EPH 1:2 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, 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).

UST May God our Father and our Lord Jesus the Messiah continue to be kind to you and make you peaceful.

AICNT grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

OEB May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

WEBBE Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

WMBB Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

NET Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

LSV Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

FBV Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

TCNT Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

T4T I pray that God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord will continue to act kindly toward you and cause you to have inner peace.

LEB Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

BBE Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Moff grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Wymth May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

ASV Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

DRA Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

YLT Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Drby Grace to you and peace from [fn]God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

1.2 Elohim

RV Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

SLT Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ,

Wbstr Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

KJB-1769 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

KJB-1611 Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps Grace be with you, and peace, from God our father, & from the Lorde Iesus Christe.
(Grace be with you, and peace, from God our father, and from the Lord Yesus/Yeshua Christ.)

Gnva Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
(Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Yesus/Yeshua Christ. )

Cvdl Grace be with you and peace from God oure father, & fro the LORDE Iesus Christ.
(Grace be with you and peace from God our father, and from the LORD Yesus/Yeshua Christ.)

TNT Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ.
(Grace be with you and peace from God our father and from the Lord Yesus/Yeshua Christ. )

Wycl grace be to you and pees of God, oure fader, and oure Lord Jhesu Crist.
(grace be to you and peace of God, our fader, and our Lord Yhesu Christ.)

Luth Gnade sei mit euch und Friede von GOtt, unserm Vater, und dem HErr’s Jesu Christo!
(grace be with you and peace/quietness from God, ours father, and to_him LORD’s Yesu Christo!)

ClVg Gratia vobis, et pax a Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Jesu Christo.
(Grace to_you(pl), and peace from to_God Father our, and Master Yesu to_Christ/Messiah. )

UGNT χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
(ⱪaris humin kai eiraʸnaʸ apo Theou Patros haʸmōn kai Kuriou Yaʸsou Ⱪristou.)

SBL-GNT χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ θεοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
(ⱪaris humin kai eiraʸnaʸ apo theou patros haʸmōn kai kuriou Yaʸsou Ⱪristou.)

RP-GNT χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ θεοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ.
(ⱪaris humin kai eiraʸnaʸ apo theou patros haʸmōn kai kuriou Yaʸsou ⱪristou.)

TC-GNT χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
(ⱪaris humin kai eiraʸnaʸ apo Theou patros haʸmōn kai Kuriou Yaʸsou Ⱪristou. )

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 1:1–2: Paul greeted the believers at Ephesus

Paul began his letter in the way that people usually began letters at that time. He gave his name first: “Paul.” Then he identified the people receiving the letter: “the saints in Ephesus.” Next, he gave a Christian greeting in 1:2.

Here are some other examples for a heading for this section:

Greetings from Paul (NLT)

Greetings to the church at Ephesus

1:2

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ show you grace and give you peace.
I pray that God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and cause you to have peace.

Grace and peace to you: The clause Grace and peace to you was a common greeting among Christians at that time. Here Paul used these words as a prayer to wish God’s blessing on the Ephesians.

In the Greek, Grace and peace to you contains no verbs. In many languages, it may be more natural to add one or two verbs. For example:

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. (GNT)

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ show you grace and give you peace in your hearts.

In other languages, it may be better to translate Grace and peace as verbs, for example:

I pray that God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ will graciously help/bless you and help you to live well.

Grace: Grace here means that “God favors people” or that “he is kind to people even though they do not deserve it.” Paul used the word Grace to express his desire for God’s blessing on people and to wish them well. See grace, Meaning 1, in the Glossary for more information.

Here are some other ways to translate this word:

God’s favor

God’s gracious help

God’s generous help

peace: The Greek word that the BSB translates as peace refers to serenity and calm well-being. It often implies an absence of war or conflict. In the context of this Christian greeting, it probably implies the peace that comes from God for those who are in a relationship with him. Remember that the word peace has more than one meaning in the NT. You may need to translate it in different ways in different verses, according to the context.

Here are some other ways to translate this word:

tranquility

untroubled relationships

calm life

God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Since the pronoun our occurs with Father, consider whether it is more natural in your language to also say “our Lord” rather than “the Lord.” For example:

God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. (NLT)

Parallel EPH 1:2

Section 1:1–2: Paul greeted the believers at Ephesus

1:2