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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)
OET (OET-RV) My dear friend, you are faithful in what you do for other believers. Even strangers![]()
OET-LV Beloved, faithful you_are_doing whatever, if you_may_do for the brothers and this is for_strangers,![]()
SR-GNT Ἀγαπητέ, πιστὸν ποιεῖς ὃ, ἐὰν ἐργάσῃ εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ τοῦτο ξένους, ‡
(Agapaʸte, piston poieis ho, ean ergasaʸ eis tous adelfous kai touto xenous,)
Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, magenta:vocative.
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).
Used in these topics: Hospitality and welcoming strangers
GHT Beloved, you-are-doing faithful, which if-supposing you-may-work-ize-self into the brothers and into the[plural] foreign/guest-ive.
ULT Beloved, you are doing a faithful thing whenever you might work for the brothers, and this, for strangers,
UST Dear friend, you are serving Jesus loyally whenever you do things to help fellow believers, even those whom you do not know.
BSB Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and [especially since] they are strangers [to you].
MSB Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and for those who are[fn] strangers [to you].
1:5 CT even though they are
BLB Beloved, you are doing faithfully whatever you might have done toward the brothers, and they are strangers,
AICNT Beloved, you are faithful in whatever you do for the brothers {and also}[fn] strangers
1:5, and also: Some manuscripts read “and to.” BYZ TR.
OEB Dear friend, you are faithful in all the things you do for other followers – even when they are strangers to you.
WEBBE Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.
NET Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers (even though they are strangers).
LSV Beloved, you act faithfully in whatever you may do toward the brothers and the one [among] strangers,
FBV My friend, you show you are trustworthy in what you're doing by looking after the brothers,[fn] even those you don't know.
1:5 Christian believers traveling around spreading the good news.
TCNT Beloved, yoʋ are acting faithfully in whatever yoʋ do for the [fn]brothers and for those who are strangers to you.
1:5 brothers and for those who 89.8% ¦ brothers, even though they CT 7.6%
T4T Dear friend, you are serving Jesus loyally/faithfully whenever you do things to help fellow believers, even those whom you do not know, who are traveling around doing God’s work.
LEB ¶ Dear friend, you act faithfully[fn] in whatever you do for the brothers, ⌊even though they are strangers⌋[fn].
5:5 Or “you act loyally”
5:5 Literally “and this strangers”
BBE My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;
Moff Beloved, you are acting loyally in rendering any service to the brothers and especially to strangers;
Wymth My dear friend, you are acting faithfully in all your behaviour towards the brethren, even when they are strangers to you.
ASV Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;
DRA Dearly beloved, thou dost faithfully whatever thou dost for the brethren, and that for strangers,
YLT Beloved, faithfully dost thou do whatever thou mayest work to the brethren and to the strangers,
Drby Beloved, thou doest faithfully [in] whatever thou mayest have wrought towards the brethren and that strangers,
RV Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;
(Beloved, thou/you dost/do a faithful work in whatsoever thou/you dost/do toward them that are brethren/brothers and strangers also/fully;)
SLT Dearly beloved, thou doest faithfully whatever thou dost work for the brethren, and for strangers;
Wbstr Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
KJB-1769 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
(Beloved, thou/you dost/do faithfully whatsoever thou/you dost/do to the brethren/brothers, and to strangers;)
KJB-1611 Beloued, thou doest faithfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the Brethren, and to strangers:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
Bshps Beloued, thou doest faythfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to straungers,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Gnva Beloued, thou doest faithfully, whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Cvdl My beloued, thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to straugers,
(My beloved, thou/you dost/do faithfully what so ever thou/you dost/do to the brethren/brothers and to strangers,)
TNT Beloved thou doest faythfully what soever thou doest to the brethren and to straungers
(Beloved thou/you dost/do faithfully what soever thou/you dost/do to the brethren/brothers and to strangers)
Wycl Most dere brother, thou doist feithfuli, what euer thou worchist in britheren, and that in to pilgrymys,
(Most dear brother, thou/you dost/do faithfully, what ever thou/you work in brethren/brothers, and that in to pilgrims,)
Luth Mein Lieber, du tust treulich, was du tust an den Brüdern und Gästen,
(My Please, you(sg) do/act faithfully, what/which you(sg) do/act at/to the brothers and guests,)
ClVg Carissime, fideliter facis quidquid operaris in fratres, et hoc in peregrinos,[fn]
(Dearest, faithfully you(sg)_do whatever you(sg)_work in/into/on brothers, and this in/into/on foreign,)
1.5 Charissime, fideliter, etc. Ideo non debes deficere ab hospitalitate et eleemosynis. Quidquid enim operaris in fratres fideliter, id est sicut fidelis, id est sicut decet fidelem facis, non pro vana gloria, sed fidem tuam operibus ostendis.
1.5 Dearest, faithfully, etc. Therefore/For_that_reason not/no you(sg)_owe to_fail away hospitality and alms. Whatever because you(sg)_work in/into/on brothers faithfully, that it_is like faithful, that it_is like proper/it_is_fitting faithful you(sg)_do, not/no for in_vain glory, but faith your(sg) works you(sg)_show.
UGNT ἀγαπητέ, πιστὸν ποιεῖς ὃ, ἐὰν ἐργάσῃ εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ τοῦτο ξένους;
(agapaʸte, piston poieis ho, ean ergasaʸ eis tous adelfous kai touto xenous;)
SBL-GNT Ἀγαπητέ, πιστὸν ποιεῖς ὃ ἐὰν ἐργάσῃ εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ ⸀τοῦτο ξένους,
(Agapaʸte, piston poieis ho ean ergasaʸ eis tous adelfous kai ⸀touto xenous,)
RP-GNT Ἀγαπητέ, πιστὸν ποιεῖς ὃ ἐὰν ἐργάσῃ εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ εἰς τοὺς ξένους,
(Agapaʸte, piston poieis ho ean ergasaʸ eis tous adelfous kai eis tous xenous,)
TC-GNT Ἀγαπητέ, πιστὸν ποιεῖς ὃ ἐὰν ἐργάσῃ εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ [fn]εἰς τοὺς ξένους,
(Agapaʸte, piston poieis ho ean ergasaʸ eis tous adelfous kai eis tous xenous,)
1:5 εις τους 89.8% ¦ τουτο ᴄᴛ 7.6%
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
Read 5–12 carefully.
Section Theme: This section contains the main points John is writing to Gaius about. He praises Gaius for helping the traveling Christian preachers and encourages him to follow the good example of Demetrius rather than the bad example of Diotrephes.
Read 5–8 in both BSB and GNT. Compare the two versions.
Paragraph Theme: John praises Gaius for helping the traveling preachers. He explains that Christians should help these people because they are serving Christ and relying on fellow Christians to supply all they need.
Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.
¶ My dear friend, you have done many things to help our(incl) fellow Christians who are travelling around preaching the gospel. You even help those who you do not know. This has shown to me that you are a faithful/loyal follower of Christ.
you are faithful: (Focus) John is not simply praising Gaius for being faithful. He is saying that the help which Gaius gives to the brothers proves that he is faithful. See the Display.
faithful: (Lexical Problem) In your translation you may need to state who Gaius is faithful to John probably means that Gaius is faithful to God or Jesus.
what you are doing: (Translation) John does not state exactly what Gaius did, but from the rest of the letter it is clear that he welcomed the brothers into his house and provided them with what they needed.
are doing: (Tense) This probably refers both to what Gaius has done in the past for some brothers and to what he is still doing for those who come to him.
strangers: (Meaning) The meaning here is that some of the brothers were not previously known to Gaius (they probably came from distant towns or provinces). But he nevertheless helped them just because they were Christians.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀγαπητέ πιστόν ποιεῖς ὅ ἐάν ἐργάσῃ εἰς τούς ἀδελφούς καί τοῦτο ξένους)
John is using the term brothers to mean people who share the same faith. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [other believers]