3YHN 1:8 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) We should be supporting believers like them so that we may also become their workmates in sharing the truth.

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 OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Therefore we ourselves ought to welcome such as these so that we become fellow workers for the truth.

UST So we who believe in Jesus ought to give these people whatever they need. Then it will be as though we are working alongside them as they help others to know God’s true message.

BSB Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

BLB Therefore we ought to receive such men, so that we may be fellow workers in the truth.

AICNT Therefore, we ought to {support}[fn] such men, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

1:8, support: Later manuscripts read “welcome.” BYZ TR

OEB Therefore, we should support people like them, and so take our share in their work for the truth.

WEBBE We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth.

LSV we, then, ought to receive such, that we may become fellow-workers to the truth.

FBV We ought to support them so we can share together in the truth.

TCNT Therefore we ought to [fn]receive men like them, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

1:8 receive 91.4% ¦ support CT 7.6%

T4T So we who believe in Christ ought to give food and money to such people to help them as they teach others God’s true message.

LEB No LEB 3YHN (3JHN) 1:8 verse available

BBE So it is right for us to take in such men as guests, so that we may take our part in the work of the true faith.

Moff No Moff 3YHN (3JHN) book available

Wymth It is therefore our duty to show hospitality to such men, so that we may be fellow workers in promoting the truth.

ASV We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers for the truth.

DRA We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow helpers of the truth.

YLT we, then, ought to receive such, that fellow-workers we may become to the truth.

Drby We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.

RV We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.

Wbstr We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-helpers to the truth.

KJB-1769 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.

KJB-1611 We therefore ought to receiue such, that we might be fellow helpers to the trueth.
(We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellow helpers to the truth.)

Bshps We therfore ought to receaue such, that we myght be helpers to the trueth.
(We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be helpers to the truth.)

Gnva We therefore ought to receiue such, that we might be helpers to the trueth.
(We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be helpers to the truth. )

Cvdl We therfore oughte to receaue soch, that we mighte be helpers vnto the trueth.
(We therefore oughte to receive soch, that we might be helpers unto the truth.)

TNT We therfore ought to receave soche that we also myght be helpers to the trueth.
(We therefore ought to receive soche that we also might be helpers to the truth. )

Wycl Therfor we owen to resseyue siche, that we be euen worcheris of treuthe.
(Therefore we owen to receive siche, that we be even worcheris of truth.)

Luth So sollen wir nun solche aufnehmen, auf daß wir der Wahrheit Gehilfen werden.
(So sollen we/us now such aufnehmen, on that we/us the/of_the truth Gehilfen become.)

ClVg Nos ergo debemus suscipere hujusmodi, ut cooperatores simus veritatis.
(Nos therefore debemus suscipere huyusmodi, as cooperatores simus veritatis. )

UGNT ἡμεῖς οὖν ὀφείλομεν ὑπολαμβάνειν τοὺς τοιούτους, ἵνα συνεργοὶ γινώμεθα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ.
(haʸmeis oun ofeilomen hupolambanein tous toioutous, hina sunergoi ginōmetha taʸ alaʸtheia.)

SBL-GNT ἡμεῖς οὖν ὀφείλομεν ⸀ὑπολαμβάνειν τοὺς τοιούτους, ἵνα συνεργοὶ γινώμεθα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ.
(haʸmeis oun ofeilomen ⸀hupolambanein tous toioutous, hina sunergoi ginōmetha taʸ alaʸtheia.)

TC-GNT Ἡμεῖς οὖν ὀφείλομεν [fn]ἀπολαμβάνειν τοὺς τοιούτους, ἵνα συνεργοὶ γινώμεθα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ.
(Haʸmeis oun ofeilomen apolambanein tous toioutous, hina sunergoi ginōmetha taʸ alaʸtheia. )

1:8 απολαμβανειν 91.4% ¦ υπολαμβανειν CT 7.6%

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

οὖν

therefore

John is using the word translated as Therefore to introduce the result that should follow from the reason he gave at the end of the previous verse. Because such ones are accepting nothing from “the Gentiles” (verse 7), believers ought to help them. Use a connector in your language that makes this relationship clear. Alternate translation: “This is why”

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

ἡμεῖς & ὀφείλομεν ὑπολαμβάνειν

we & ought /to_be/_supporting

John is stating the pronoun we, whose meaning is already present in the verb translated ought, to emphasize it. If your language can state implied pronouns explicitly for emphasis, you may want to use that construction here in your translation. Other languages may have other ways of bringing out this emphasis. The ULT does so by using the intensive pronoun ourselves. Alternate translation: “we certainly should welcome”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἡμεῖς & ὀφείλομεν

we & ought

John is using the words translated as we and ourselves to refer to Gaius, himself, and all believers. So use the inclusive forms of those words if your language marks that distinction.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὑπολαμβάνειν

/to_be/_supporting

John assumes that Gaius will know that when he tells him to support these believers, he means that Gaius should provide hospitality, including giving them what they need for their journey. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “to help” or “to provide for”

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

ἵνα

in_order_that

Here, so that marks becoming fellow workers as a goal or purpose of supporting such ones as the traveling teachers. Use a natural way in your language that makes it clear that this is a purpose. Alternate translation: “and in this way”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ἵνα συνεργοὶ γινώμεθα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ

in_order_that fellow-workers ˱we˲_/may_be/_becoming ˱with˲_the truth

John is speaking as if the truth were a living thing that he and his fellow Christians could become workers with. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “so that we can cooperate with them in announcing God’s truth to people”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τῇ ἀληθείᾳ

˱with˲_the truth

John is using the term truth to represent something or someone associated with the truth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or state the meaning plainly. This could mean: (1) the true message from God. Alternate translation: “God’s true message” (2) God himself, who is Truth. Alternate translation: “the true God”

Parallel 3YHN 1:8