PHM 1:20 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, magenta:vocative.
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 Yes, brother, may I benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my inner parts in Christ.

UST Yes, my fellow believer, I am saying what you think I am saying. I want you to do this for me because of what the Lord did for you. Give me another reason to be glad that we are both joined to the Messiah.

BSB § Yes, brother, let me have some benefit [fn] from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.

1:20 Greek onaimēn, a play on the name Onesimus

BLB Yes, brother, may I have profit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.

AICNT Yes, brother, let me benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in {Christ}.[fn]

1:20, Christ: Later manuscripts read “the Lord.” BYZ TR

OEB Yes, friend, let me gain something from you because of your union with the Lord. Cheer my heart by your Christlike spirit.

WEBBE Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.

LSV Yes, brother, may I have profit of you in the LORD; refresh my yearnings in the LORD;

FBV Yes, brother, I'm expecting this favor from you in the Lord; please make me happy in Christ.

TCNT Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from yoʋ in the Lord. Refresh my heart in [fn]the Lord.

1:20 the Lord 74.4% ¦ Christ CT 20.3%

T4T ◄Yes/I say it again►, my dear friend, because you and I both have a relationship with the Lord, I want you to do this for me. Encourage me [SYN] by receiving Onesimus kindly, just like you encourage others who believe in Christ.

LEB No LEB PHM 1:20 verse available

BBE So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.

Moff No Moff PHM book available

Wymth Yes, brother, do me this favour for the Lord's sake. Refresh my heart in Christ.

ASV Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.

DRA Yea, brother. May I enjoy thee in the Lord. Refresh my bowels in the Lord.

YLT Yes, brother, may I have profit of thee in the Lord; refresh my bowels in the Lord;

Drby Yea, brother, I would have profit of thee in [the] Lord: refresh my bowels in Christ.

RV Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.

Wbstr Yes, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

KJB-1769 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
(Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee/you in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord. )

KJB-1611 Yea, brother, let mee haue ioy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowles in the Lord.
(Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee/you in the Lord: refresh my bowls in the Lord.)

Bshps Yea brother, let me enioy this pleasure of thee in the Lorde: Comfort my bowels in the Lorde.
(Yea brother, let me enioy this pleasure of thee/you in the Lord: Comfort my bowels in the Lord.)

Gnva Yea, brother, let mee obteine this pleasure of thee in the Lord: comfort my bowels in the Lord.
(Yea, brother, let me obtain this pleasure of thee/you in the Lord: comfort my bowels in the Lord. )

Cvdl Euen so brother, let me enioye the in the LORDE: refresh thou my hert in the LORDE.
(Even so brother, let me enioye the in the LORD: refresh thou/you my heart in the LORD.)

TNT Even so brother let me enioye the in the Lorde. Comforte my bowels in the Lorde.
(Even so brother let me enioye the in the Lord. Comforte my bowels in the Lord. )

Wyc So, brothir, Y schal vse thee in the Lord; fille thou myn entrails in Crist.
(So, brothir, I shall use thee/you in the Lord; fill thou/you mine entrails in Christ.)

Luth Ja, lieber Bruder, gönne mir, daß ich mich an dir ergötze in dem HErr’s; erquicke mein Herz in dem HErr’s!
(Ya, dear brother, gönne mir, that I me at you/to_you ergötze in to_him LORD’s; erquicke my heart in to_him LORD’s!)

ClVg ita, frater. Ego te fruar in Domino: refice viscera mea in Domino.
(ita, frater. I you(sg) fruar in Master: refice viscera mea in Master. )

UGNT ναί, ἀδελφέ, ἐγώ σου ὀναίμην ἐν Κυρίῳ; ἀνάπαυσόν μου τὰ σπλάγχνα ἐν Χριστῷ.
(nai, adelfe, egō sou onaimaʸn en Kuriōi; anapauson mou ta splagⱪna en Ⱪristōi.)

SBL-GNT ναί, ἀδελφέ, ἐγώ σου ὀναίμην ἐν κυρίῳ· ἀνάπαυσόν μου τὰ σπλάγχνα ἐν ⸀Χριστῷ.
(nai, adelfe, egō sou onaimaʸn en kuriōi; anapauson mou ta splagⱪna en ⸀Ⱪristōi.)

TC-GNT Ναί, ἀδελφέ, ἐγώ σου ὀναίμην ἐν Κυρίῳ· ἀνάπαυσόν μου τὰ σπλάγχνα ἐν [fn]Κυρίῳ.
(Nai, adelfe, egō sou onaimaʸn en Kuriōi; anapauson mou ta splagⱪna en Kuriōi. )

1:20 κυριω 74.4% ¦ χριστω CT 20.3%

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

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Slavery

Slavery was an accepted way of life in the Roman world. Prisoners of war were often made slaves, many were born into slavery, and individuals could voluntarily become slaves for a period of time to work off a debt. A large percentage of the population, including many Christians, were either slaves or freed slaves (see Acts 6:9). Why, then, did Paul not denounce slavery?

There appear to be two reasons. First, slavery in the Roman world was very different from the kind of slavery familiar to the Western world. Slavery was not race-based, and it was seldom lifelong; most slaves could expect to be freed by the age of thirty. In fact, a number of people sold themselves into slavery for upward social mobility into otherwise unattainable social circles. Some slaves were well educated and held responsible positions in their households and in society; many had amicable relations with their masters. In the Roman world, Christians like Philemon would have felt no compunction about owning slaves.

The second reason that Paul did not decry the institution of slavery was that his calling was not to change the structures of society, but to build the church—to see people converted and their lives spiritually transformed. For Paul, whether a believer is a slave or not is somewhat irrelevant, as are external circumstances generally; the important thing is serving Christ, whatever one’s situation in life. In other words, Paul is more concerned with Christian life and witness than with physical emancipation. So even slaves can do their work as an act of worship (Eph 6:5-8; Col 3:22-24; cp. 1 Tim 6:1-2). When Paul addresses Christian slaves, he encourages them to accept their lot as a calling in which they can serve Christ; he is their real Master, and in him they are really free (1 Cor 7:20-24).

Paradoxically, every Christian (whether slave or free), having been freed from the most tragic form of slavery—slavery to sin—can now experience true freedom by living as a slave of God and of righteousness (Rom 6:6-22). For Paul, this is the only kind of slavery and freedom that is ultimately significant.

Passages for Further Study

Rom 6:6-22; 1 Cor 7:20-24; 9:19; Eph 6:5-8; Col 3:22-24; 1 Tim 6:1-2; Phlm 1:8-21

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀδελφέ

brother

Here, brother is a metaphor for a fellow believer. Alternate translation: “spiritual brother” or “brother in Christ”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐν Κυρίῳ

in /the/_Lord

See how you translated in the Lord in verse 16. This metaphor refers to being a believer in Jesus and means the same as in Christ. Alternate translation: “as you serve the Lord” or “because we are fellow believers in the Lord”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἀνάπαυσόν μου τὰ σπλάγχνα ἐν Χριστῷ

refresh ˱of˲_me the heart in Christ

How Paul wanted Philemon to refresh him can be made explicit. Alternate translation: “refresh my inward parts in Christ by accepting Onesimus kindly”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀνάπαυσόν μου τὰ σπλάγχνα

refresh ˱of˲_me the heart

Here, refresh is a metaphor for comfort or encourage. Alternate translation: “encourage me” or “comfort me”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἀνάπαυσόν μου τὰ σπλάγχνα

refresh ˱of˲_me the heart

Here, inward parts is a metonym for a person’s feelings, thoughts, or inner being. Alternate translation: “encourage me” or “comfort me”

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