2 COR 6:18 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) [ref]I will be a Father for you,
⇔ and you will be my sons and daughters,’
§ says Yahweh the all-powerful.

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

ULT And
⇔  “I will be to you as a Father,
⇔  and you will be to me as sons and daughters,”
⇔  says the Lord Almighty.
§ 

UST Further, the Lord God, who rules all things, says,
⇔ “I will be your father.
⇔ You will be my sons and daughters.”

BLB and "I will be for a father to you, and you will be for sons and daughters to Me, says the Lord Almighty."

AICNT “And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me,” says the Lord Almighty.[fn]

6:18, 2 Samuel 7:8, 14

OEB and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,’
⇔ says the Lord, the Ruler of all.”
§ 

WEBBE I will be to you a Father.
⇔ You will be to me sons and daughters,’
¶ says the Lord Almighty.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the All-Powerful Lord.

LSV and I will be for a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to Me, says the LORD Almighty.”

FBV “I will be like a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”[fn]

6:18 Referencing 2 Samuel 7:14 or 1 Chronicles 17:13.

TCNT I will be a father to you,
⇔ and you will be sons and daughters to me,
⇔ says the Lord Almighty.”

T4T The Lord also said:
⇔ I will care for you as [MET] a loving father cares for his children,
⇔ and it will be as though you are my own sons and daughters.
⇔ I, the all-powerful Lord, am saying this to you.

LEB • and I will be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me,”[fn]
• says the all-powerful Lord.

6:16 A paraphrased quotation from 2 Sam 7:14 |link-href="None"andIsa 43:6|link-href="None"

BBE And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.

Moff I will be a Father to you,
⇔ and you shall be my sons and daughters,
⇔ saith the Lord almighty.

Wymth and you shall be My sons and daughters,' says the Lord the Ruler of all."
¶ 

ASV And will be to you a Father,
⇔ And ye shall be to me sons and daughters,
§ saith the Lord Almighty.

DRA And I will receive you; and I will be a Father to you; and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

YLT and I will be to you for a Father, and ye — ye shall be to Me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.'

Drby and I will be to you for a Father, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith [the] Lord Almighty.

RV And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
(And will be to you a Father, And ye/you_all shall be to me sons and daughters, saith/says the Lord Almighty. )

SLT And I will be to you for a Father, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

Wbstr And I will be a Father to you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

KJB-1769 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
(And will be a Father unto you, and ye/you_all shall be my sons and daughters, saith/says the Lord Almighty. )

KJB-1611 And will bee a Father vnto you, and ye shall bee my sonnes and daughters, saith the Lord Almightie.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And wyll be a father vnto you, and ye shalbe my sonnes and daughters, saith the Lorde almightie.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Gnva And I will be a Father vnto you, and ye shalbe my sonnes and daughters, saith the Lord almightie.
(And I will be a Father unto you, and ye/you_all shall be my sons and daughters, saith/says the Lord almighty. )

Cvdl & be youre father, & ye shalbe my sonnes and doughters, sayeth ye Allmightie LORDE.
(and be your(pl) father, and ye/you_all shall be my sons and daughters, saith/says ye/you_all Almighty LORD.)

TNT and wilbe a father vnto you and ye shalbe vnto me sonnes and doughters sayth the lorde almyghty.
(and will be a father unto you and ye/you_all shall be unto me sons and daughters saith/says the lord almyghty. )

Wycl and Y schal resseyue you, and schal be to you in to a fadir, and ye schulen be to me in to sones and douytris, seith the Lord almyyti.
(and I shall receive you, and shall be to you in to a father, and ye/you_all should be to me in to sons and daughters, saith/says the Lord almighty.)

Luth und euer Vater sein, und ihr sollet meine Söhne und Töchter sein, spricht der allmächtige HErr.
(and your(pl) father be, and you(pl)/their/her should my sons and daughters be, speaks/says the/of_the almighty LORD.)

ClVg et ego recipiam vos: et ero vobis in patrem, et vos eritis mihi in filios et filias, dicit Dominus omnipotens.]
(and I recipiam you(pl): and I_will_be to_you(pl) in/into/on father, and you(pl) you(pl)_will_be to_me in/into/on children and daughters, he_says Master omnipotent.] )

UGNT καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, λέγει Κύριος Παντοκράτωρ.
(kai esomai humin eis patera, kai humeis esesthe moi eis huious kai thugateras, legei Kurios Pantokratōr.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ.
(kai esomai humin eis patera, kai humeis esesthe moi eis huious kai thugateras, legei kurios pantokratōr.)

RP-GNT καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ.
(kai esomai humin eis patera, kai humeis esesthe moi eis huious kai thugateras, legei kurios pantokratōr.)

TC-GNT καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα,
⇔ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας,
⇔ λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ.
(kai esomai humin eis patera,
⇔ kai humeis esesthe moi eis huious kai thugateras,
⇔ legei Kurios pantokratōr. )

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 6:11–7:4: Paul urged them to love him and live holy lives

In this section, Paul told the believers in Corinth that he loved them completely (6:11), but the believers did not love him completely (6:12). He urged them to love him completely (6:13).

Then he urged them to avoid partnerships with unbelievers (6:14a) and used five rhetorical questions (6:14b–16a) to support this exhortation. He also supported this exhortation with quotes from the Old Testament (6:16b–18). On the basis of these quotes, he then urged them to live pure lives (7:1).

He again urged them to love him (7:2a) and explained that he had not wronged anyone (7:2b). He explained that his love was complete (7:3) and he was very confident in them and very happy for them (7:4).

Other examples of headings for this section are:

Open your hearts to us, and live holy lives

Love us as we love you and live pure lives

6:18a–c

And: The Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as And indicates that Paul continues to quote from the Old Testament, but this is a different verse in the Old Testament.

I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty: The BSB places the clause says the Lord Almighty after what God said. The BSB also places the verb says before the phrase the Lord Almighty in an alternate English style. The BSB word order follows the Greek word order. You should place this clause where it is most natural in your language and word it in the way that is natural in your language. For example:

The Lord Almighty also says, “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters.”

Here Paul uses parts of 2 Samuel 7:14 and 7:8. If you footnote the locations of quotes from the Old Testament, you may want to do so here.

6:18a

And: “I will be a Father to you,

“I will be your father, (GNT)
“I will be like a father to you^(plur)

6:18b

and you will be My sons and daughters,

and you will be my children,
and you will be like my children to me,

6:18a–b

I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters: God has a relationship with believers that is like a father-child relationship. He cares for them, guides them, protects them, and teaches them.

Some languages may not speak of God as Father. Such languages may be able to use “think,” “consider,” “regard,” or the comparative “as” here. For example:

I will be considered your Father and you will be considered my children

I will be like a father to you, and you will be like my children

6:18c

says the Lord Almighty.”

says the all powerful Lord God.”

Almighty: The word Almighty means “all powerful.” This is a title for God. It indicates that God has more power than anyone else. Other ways to translate this phrase are:

the God of all power

the one who has all power

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

καὶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα καί ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθε μοί εἰς υἱούς καί θυγατέρας λέγει Κύριος Παντοκράτωρ)

Paul uses the word And to introduce another quote from the Old Testament, specifically from [2 Samuel 7:8](../2sa/07/08.md) and [2 Samuel 7:14](../2sa/07/14.md). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that clarifies that Paul is quoting from the Old Testament. Alternate translation: [Again, as you can read in the Scriptures,] or [Even more, as it is written,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας

˱I˲_will_be ˱to˲_you_all for ˓a˒_father (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα καί ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθε μοί εἰς υἱούς καί θυγατέρας λέγει Κύριος Παντοκράτωρ)

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 be to you as a Father; yes, you will be to me as sons and daughters]