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OET (OET-RV) but by your endurances, you’ll actually be gaining your lives.
OET-LV By the endurance of_you_all, you_all_will_be_acquiring the lives of_you_all.
SR-GNT Ἐν τῇ ὑπομονῇ ὑμῶν, κτήσεσθε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν. ‡
(En taʸ hupomonaʸ humōn, ktaʸsesthe tas psuⱪas humōn.)
Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, 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).
ULT By your endurance, you will gain your souls.
UST If you go through difficult times and prove that you trust God, after you die your souls will live on in God’s presence.
BSB By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.
MSB By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.
BLB By your patient endurance, you will gain your souls.
AICNT “In your endurance, acquire your souls.[fn]
21:19, acquire your souls: Or “you will gain your lives.”
OEB By your endurance you will win yourselves life.
WEBBE “By your endurance you will win your lives.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET By your endurance you will gain your lives.
LSV in your patience possess your souls.
FBV By standing firm you will gain your lives.[fn]
21:19 Meaning eternal life, or even that you gain who you really were intended to be.
TCNT You [fn]must gain your lives by your patient endurance.
21:19 must ¦ will WH
T4T By enduring all these things people will do to you, you will preserve your eternal life [SYN].”
LEB By your patient endurance you will gain your lives.
BBE By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.
Moff Hold out stedfast and you win your souls.
Wymth By your patient endurance you will purchase your lives.
ASV In your patience ye shall win your souls.
DRA In your patience you shall possess your souls.
YLT in your patience possess ye your souls.
Drby By your patient endurance gain your souls.
RV In your patience ye shall win your souls.
(In your patience ye/you_all shall win your souls. )
SLT In your patience possess ye your souls.
Wbstr In your patience possess ye your souls.
KJB-1769 In your patience possess ye your souls.
( In your patience possess ye/you_all your souls. )
KJB-1611 In your patience possesse ye your soules.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps Possesse ye your soule by patience.
(Possesse ye/you_all your soul by patience.)
Gnva By your patience possesse your soules.
(By your patience possess your souls. )
Cvdl Holde fast youre soules with pacience.
(Hold fast your(pl) souls with patience.)
TNT With youre pacience possesse youre soules.
(With your(pl) patience possess your(pl) souls. )
Wycl in youre pacience ye schulen welde youre soulis.
(in your(pl) patience ye/you_all should weld your(pl) souls.)
Luth Fasset eure Seelen mit Geduld!
(grasspt your(pl) souls with Geduld!)
ClVg In patientia vestra possidebitis animas vestras.[fn]
(In patience/endurance your will_possessis souls your. )
21.19 In patientia vestra. Patientia radix et custos est omnium virtutum. In hac ergo animas, quæ corpus possident, possidemus, cum ipsas animas ad patiendum ratione regimus. Vera autem patientia est aliena mala æquanimiter perpeti; contra eum qui mala irrogat, nullo dolore moveri.
21.19 In patience/endurance your. Patientia root and guardian it_is of_all virtues. In this_way therefore souls, which body get_itnt, get_itmus, when/with themselves souls to patiendum by_reason regimus. Vera however patience/endurance it_is foreign evil equalnimiter perpeti; on_the_contrary him who/which evil irrogat, with_no_one pain moveri.
UGNT ἐν τῇ ὑπομονῇ ὑμῶν, κτήσασθε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν.
(en taʸ hupomonaʸ humōn, ktaʸsasthe tas psuⱪas humōn.)
SBL-GNT ἐν τῇ ὑπομονῇ ὑμῶν ⸀κτήσασθε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν.
(en taʸ hupomonaʸ humōn ⸀ktaʸsasthe tas psuⱪas humōn.)
RP-GNT Ἐν τῇ ὑπομονῇ ὑμῶν κτήσασθε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν.
(En taʸ hupomonaʸ humōn ktaʸsasthe tas psuⱪas humōn.)
TC-GNT Ἐν τῇ ὑπομονῇ ὑμῶν [fn]κτήσασθε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν.
(En taʸ hupomonaʸ humōn ktaʸsasthe tas psuⱪas humōn. )
21:19 κτησασθε ¦ κτησεσθε WH
Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
21:5-38 When Jesus predicted the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem (21:6), his disciples questioned when it would take place and what signs would accompany it (21:7). Jesus responded by describing the events surrounding the destruction of the Temple and the return of the Son of Man (21:8-36). This sermon is known as the Olivet Discourse because the Mount of Olives was the site of Jesus’ teaching (see Matt 24:3; Mark 13:3).
After the events of the preceding section, some of Jesus’ disciples were admiring the beautiful stones and gifts that people used to adorn the Temple. Jesus told them that one day the Temple would be completely destroyed. Enemies would attack Jerusalem and destroy the Temple.In A.D. 70, the Jews rebelled against the Romans, and the Roman destroyed the temple. Jesus also told them about other things that would happen in the future. He told them that after these things happened, he would return to earth in power and great glory. He warned his disciples to pray so that they would be able to endure the future troubles and be ready to meet him when he comes again.
It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it. Some examples of other headings are:
The Jerusalem temple would soon be destroyed
The destruction of the temple and the coming times of trouble
There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 24:1–35 and Mark 13:1–31.
By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.
By/After your steadfast endurance, you(plur) will gain eternal life.
By being/remaining faithful to me, you(plur) will receive life with God.
If you(plur) faithfully endure the suffering/trials, you will live eternally.”
By your patient endurance you will gain your souls: This clause is a promise.There is a textual issue here that concerns the form of the verb that the BSB translates as “you will gain.” Many Greek manuscripts (including those followed here by the UBS and the Majority text) have an imperative form (instead of the future form). Almost all English versions have the future form here. Even with the command form, the meaning is virtually the same in English. The command “By standing firm, gain life,” is also a promise that the patience of the disciples will result in their gaining life. It indicates that by remaining firmly loyal to Jesus, his disciples will gain eternal life. The meaning is similar to the parallel verse Mark 13:13b, which says, “but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.”
In some languages it may be helpful to reverse the order of phrases in this clause. For example:
You will be saved by being faithful to me. (CEV)
You will receive eternal life if you remain faithful to me.
By your patient endurance: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as By your patient endurance is literally “in your endurance.” This phrase tells the way that the disciples will gain life. Some other ways to translate this meaning are:
As a clause that expresses a condition. For example:
If you stand firm
As a command. For example:
Stand firm (GNT)
Translate this meaning in a natural way in your language.
patient endurance: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as patient endurance is literally “your endurance.” endurance refers to steadfast perseverance through difficulties and suffering. In this context it refers specifically to the disciples remaining faithful to Jesus even when people persecute them and threaten to kill them because they obey him. In some languages it may be necessary to translate the meaning more explicitly. For example:
If you endure such times without giving up your faith in me
Stand/Remain firm in your faith in me no matter what happens
you will gain your souls: The Greek phrase that the BSB literally translates as you will gain your souls clearly implies that the disciples would gain something that they did not yet have, which is eternal life with God. Faithful disciples of Jesus will live eternally with God. Some ways to translate this clause are:
you(plur) will receive eternal life
God will give you eternal life
ἐν τῇ ὑπομονῇ ὑμῶν
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἐν τῇ ὑπομονῇ ὑμῶν κτήσεσθε τάς ψυχάς ὑμῶν)
Alternate translation: [If you remain faithful to me]
κτήσασθε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἐν τῇ ὑπομονῇ ὑμῶν κτήσεσθε τάς ψυχάς ὑμῶν)
Here “soul” means the eternal part of a person. Alternate translation: [you will receive eternal life]
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