
    6. VIFM3··S
    7. ˱he˲ ˓will_be˒ taking_care
    8. ˱he˲ ˓will_be˒ taking_care
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137419

OET (OET-LV) (but if someone has_ not _known to_lead of_his own house, how ˓will˒_he_be_taking_care of_the_assembly of_god?
)

OET (OET-RV) (If someone doesn’t know how to lead his own household, how could he take care of God’s assembly?)

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 3:1–16: Paul described the sort of people who should lead a community of believers

In this section, Paul described the qualifications for Christian leaders, those who lead a group of believers.

This section can be divided into three paragraphs:

Paragraph 3:1–7: The sort of people who should be overseers

Paragraph 3:8–13: The sort of people who should be deacons

Paragraph 3:14–16: The reason Paul wrote this letter to Timothy

Paragraph 3:1–7

In this paragraph Paul told Timothy the qualities that a person needed to have in order to become an “overseer.” An overseer was someone who led and taught a group of believers.

3:5a

For if someone does not know how to manage his own household,

For if someone does not know how to manage his own household: This repeats the expression from 3:4a and you should translate it in the same way.

3:5b

how can he care for the church of God?

care for: The Greek word that the BSB translates as care for has, in this context, a similar meaning to the word translated “manage” in 3:4a and 3:5a. Try to find a term that refers to caring for a group of people.

the church of God: That is, the church that belongs to God.

church: The Greek word that the BSB translates as church does not refer to a church building, but to all true believers. Together they form the assembly or community of God’s people. Avoid using a term that might suggest that Paul was referring to a building. Some ways of translating the term church are:

the assembly of God’s people

the community of God’s people

God’s family

God’s people

See also the notes on 3:15c and 5:16c.

General Comment on 3:5a–b

This verse is a rhetorical question. In this context, Paul used the rhetorical question to emphasize that a man who was unable to manage his own family would certainly be unable to care for God’s people. If you do not use rhetorical questions in this way in your language, you should use a statement instead. For example, you could say:

Someone who is not able to manage his own family will certainly not be able to care for God’s church.

Some English versions use parentheses round this verse to indicate that this verse digresses from the main point of the paragraph. You should show that this is a digression in the way that is most natural in your language.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δέ

but

Here, the word but introduces an explanation about why Paul included the requirement that overseers lead their own families well. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces an explanation, or you could leave but untranslated. Alternate translation: [I include that because,] or [indeed,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

εἰ & τις τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου προστῆναι οὐκ οἶδεν, πῶς

if & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰ δέ τὶς τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου προστῆναι οὐκ οἶδεν πῶς ἐκκλησίας Θεοῦ ἐπιμελήσεται)

Here Paul uses an imaginary situation to show that people who do not lead their own households well are not able to lead the church well. Use a natural method in your language for introducing an imaginary situation. Alternate translation: [suppose that someone does not know how to lead his own household well. In that case, how]

προστῆναι

˓to˒_lead

Alternate translation: [to manage] or [to take care of]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

πῶς ἐκκλησίας Θεοῦ ἐπιμελήσεται?

how ˱of˲_˓the˒_assembly ˱of˲_God ˱he˲_˓will_be˒_taking_care

Paul is using the question form to strongly deny that this kind of person can take care of the church of God. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [he will not take care of the church of God well.] or [he will certainly not be able to take care of the church of God!]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐκκλησίας Θεοῦ

˱of˲_˓the˒_assembly ˱of˲_God

Here Paul refers to the specific church whom the person would be taking care of. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [the church of God in his charge] or [the church of God to which he is assigned]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἐκκλησίας Θεοῦ

˱of˲_˓the˒_assembly ˱of˲_God

Here, Paul is using the possessive form to describe a church that worships and belongs to God. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the church that worships God]

TSN Tyndale Study Notes:

3:1-13 The topic shifts to church leadership by elders (3:1-7) and deacons (3:8-13). Timothy’s role in the appointments is less clear than that of Titus (see 5:17-22; Titus 1:5), possibly because the church in Ephesus was more mature and thus better able to manage the process (cp. Acts 6:2-6). The criteria listed here pertain to character rather than function and are partly a response to the local heretics. Reading this letter in the churches would make the criteria public and demonstrate the unfitness of the heretics for leadership.

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

    1. OET-LV words
    2. OET-RV words
    3. Strongs
    4. Greek word
    5. Greek lemma
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. OET Gloss
    8. VLT Gloss
    9. CAPS codes
    10. Confidence
    11. OET tags
    12. OET word #
    1. (but
    2. -
    3. 11610
    5. de
    6. C-·······
    7. but
    8. but
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137408
    1. if
    2. -
    3. 14870
    5. ei
    6. C-·······
    7. if
    8. if
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137407
    1. someone
    2. someone
    3. 51000
    5. tis
    6. R-····NMS
    7. someone
    8. someone
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137409
    1. has
    2. -
    3. 14920
    5. eidō
    6. V-IEA3··S
    7. ˓has˒ known
    8. ˓has˒ known
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137415
    1. not
    2. -
    3. 37560
    5. ou
    6. D-·······
    7. not
    8. not
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137414
    1. known
    2. -
    3. 14920
    5. eidō
    6. V-IEA3··S
    7. ˓has˒ known
    8. ˓has˒ known
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137415
    1. to lead
    2. -
    3. 42910
    5. proistēmi
    6. V-NAA····
    7. ˓to˒ lead
    8. ˓to˒ lead
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137413
    1. of his
    2. -
    3. 35880
    5. ho
    6. E-····GMS
    7. ˱of˲ his
    8. ˱of˲ his
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137410
    1. own
    2. -
    3. 23980
    5. idios
    6. E-····GMS
    7. own
    8. own
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137411
    1. house
    2. household
    3. 36240
    5. oikos
    6. N-····GMS
    7. house
    8. house
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137412
    1. how
    2. -
    3. 44590
    5. pōs
    6. D-·······
    7. how
    8. how
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137416
    1. ˓will he be taking care
    2. -
    3. 19590
    5. epimeleomai
    6. V-IFM3··S
    7. ˱he˲ ˓will_be˒ taking_care
    8. ˱he˲ ˓will_be˒ taking_care
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137419
    1. of +the assembly
    2. assembly
    3. 15770
    5. ekklēsia
    6. N-····GFS
    7. ˱of˲ ˓the˒ assembly
    8. ˱of˲ ˓the˒ assembly
    9. -
    10. Y65
    11. 137417
    1. of god
    2. -
    3. 23160
    4. GN
    5. theos
    6. N-····GMS
    7. ˱of˲ god
    8. ˱of˲ God
    9. GN
    10. Y65; Person=God
    11. 137418

OET (OET-LV) (but if someone has_ not _known to_lead of_his own house, how ˓will˒_he_be_taking_care of_the_assembly of_god?
)

OET (OET-RV) (If someone doesn’t know how to lead his own household, how could he take care of God’s assembly?)

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 CNTR.

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