2COR 8:4 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) and enthusiastically begged us to allow them the grace and fellowship that would come from their service to other believers.

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
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).

ULT with much urging they pleaded with us for the favor and the fellowship of this ministry that is to the saints.

UST They were very insistent when they urged us to accept what they were giving. They wanted to share in serving God’s people.

BSB they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.

BLB imploring of us with much entreaty for the grace and the fellowship of the service among the saints.

AICNT with much urging, requesting from us the grace and the fellowship {of the ministry}[fn] to the saints,

8:4, of the ministry: Later manuscripts read “to receive us.” TR

OEB and with many an appeal to us for permission, they showed their love, and contributed their share towards the fund for their fellow Christians.

WEB begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.

WMB begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the holy ones.

NET begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints.

LSV with much plea calling on us to receive the favor and the fellowship of the ministry to the holy ones,

FBV they kept on pleading with us to have a part in this privilege of sharing in this ministry to God's people.

TCNT urgently begging us [fn]for the privilege of contributing to the gift for the saints in Jerusalem.

8:4 for the privilege of contributing to the gift for ¦ to receive their gift and contribution to support PCK TR

T4T they themselves kept requesting us to let them participate in what other believers are doing in sending a gift of money to [EUP] God’s people in Judea province.

LEB requesting of us with much exhortation the favor and the fellowship of the ministry to the saints,

BBE Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints:

MOF No MOF 2COR book available

ASV beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:

DRA With much entreaty begging of us the grace and communication of the ministry that is done toward the saints.

YLT with much entreaty calling on us to receive the favour and the fellowship of the ministration to the saints,

DBY begging of us with much entreaty [to give effect to] the grace and fellowship of the service which [was to be rendered] to the saints.

RV beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:

WBS Praying us with much entreaty, that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

KJB Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
(Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. )

BB And prayed vs with great instaunce that we woulde receaue this grace and societie of the ministerie to ye saintes.
(And prayed us with great instaunce that we would receive this grace and societie of the ministerie to ye/you_all saintes.)

GNV And praied vs with great instance that we woulde receiue the grace, and fellowship of the ministring which is toward the Saints.
(And prayed us with great instance that we would receive the grace, and fellowship of the ministring which is toward the Saints. )

CB and prayed vs with greate instauce, that we wolde receaue their benefite and fellishippe of the hadreachinge that is done for the sayntes:
(and prayed us with great instauce, that we would receive their benefite and fellishippe of the hadreachinge that is done for the sayntes:)

TNT and prayed vs with great instaunce that we wolde receave their benefite and suffre them to be parttakers with other in ministrynge to the saynctes.
(and prayed us with great instaunce that we would receive their benefite and suffer them to be parttakers with other in ministrynge to the saynctes. )

WYC with myche monestyng bisechynge vs the grace and the comynyng of mynystring, that is maad to hooli men.
(with much monestyng bisechynge us the grace and the commonyng of mynystring, that is made to holy men.)

LUT und fleheten uns mit vielem Ermahnen, daß wir aufnähmen die Wohltat und Gemeinschaft der Handreichung, die da geschieht den Heiligen.
(and fleheten uns with vielem Ermahnen, that wir aufnähmen the Wohltat and Gemeinschaft the Handreichung, the there geschieht the Heiligen.)

CLV cum multa exhortatione obsecrantes nos gratiam, et communicationem ministerii, quod fit in sanctos.
(cum multa exhortatione obsecrantes nos gratiam, and communicationem ministerii, that fit in sanctos. )

UGNT μετὰ πολλῆς παρακλήσεως δεόμενοι ἡμῶν, τὴν χάριν καὶ τὴν κοινωνίαν τῆς διακονίας τῆς εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους.
(meta pollaʸs paraklaʸseōs deomenoi haʸmōn, taʸn ⱪarin kai taʸn koinōnian taʸs diakonias taʸs eis tous hagious.)

SBL-GNT μετὰ πολλῆς παρακλήσεως δεόμενοι ἡμῶν, τὴν χάριν καὶ τὴν κοινωνίαν τῆς διακονίας τῆς εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους—
(meta pollaʸs paraklaʸseōs deomenoi haʸmōn, taʸn ⱪarin kai taʸn koinōnian taʸs diakonias taʸs eis tous hagious— )

TC-GNT μετὰ πολλῆς παρακλήσεως δεόμενοι ἡμῶν, τὴν χάριν καὶ τὴν κοινωνίαν τῆς διακονίας τῆς εἰς τοὺς [fn]ἁγίους·
(meta pollaʸs paraklaʸseōs deomenoi haʸmōn, taʸn ⱪarin kai taʸn koinōnian taʸs diakonias taʸs eis tous hagious;)

8:4 αγιους ¦ αγιους δεξασθαι ημας PCK TR

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

δεόμενοι ἡμῶν, τὴν χάριν καὶ τὴν κοινωνίαν τῆς διακονίας τῆς

beseeching ˱of˲_us the grace and the fellowship ˱of˲_the service ¬which

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of favor and fellowship, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “they pleaded with us to favor them and allow them to take part in this ministry that is”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

τὴν χάριν καὶ τὴν κοινωνίαν

the grace and the fellowship

The two words favor and fellowship work together to express a single idea. The word fellowship describes what the favor is. If it would be more natural in your language, you could express this meaning in a different way. Alternate translation: “the favor of the fellowship” or “the gift of fellowship”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῆς διακονίας τῆς εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους

˱of˲_the service ¬which among the holy_‹ones›

Here Paul does not give very many details about the ministry because he had already told the Corinthians about it in 1 Corinthians 16:1–4. From that passage and other passages, we know that Paul was collecting money from various churches to send to Jerusalem to help the believers there. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make it more explicit that this is what Paul is talking about. Alternate translation: “of this ministry that is for the saints in Jerusalem” or “of this ministry of sending money to the Jerusalem saints”

Parallel 2COR 8:4