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ULT For we did not make known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ by having followed cleverly invented myths, but by having become eyewitnesses of the majesty of that one.

UST I will do this because, when we apostles told you that our Lord Jesus the Messiah is coming back in power some day, we were not basing what we told you on stories that we had cleverly made up. On the contrary, we told you what we saw with our own eyes, the divinely majestic Jesus.

BSB § For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

BLB For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ having followed out cleverly devised fables, but having been eyewitnesses of His majesty.

AICNT For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

OEB For we were not following cleverly devised stories when we told you of the coming in power of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eye-witnesses of his majesty.

WEBBE For we didn’t follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

WMBB For we didn’t follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

NET For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return of our Lord Jesus Christ; no, we were eyewitnesses of his grandeur.

LSV For having not followed out skillfully devised fables, we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but having become eyewitnesses of His majesty—

FBV We didn't follow made-up myths when we told you about the coming in power of our Lord Jesus Christ—we saw his majesty for ourselves.[fn]

1:16 This passage is a reference to the Transfiguration.

TCNT For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

T4T We apostles told you that our Lord Jesus Christ acts powerfully and that he is coming back some day. We were not basing what we told you on stories that we had cleverly ◄invented/made up►. Instead, we told you what we ourselves saw with our own eyes, that the Lord Jesus is supremely great.

LEB For we did not make known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ by[fn] following ingeniously concocted myths, but by[fn] being eyewitnesses of that one’s majesty.

1:16 *Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“following”) which is understood as means

1:16 *Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“being”) which is understood as means

BBE For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.

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Wymth For when we made known to you the power and Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, we were not eagerly following cleverly devised legends, but we had been eye-witnesses of His majesty.

ASV For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

DRA For we have not by following artificial fables, made known to you the power, and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ; but we were eyewitnesses of his greatness.

YLT For, skilfully devised fables not having followed out, we did make known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but eye-witnesses having become of his majesty —

Drby For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, following cleverly imagined fables, but having been eyewitnesses of his majesty.

RV For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

Wbstr For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of his majesty.

KJB-1769 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
(For we have not followd cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. )

KJB-1611 For wee haue not followed cunningly deuised fables, when wee made knowen vnto you the power and comming of our Lord Iesus Christ, but were eye witnesses of his Maiestie.
(For we have not followd cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Yesus/Yeshua Christ, but were eye witnesses of his Maiestie.)

Bshps For we haue not folowed deceitfull fables, when we opened vnto you the power and commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe, but with our eyes we sawe his maiestie:
(For we have not followd deceitfull fables, when we opened unto you the power and coming of our Lord Yesus/Yeshua Christ, but with our eyes we saw his majesty:)

Gnva For we followed not deceiuable fables when we opened vnto you the power, and comming of our Lord Iesus Christ, but with our eyes we saw his maiestie:
(For we followd not deceiuable fables when we opened unto you the power, and coming of our Lord Yesus/Yeshua Christ, but with our eyes we saw his majesty: )

Cvdl For we folowed not deceaueable fables, whan we declared vnto you the power and commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ: but with oure eyes we sawe his maiestie,
(For we followd not deceaueable fables, when we declared unto you the power and coming of our LORD Yesus/Yeshua Christ: but with our eyes we saw his majesty,)

TNT For we folowed not decevable fables when we openned vnto you the power and commynge of oure lorde Iesus Christ but with oure eyes we sawe his maieste:
(For we followd not decevable fables when we openned unto you the power and coming of our lord Yesus/Yeshua Christ but with our eyes we saw his mayest/maye: )

Wyc For we not suynge vnwise talis, han maad knowun to you the vertu and the biforknowyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist; but we weren maad biholderis of his greetnesse.
(For we not suynge unwise talis, have made known to you the virtue and the beforeknowing of our Lord Yhesu Christ; but we were made biholderis of his greatness.)

Luth Denn wir haben nicht den klugen Fabeln gefolget, da wir euch kundgetan haben die Kraft und Zukunft unsers HErr’s JEsu Christi, sondern wir haben seine Herrlichkeit selber gesehen,
(Because we/us have not the klugen Fabeln gefolget, there we/us you kundgetan have the Kraft and Zukunft unsers LORD’s YEsu Christi, rather we/us have his Lordlichkeit selber gesehen,)

ClVg Non enim doctas fabulas secuti notam fecimus vobis Domini nostri Jesu Christi virtutem et præsentiam: sed speculatores facti illius magnitudinis.[fn]
(Non because doctas fabulas followed notam fecimus to_you Master our Yesu of_Christ virtutem and præsentiam: but speculatores facti illius magnitudinis. )

1.16 Non enim indoctas fabulas, etc. BEDA. Hic et paganos tangit et hæreticos. Pagani, quidquid eos delectabat, deos appellare non timuerunt. Hæretici, acceptis Dei veri mysteriis, de cætero non divinis Scripturis attendere, sed potius ad sensum erroneum has male interpretando transferre studuerunt. Sed speculatores facti, etc. Transfiguratio Domini et claritas ejus signum erat resurrectionis suæ et nostræ. Per Eliam qui cum eo apparuit, intelligitur resurrectio eorum qui fuerunt ante legem. Per Moysen, eorum qui sub lege; per Petrum, et Jacobum, et Joannem, eorum qui sub gratia. Vel, per Moysen mortuum mortuorum, per vivos vivorum.

1.16 Non because indoctas fabulas, etc. BEDA. Hic and paganos tangit and hæreticos. Pagani, quidquid them delectabat, deos appellare not/no timuerunt. Hæretici, acceptis of_God veri mysteriis, about cætero not/no divinis Scripturis attendere, but rather to sensum erroneum has male interpretando transferre studuerunt. But speculatores facti, etc. Transfiguratio Master and claritas his signum was resurrectionis suæ and nostræ. Per Eliam who when/with eo apparuit, intelligitur resurrectio their who fuerunt before legem. Per Moysen, their who under lege; through Petrum, and Yacobum, and Yoannem, their who under gratia. Vel, through Moysen mortuum mortuorum, through vivos vivorum.

UGNT οὐ γὰρ σεσοφισμένοις μύθοις ἐξακολουθήσαντες, ἐγνωρίσαμεν ὑμῖν τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δύναμιν καὶ παρουσίαν, ἀλλ’ ἐπόπται γενηθέντες τῆς ἐκείνου μεγαλειότητος.
(ou gar sesofismenois muthois exakolouthaʸsantes, egnōrisamen humin taʸn tou Kuriou haʸmōn Yaʸsou Ⱪristou dunamin kai parousian, all’ epoptai genaʸthentes taʸs ekeinou megaleiotaʸtos.)

SBL-GNT Οὐ γὰρ σεσοφισμένοις μύθοις ἐξακολουθήσαντες ἐγνωρίσαμεν ὑμῖν τὴν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δύναμιν καὶ παρουσίαν, ἀλλʼ ἐπόπται γενηθέντες τῆς ἐκείνου μεγαλειότητος.
(Ou gar sesofismenois muthois exakolouthaʸsantes egnōrisamen humin taʸn tou kuriou haʸmōn Yaʸsou Ⱪristou dunamin kai parousian, allʼ epoptai genaʸthentes taʸs ekeinou megaleiotaʸtos.)

TC-GNT Οὐ γὰρ σεσοφισμένοις μύθοις ἐξακολουθήσαντες ἐγνωρίσαμεν ὑμῖν τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δύναμιν καὶ παρουσίαν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπόπται γενηθέντες τῆς ἐκείνου μεγαλειότητος.
(Ou gar sesofismenois muthois exakolouthaʸsantes egnōrisamen humin taʸn tou Kuriou haʸmōn Yaʸsou Ⱪristou dunamin kai parousian, all epoptai genaʸthentes taʸs ekeinou megaleiotaʸtos. )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Connecting Statement:

For indicates that in 1:16–21 Peter explains to the believers why they should remember “these things,” which were mentioned in 1:5–7. Alternate translation: “This is because”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

οὐ & ἐγνωρίσαμεν

not & ˱we˲_made_known

Here, we refers to Peter and the other apostles. It does not refer to his readers. Alternate translation: “we apostles did not follow”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

τὴν & δύναμιν καὶ παρουσίαν

the & power and coming

The words power and coming work together to refer to the same thing; they may be translated as a single phrase. Alternate translation: “the powerful coming”

τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δύναμιν καὶ παρουσίαν

the ˱of˲_the Lord ˱of˲_us Jesus Christ power and coming

In this clause Peter refers to the second coming of the Lord Jesus to earth. This future event was foreshadowed by the powerful appearance of Jesus known as the “transfiguration,” which is described in Matthew 17:1–8, Mark 9:1–8, and Luke 9:28–36. Peter was an eyewitness of that event.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

˱of˲_the Lord ˱of˲_us Jesus Christ

Here, our refers to all believers.

ἐπόπται γενηθέντες

eyewitnesses /having_been/_become

This phrase indicates the means by which the apostles had made known to others the second coming of Jesus. The apostles based their teaching about the return of Jesus partly on their eyewitness experience. Alternate translation: “by means of becoming eyewitnesses”

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

τῆς ἐκείνου μεγαλειότητος

˱of˲_the ˱of˲_that_‹one› greatness

The pronoun that one refers to Jesus. Alternate translation: “of the majesty of Jesus”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῆς ἐκείνου μεγαλειότητος

˱of˲_the ˱of˲_that_‹one› greatness

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun majesty with an adjective such as “majestic.” Alternate translation: “of his majestic nature”

Parallel 2PET 1:16

Connecting Statement: