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Parallel 1COR 4:12

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BI 1Cor 4:12 ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clearImportance=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)and working hard—working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless them, and when they persecute us, we put up with it.

OET-LVand we_are_labouring, working with_our own hands.
Being_insulted, we_are_blessing, being_persecuted, we_are_tolerating,

SR-GNTκαὶ κοπιῶμεν, ἐργαζόμενοι ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσίν. Λοιδορούμενοι, εὐλογοῦμεν, διωκόμενοι, ἀνεχόμεθα,
   (kai kopiōmen, ergazomenoi tais idiais ⱪersin. Loidoroumenoi, eulogoumen, diōkomenoi, aneⱪometha,)

Key: khaki:verbs, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULTand are working hard, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

USTWe do manual labor to earn a living. When people speak badly to us, we say good things about them. When people hurt us because we serve the Messiah, we patiently live through it.

BSBWe work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

BLBand we toil, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;


AICNTWe labor, working with our own hands; when reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;

OEBwe work hard, toiling with our own hands. We meet abuse with blessings, we meet persecution with endurance,

WEBBEWe toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

WMBB (Same as above)

NETWe do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,

LSVand labor, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

FBVWe struggle on doing manual work. When people curse us, we bless them. When they persecute us, we put up with it.

TCNTWe labor, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;

T4TWe work very hard to earn a living. When we are cursed by people {When people curse us}, we ask God to bless them. When we are persecuted {When people cause us to suffer}, we endure it.

LEBand we toil, working with our own hands. When we are[fn] reviled, we bless; when we are[fn] persecuted, we endure;


4:12 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“reviled”) which is understood as temporal

4:12 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“persecuted”) which is understood as temporal

BBEAnd with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

MoffNo Moff 1COR book available

WymthHomes we have none. Wearily we toil, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we bear it patiently;

ASVand we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

DRAAnd we labour, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it.

YLTand labour, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

Drbyand labour, working with our own hands. Railed at, we bless; persecuted, we suffer [it];

RVand we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

WbstrAnd labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it;

KJB-1769And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

KJB-1611[fn]And labour, working with our owne hands: being reuiled, wee blesse: being persecuted, we suffer it:
   (And labour, working with our own hands: being reuiled, we bless: being persecuted, we suffer it:)


4:12 Act.20.34. 1 thess.2.9. 2 thess.3.8.

BshpsAnd labour, working with our owne handes. We are reuyled, and we blesse. We are persecuted, and suffer it.
   (And labour, working with our own hands. We are reuyled, and we blesse. We are persecuted, and suffer it.)

GnvaAnd labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.
   (And labour, working with our own hands: we are reuiled, and yet we bless: we are persecuted, and suffer it. )

Cvdland laboure and worke with oure awne handes. We are reuyled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffre it:
   (and laboure and work with our own hands. We are reuyled, and yet we bless: we are persecuted, and suffer it:)

TNTand laboure workinge with oure awne hondes. We are revysed and yet we blesse. We are persecuted and suffer it.
   (and laboure workinge with our own hands. We are revysed and yet we blesse. We are persecuted and suffer it. )

Wycland we ben vnstable, and we trauelen worchynge with oure hondis; we ben cursid, and we blessen; we suffren persecucioun, and we abiden longe; we ben blasfemyd, and we bisechen;
   (and we been unstable, and we trauelen worchynge with our hands; we been cursid, and we blessen; we suffren persecution, and we abiden longe; we been blasfemyd, and we bisechen;)

Luthund arbeiten und wirken mit unsern eigenen Händen. Man schilt uns, so segnen wir; man verfolgt uns, so dulden wir‘s, man lästert uns, so flehen wir.
   (and arbeiten and wirken with unsern eigenen hands. Man schilt uns, so segnen wir; man verfolgt uns, so dulden wir‘s, man lästert uns, so flehen wir.)

ClVget laboramus operantes manibus nostris: maledicimur, et benedicimus: persecutionem patimur, et sustinemus:
   (and laboramus operantes manibus nostris: maledicimur, and benedicimus: persecutionem patimur, and sustinemus: )

UGNTκαὶ κοπιῶμεν, ἐργαζόμενοι ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσίν. λοιδορούμενοι, εὐλογοῦμεν; διωκόμενοι, ἀνεχόμεθα;
   (kai kopiōmen, ergazomenoi tais idiais ⱪersin. loidoroumenoi, eulogoumen; diōkomenoi, aneⱪometha;)

SBL-GNTκαὶ κοπιῶμεν ἐργαζόμενοι ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσίν· λοιδορούμενοι εὐλογοῦμεν, διωκόμενοι ἀνεχόμεθα,
   (kai kopiōmen ergazomenoi tais idiais ⱪersin; loidoroumenoi eulogoumen, diōkomenoi aneⱪometha,)

TC-GNTκαὶ κοπιῶμεν ἐργαζόμενοι ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσί· λοιδορούμενοι εὐλογοῦμεν· διωκόμενοι ἀνεχόμεθα·
   (kai kopiōmen ergazomenoi tais idiais ⱪersi; loidoroumenoi eulogoumen; diōkomenoi aneⱪometha; )

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


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

4:12 We work: To avoid being blamed by others for taking money, Paul preferred to support himself (9:3-18; Acts 18:3; 20:33-35).
• We bless those who curse us: Paul’s response was in line with Jesus’ teaching (Matt 5:44-45; cp. Rom 12:14, 17-21).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἰδίαις & εὐλογοῦμεν & ἀνεχόμεθα

own & ˱we˲_/are/_blessing & ˱we˲_/are/_tolerating

Here, our and we refer to Paul and other “apostles.” They do not include the Corinthians.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

κοπιῶμεν, ἐργαζόμενοι

˱we˲_/are/_laboring working

Here, the words working hard and working mean basically the same thing. Paul uses both words to emphasize how hard he is working. If your language does not use repetition in this way, you can combine these words and indicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [are working very hard]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐργαζόμενοι ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσίν

working ˱with˲_our own hands

In Paul’s culture, the phrase with our own hands indicates that Paul and other apostles were doing manual labor. In fact, we know that Paul himself made tents (See: Acts 18:3), so that is probably the manual labor which he refers to here. If with our hands would not refer to manual labor in your language, you could use a comparable idiom or an expression that refers to manual labor. Alternate translation: [doing physically demanding work]

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-time-simultaneous

λοιδορούμενοι & διωκόμενοι

/being/_insulted & /being/_persecuted

The phrases Being reviled and being persecuted identify the situations in which Paul and other apostles bless and endure. If it would be helpful in your language, you could: (1) include a word such as “when” to indicate that these actions happen at the same time. Alternate translation: [Any time we are reviled … any time we are persecuted] (2) include a word such as “although” to indicate that these actions are in contrast with each other. Alternate translation: [Although we are reviled … although we are persecuted]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

λοιδορούμενοι

/being/_insulted

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Paul uses the passive form here to focus on those who are reviled rather than focusing on the people doing the “reviling.” If you must state who does the action, you can use a vague or indefinite subject. Alternate translation: [Others reviling us]

Note 6 topic: translate-unknown

λοιδορούμενοι

/being/_insulted

Here, Being reviled refers to someone abusing another person with words. If that meaning for Being reviled would not be obvious in your language, you could use a word or phrase that does refer to using abusive words about another person. Alternate translation: [Being slandered] or [Being attacked verbally]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

εὐλογοῦμεν

˱we˲_/are/_blessing

Here Paul does not state whom or what they bless. He could mean that they bless: (1) the people who “revile” them. Alternate translation: [we bless in return] (2) God, even though they are suffering. Alternate translation: [we bless God anyway]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

διωκόμενοι

/being/_persecuted

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Paul uses the passive form here to focus on those who are persecuted rather than the people doing the “persecuting.” If you must state who does the action, you can use a vague or indefinite subject. Alternate translation: [Others persecuting us]

BI 1Cor 4:12 ©