PHP 1:8 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).

ULT For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the inner parts of Christ Jesus.

UST I desire very much to be with you all, and I love you all in the same way as Jesus the Messiah loves you. God knows that this is true.

BSB God [is] my witness how I long for all of you with [the] affection of Christ Jesus.

MSB God [is] my witness how I long for all of you with [the] affection of Jesus Christ.

BLB For God is my witness how I long after you all in the affection of Christ Jesus.

AICNT For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of {Christ Jesus}.[fn]

1:8 Christ Jesus: Later manuscripts read “Jesus Christ.” BYZ

OEB God will bear me witness how I yearn for you all with the tenderness of Christ Jesus.

WEBBE For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

WMBB For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Messiah Yeshua.

NET For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

LSV For God is my witness, how I long for you all with [the] yearnings of Jesus Christ,

FBV God is my witness as to my great affection for every one of you in the caring love of Christ Jesus.

TCNT For God is my witness that I long for you all with the affection of [fn]Jesus Christ.

1:8 Jesus Christ ¦ Christ Jesus CT

T4T God can verify that Christ Jesus causes me to love and long for all of you very much, just like Christ loves you.

LEB For God is my witness, that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

BBE For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

Moff (God is my witness that I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus himself!)

Wymth For God is my witness how I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection.

ASV For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

DRA For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

YLT For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

Drby For [fn]God is my witness how I long after you all in [the] bowels of Christ Jesus.

1.8 Elohim

RV For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

SLT For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

Wbstr For God is my witness, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

KJB-1769 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

KJB-1611 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all, in the bowels of Iesus Christ.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For God is my recorde howe greatly I long after you all, in the bowels of Iesus Christe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Gnva For God is my recorde, howe I long after you all from the very heart roote in Iesus Christ.
(For God is my recorde, how I long after you all from the very heart root in Yesus/Yeshua Christ. )

Cvdl For God is my recorde, how I loge after you all euen fro the very hert rote in Iesus Christ.
(For God is my recorde, how I long after you all even from the very heart root in Yesus/Yeshua Christ.)

TNT For God beareth me recorde how greatly I longe after you all from the very herte rote in Iesus Christ.
(For God beareth/bears me record how greatly I long after you all from the very heart root in Yesus/Yeshua Christ. )

Wycl For God is a witnesse to me, hou Y coueyte alle you in the bowelis of Jhesu Crist.
(For God is a witness to me, how I covet all you in the bowelis of Yhesu Christ.)

Luth Denn GOtt ist mein Zeuge, wie mich nach euch allen verlanget von Herzensgrund in JEsu Christo.
(Because God is my witness(n), as/like me after you all/everyone demanded from heartgrund in Yesu Christo.)

ClVg Testis enim mihi est Deus, quomodo cupiam omnes vos in visceribus Jesu Christi.[fn]
(Testis because to_me it_is God, how cupiam everyone you(pl) in/into/on visceribus Yesu Christi. )

1.8 Cupiam omnes vos, etc. Id est intimo amore Christi, ut ab eo perfecte diligamini, vel eo affectu diligatis Deum et proximos, quo Christus qui animam posuit. Vel hoc refertur ad id quod supra dixit, se desiderare eos esse socios gaudii sui. Et determinat quomodo, scilicet amore Christi, non humano, ut participes habeat in Deo.

1.8 Cupiam everyone you(pl), etc. That it_is intimo with_love Christi, as away by_him perfectly I_will_loveini, or by_him with_feeling you_love God and neighbours, where Christ/Messiah who/which the_soul put. Or this it_is_reported to that that above he/she_said, himself desiderare them to_be partners of_joy self. And determinat quomodo, namely with_love Christi, not/no human, as participants have in/into/on to_God.

UGNT μάρτυς γάρ μου ὁ Θεός, ὡς ἐπιποθῶ πάντας ὑμᾶς ἐν σπλάγχνοις Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ.
(martus gar mou ho Theos, hōs epipothō pantas humas en splagⱪnois Ⱪristou Yaʸsou.)

SBL-GNT μάρτυς γάρ ⸀μου ὁ θεός, ὡς ἐπιποθῶ πάντας ὑμᾶς ἐν σπλάγχνοις ⸂Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ⸃.
(martus gar ⸀mou ho theos, hōs epipothō pantas humas en splagⱪnois ⸂Ⱪristou Yaʸsou⸃.)

RP-GNT Μάρτυς γάρ μού ἐστιν ὁ θεός, ὡς ἐπιποθῶ πάντας ὑμᾶς ἐν σπλάγχνοις Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ.
(Martus gar mou estin ho theos, hōs epipothō pantas humas en splagⱪnois Yaʸsou ⱪristou.)

TC-GNT Μάρτυς γάρ μού [fn]ἐστιν ὁ Θεός, ὡς ἐπιποθῶ πάντας ὑμᾶς ἐν σπλάγχνοις [fn]Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
(Martus gar mou estin ho Theos, hōs epipothō pantas humas en splagⱪnois Yaʸsou Ⱪristou. )

1:8 εστιν ¦ — CT

1:8 ιησου χριστου ¦ χριστου ιησου CT

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 1:3–11: Paul thanked God for the Philippians and prayed for them

In 1:3–11 Paul thanked God for the Philippian believers. He told them that he prayed for them and loved them very much.

Paragraph 1:3–8

Paul told the Philippians that he often thanked God for them and prayed for them. They were a great help to him in preaching the gospel, and Paul loved them deeply.

1:8

God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

God knows it is true that I want very much to see you all again because I love you the way Christ Jesus loves you.
I yearn for you all very much with the love that Christ Jesus has given me for you. God knows this is true.

In the Greek this verse begins with a connecting word meaning “for.” The BSB does not translate this word, but if it is natural in your language, you may use such a connecting word here.

God is my witness: Paul used this phrase when there was no human witness, and especially when he was referring to his thoughts, feelings and attitudes. He meant that God was his witness and could verify that he was telling the truth. He said this five times in his letters when he was talking about how he felt, or when he was showing that he was dedicated to his Lord (also in Romans 1:9; 2 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Thessalonians 2:5, 2:10). You could translate the phrase God is my witness as “God will tell you” or simply as “God knows.” In some translations this phrase is at the end of the verse. See 1:8 in the Display.

I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus: Just as Jesus cared for the Philippians, so Paul cared for them. He cared so deeply for them that he strongly desired to be with them again.

I long for all of you: This refers mainly to Paul’s desire to see the Philippians again. He wanted to visit them again in order to help them grow in their faith, but this reason is probably not the focus here.

the affection of Christ Jesus: The Greek word splanchna, which the BSB translates as affection, literally means “insides of the body,” that is, heart, liver, lungs, kidneys. Greek people considered that these parts of the body were the source of emotions and feeling. They used splanchna to refer to their emotions, much as English-speaking people use the word “heart.”

The entire Greek phrase used here refers to the deep, sincere love that Jesus Christ had for other people. Christ gave Paul the ability to love others in the same way. Therefore, by saying, “I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus,” Paul was saying, “I long for all of you with the love that Jesus Christ has given me.” Another possible translations is:

I long for you because Christ Jesus has caused me to love you.

Parallel PHP 1:8

Section 1:3–11: Paul thanked God for the Philippians and prayed for them

Paragraph 1:3–8

1:8