PHM 1:23 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, 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).

UST Epaphras, who is suffering with me in prison for serving Messiah Jesus, says hello to you.

AICNT Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

OEB Epaphras, who is my fellow prisoner for Christ Jesus, sends you his greeting;

WEBBE Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

WMBB Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Messiah Yeshua, greets you,

NET Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you.

LSV Epaphras greets you (my fellow-captive in Christ Jesus),

FBV Epaphras who is here in prison with me sends his greetings,

TCNT Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ [fn]Jesus,

1:23 Jesus, and Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers, greet yoʋ. [72.8%] ¦ Jesus greets yoʋ, and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers. ANT CT [25.5%]

T4T Epaphras, who is suffering with me in prison because of his serving Christ Jesus, ◄sends his greetings to you/wants you to know that he is thinking fondly about you►.

LEB No LEB PHM 1:23 verse available

BBE Epaphras, my brother-prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you his love;

Moff Epaphras my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus salutes you.

Wymth Greetings to you, my brother, from Epaphras my fellow prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus;

ASV Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus, saluteth thee;

DRA There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus;

YLT Salute thee doth Epaphras, (my fellow-captive in Christ Jesus,)

Drby Epaphras salutes thee, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus;

RV Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus, saluteth thee;
(Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus, saluteth thee/you; )

SLT Epaphras greets thee, my fellow-captive in Christ Jesus;

Wbstr There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus;

KJB-1769 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
(There salute thee/you Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; )

KJB-1611 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Iesus:
(There salute thee/you Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Yesus/Yeshua:)

Bshps There salute thee Epaphras, my felowe prisoner in Christe Iesus.
(There salute thee/you Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Yesus/Yeshua.)

Gnva There salute thee Epaphras my felowe prisoner in Christ Iesus,
(There salute thee/you Epaphras my fellow prisoner in Christ Yesus/Yeshua, )

Cvdl There saluteth the, Epaphras my felowe presoner in Christ Iesu,
(There saluteth them, Epaphras my fellow prisoner in Christ Yesu,)

TNT Ther salute ye Epaphras my felowe presoner in Christ Iesu
(There salute ye/you_all Epaphras my fellow prisoner in Christ Yesu )

Wycl Epafras, prisoner with me in Crist Jhesu,
(Epafras, prisoner with me in Christ Yhesu,)

Luth Es grüßet dich Epaphras, mein Mitgefangener in Christo JEsu,
(It greetings you/yourself Epaphras, my Mitprisonersr in Christo Yesu,)

ClVg Salutat te Epaphras concaptivus meus in Christo Jesu,
(Salutat you(sg) Epaphras concaptivus mine in/into/on to_Christ/Messiah Yesu, )

UGNT ἀσπάζεταί σε Ἐπαφρᾶς, ὁ συναιχμάλωτός μου ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ,
(aspazetai se Epafras, ho sunaiⱪmalōtos mou en Ⱪristōi Yaʸsou,)

SBL-GNT ⸀Ἀσπάζεταί σε Ἐπαφρᾶς ὁ συναιχμάλωτός μου ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ,
(⸀Aspazetai se Epafras ho sunaiⱪmalōtos mou en Ⱪristōi Yaʸsou,)

RP-GNT Ἀσπάζονταί σε Ἐπαφρᾶς ὁ συναιχμάλωτός μου ἐν χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ,
(Aspazontai se Epafras ho sunaiⱪmalōtos mou en ⱪristōi Yaʸsou,)

TC-GNT [fn]Ἀσπάζονταί σε Ἐπαφρᾶς ὁ συναιχμάλωτός μου ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ,
(Aspazontai se Epafras ho sunaiⱪmalōtos mou en Ⱪristōi Yaʸsou, )

1:23 ασπαζονται [72.8%] ¦ ασπαζεται ANT CT [25.5%]

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 22–25: Others greet Philemon

In verses 22–25 Paul wrote to the group of Christians who were with Philemon. So he used “you (plur)” in these verses as he did in verse 3. But in the main Sections of the letter (verses 4–21) he used “you (singular)” rather than “you (plur).” This is one thing that shows that verses 1–3 and verses 22–25 are separate from the other Sections of the letter. So verses 22–25, as a unit, are also a Section that is separate from the other parts of the letter.

After making his main point in the letter in verses 8–21, Paul finished the letter with a few final words in verses 22–25. He asked Philemon to prepare a guest room for him (verse 22), because he hoped that God would answer the prayers of the Christians at Colosse by allowing him to visit them again. Then Paul sent greetings to Philemon from five Christian friends who were there with Paul (verses 23–24). These peoples’ names are also in Colossians 4:10–14. Finally, Paul ended the letter with a Christian blessing (verse 25).

Read verses 22–25 carefully in the BSB and the GNT.

Paragraph 23–24 Fellow believers greet Philemon

In verses 23–24 Paul sent greetings to Philemon from fellow Christians who were where Paul was. Consider how you would translate such a greeting into your language.

Read verses 23–24 again.

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Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings,

¶ Epaphras greets you. He is in prison with me because he, too, serves Christ Jesus.
¶ Epaphras is a prisoner here with me because he preaches about Jesus Christ. He greets you.

Epaphras: This was a friend of both Philemon and Paul. Paul also wrote about this same Epaphras in Colossians 1:7, 4:12.

my fellow prisoner: There are two ideas about what this means:

a man who was in prison with Paul
a man who had been a prisoner like Paul was

The first meaning is probably the closest to what Paul was saying, because Paul sent greetings from Epaphras to the Colossian Christians. Since Epaphras was there with Paul as his fellow prisoner, it is more likely that he was in prison with Paul.

in Christ Jesus: Both Paul and Epaphras were in prison because of the Good News of Jesus Christ. Paul also referred to himself as “a prisoner of Christ Jesus” in verse 1. Paul was in prison because many people didn’t want him to continue preaching about Jesus. Some commentators say that Epaphras went into prison so that he could help Paul. Others say that Epaphras was in prison because he also preached the Good News, and the phrase “my fellow prisoner” seems to imply this.

sends you greetings: Epaphras and the others whose names are in verse 24 asked Paul to send their greetings to their friend Philemon. The you (singular) means that these friends were greeting Philemon as an individual person. It was their way of reminding Philemon that they still loved him and thought well of him.

Parallel PHM 1:23

Section 22–25: Others greet Philemon

Paragraph 23–24 Fellow believers greet Philemon

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