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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)
OET (OET-RV) or service then serve, or teaching then teach,
OET-LV or service, in the service, or the one teaching, in the teaching,
SR-GNT εἴτε διακονίαν, ἐν τῇ διακονίᾳ, εἴτε ὁ διδάσκων, ἐν τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ, ‡
(eite diakonian, en taʸ diakonia, eite ho didaskōn, en taʸ didaskalia,)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, 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 if service, in the service; if the one teaching, in the teaching;
UST If God has enabled you to serve, then you should serve others. If God has enabled you to teach others, then you should teach others.
BSB [if it is] serving, let him serve; [if it is] teaching, let him teach;
MSB (Same as above)
BLB or service, in the service; or teaching, in the teaching;
AICNT if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching;
OEB if it is to minister to others, let us devote ourselves to our ministry; the teacher to their teaching,
WEBBE or service, let’s give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;
WMBB (Same as above)
NET If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach;
LSV or ministry, in the ministry; or he who is teaching, in the teaching;
FBV If it's the ministry of service then you should serve; if teaching then you should teach;
TCNT if it is service, he should serve; if it is teaching, he should teach;
T4T Those whom God has enabled to serve others should do that. Those whom God has enabled to teach his truth should do that.
LEB No LEB ROM book available
BBE Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;
Moff No Moff ROM book available
Wymth if it is the gift of administration, let the administrator exercise a sound judgement in his duties.
ASV or ministry, let us give ourselves to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching;
DRA Or ministry, in ministering; or he that teacheth, in doctrine;
YLT or ministration — 'In the ministration!' or he who is teaching — 'In the teaching!'
Drby or service, [let us occupy ourselves] in service; or he that teaches, in teaching;
RV or ministry, let us give ourselves to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching;
(or ministry, let us give ourselves to our ministry; or he that teacheth/teaches, to his teaching; )
SLT Whether service, in service: whether he teaching, in instruction;
Wbstr Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching:
KJB-1769 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
(Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth/teaches, on teaching; )
KJB-1611 Or ministery, let vs wait, on our ministring: or hee that teacheth, on teaching:
(Or ministery, let us wait, on our ministring: or he that teacheth/teaches, on teaching:)
Bshps No Bshps ROM book available
Gnva Or an office, let vs waite on the office: or he that teacheth, on teaching:
(Or an office, let us wait on the office: or he that teacheth/teaches, on teaching: )
Cvdl No Cvdl ROM book available
TNT Let him that hath an office wayte on his office. Let him that teacheth take hede to his doctrine.
(Let him that hath/has an office wait on his office. Let him that teacheth/teaches take heed to his doctrine. )
Wycl No Wycl ROM book available
Luth No Luth ROM book available
ClVg sive ministerium in ministrando, sive qui docet in doctrina,
(if/or ministerium in/into/on ministrando, if/or who teaches in/into/on teaching/instruction, )
UGNT εἴτε διακονίαν, ἐν τῇ διακονίᾳ; εἴτε ὁ διδάσκων, ἐν τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ;
(eite diakonian, en taʸ diakonia; eite ho didaskōn, en taʸ didaskalia;)
SBL-GNT εἴτε διακονίαν ἐν τῇ διακονίᾳ, εἴτε ὁ διδάσκων ἐν τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ,
(eite diakonian en taʸ diakonia, eite ho didaskōn en taʸ didaskalia,)
RP-GNT εἴτε διακονίαν, ἐν τῇ διακονίᾳ· εἴτε ὁ διδάσκων, ἐν τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ·
(eite diakonian, en taʸ diakonia; eite ho didaskōn, en taʸ didaskalia;)
TC-GNT εἴτε διακονίαν, ἐν τῇ διακονίᾳ· εἴτε ὁ διδάσκων, ἐν τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ·
(eite diakonian, en taʸ diakonia; eite ho didaskōn, en taʸ didaskalia; )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).
12:7 teacher: The gift of teaching comes third in the list of gifts in 1 Cor 12:28 and fifth in Eph 4:11. While prophets communicate to the community a message received directly from God, teachers address the church on the basis of studying the word of God.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
εἴτε διακονίαν, ἐν τῇ διακονίᾳ; εἴτε ὁ διδάσκων, ἐν τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ
or service in the service or the_‹one› teaching in the teaching
Paul is leaving out some of the words that a clause would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the context. Alternate translation: [if God has given someone the gift of service, then that person must use that gift for serving; if God has given someone the gift to be the one teaching, then that person must use that gift for teaching]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
διακονίαν & τῇ διακονίᾳ & τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ
service & the service & the teaching
If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of service and teaching, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: [serving others … serving others … teaching others]