ROM 15:2 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 Each one of us believers in the Messiah must do what pleases his fellow believers in order to do what is good for them, and in order to help them become spiritually mature.

AICNT Let each of us please our neighbor for their good, for the purpose of building them up.

OEB Let each of us please our neighbour for our neighbour’s good, to help in the building up of their character.

WEBBE Let each one of us please his neighbour for that which is good, to be building him up.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.

LSV for let each one of us please the neighbor for good, for edification,

FBV We should all encourage others to do what's morally right, building them up.

TCNT Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

T4T Each of us should do the things that please the fellow believers with whom we come in contact, and things that will benefit them. We should do those things in order to help them mature spiritually.

LEB Let each one of us please his neighbor for his good, for the purpose of edification.

BBE Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.

Moff Each of us must please his neighbour, doing him good by building up his faith.

Wymth Let each of us endeavour to please his fellow Christian, aiming at a blessing calculated to build him up.

ASV Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.

DRA Let every one of you please his neighbour unto good, to edification.

YLT for let each one of us please the neighbour for good, unto edification,

Drby Let each one of us please his neighbour with a view to what is good, to edification.

RV Let each one of us please his neighbour for that which is good, unto edifying.

SLT For let each of us please the neighbor for good to the building.

Wbstr Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification.

KJB-1769 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

KJB-1611 Let euery one of vs please his neighbour for his good to edification.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Let euery man please his neygbour, in that that is good to edifiyng.
(Let every man please his neygbour, in that that is good to edifiing.)

Gnva Therefore let euery man please his neighbour in that that is good to edification.
(Therefore let every man please his neighbour in that that is good to edification. )

Cvdl Let euery one of vs ordre himselfe so, that he please his neghboure vnto his welth, and edifienge:
(Let every one of us order himself so, that he please his neighbour unto his welth, and edifienge:)

TNT Let every man please his neghbour vnto his welth and edyfyinge.
(Let every man please his neghbour unto his welth and edifying. )

Wycl Eche of vs plese to his neiybore in good, to edificacioun.
(Eche of us please to his neighbour in good, to edification.)

Luth Es stelle sich aber ein jeglicher unter uns also, daß er seinem Nächsten gefalle zum Guten, zur Besserung.
(It position itself/yourself/themselves but a any/each under us/to_us/ourselves also, that he his neighbour gradient for_the good_(things/ones), to/for Besserung.)

ClVg Unusquisque vestrum proximo suo placeat in bonum, ad ædificationem.
(Everyone of_you the_next his_own please in/into/on good, to buildsionem. )

UGNT ἕκαστος ἡμῶν τῷ πλησίον ἀρεσκέτω εἰς τὸ ἀγαθὸν πρὸς οἰκοδομήν.
(hekastos haʸmōn tōi plaʸsion aresketō eis to agathon pros oikodomaʸn.)

SBL-GNT ἕκαστος ἡμῶν τῷ πλησίον ἀρεσκέτω εἰς τὸ ἀγαθὸν πρὸς οἰκοδομήν·
(hekastos haʸmōn tōi plaʸsion aresketō eis to agathon pros oikodomaʸn;)

RP-GNT Ἕκαστος ἡμῶν τῷ πλησίον ἀρεσκέτω εἰς τὸ ἀγαθὸν πρὸς οἰκοδομήν.
(Hekastos haʸmōn tōi plaʸsion aresketō eis to agathon pros oikodomaʸn.)

TC-GNT [fn]Ἕκαστος ἡμῶν τῷ πλησίον ἀρεσκέτω εἰς τὸ ἀγαθὸν πρὸς οἰκοδομήν.
(Hekastos haʸmōn tōi plaʸsion aresketō eis to agathon pros oikodomaʸn. )

15:2 εκαστος ¦ εκαστος γαρ TR

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 15:1–13: Believers should help one another

In this section, Paul said that believers who are strong, as he defined “strong” in 14:1–9, should help believers who are weak (also as in 14:1–9). The strong are to encourage the weak, with the result that all may have hope in God.

Paul prayed that God would help the believers, strong and weak, to live in unity and glorify God.

Paul urged the believers to always welcome one another, because doing that glorifies God. Jesus served the Jews to show that God’s word was true and confirm his promises, which in turn encourages the non-Jews to glorify God for his mercy to them.

Then Paul prayed that God would fill them with joy and peace in their faith, with the result that the Holy Spirit would fill them with hope.

Here are other possible headings for this section:

Carry weak believers, encourage them and accept them

Help believers who are not strong

15:2a

Each of us should please his neighbor for his good,

Each of us^(incl) must make his neighbor happy by doing things that benefit him,
Each of us must do the deeds that please and help our neighbors

Each of us should please: This is a command that Each of us must please his neighbor. For example:

Each of us must please (NRSV)

Each of us: Some scholars think the word us refers only to the strong believers (15:1) but others think it refers to all believers. Do not try to explain it in your translation.

please: Here this word refers to doing things that help the neighbor so that he is happy.

neighbor: Some scholars think this word refers only to other believers but other scholars think it refers to anyone who lives nearby. Do not try to explain it in your translation.

for his good: The Greek is literally “to/for the good.” This probably refers generally to the church, that is, all believers in Rome.See Dunn (page 837) or Jewett (page 879). (The next phrase, literally “toward building up,” is also probably general.) For example:

for the good (NABRE)

But many English versions translate as the BSB does. This interprets the Greek as “for the good of the neighbor.” With this interpretation, this command refers only to pleasing the neighbor.

15:2b

to build him up.

that is, to strengthen him in his faith.
to do better in living by faith.

to build him up: The Greek is literally “toward building up.” This purpose clause explains what Paul meant by “to/for the good” (15:2a). This probably refers generally to the church, that is, all believers in Rome. For example:

for building up (NABRE)

But many English versions translate as the BSB does. This interprets the Greek as building up the neighbor only.

build him up: Here the words build…up refer to strengthening or encouraging others so that they live in faith better. Here are other ways to translate this word:

edification

help strengthen him

help him in his faith

See how you translated the word “edification” in 14:19.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῷ πλησίον

˱to˲_the_‹one› near

Here, neighbor refers to other Christians. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [his fellow Christians]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

εἰς & πρὸς

to & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἕκαστος ἡμῶν τῷ πλησίον ἀρεσκέτω εἰς τό ἀγαθόν πρός οἰκοδομήν)

Here, for and toward indicate that what follows are purposes for pleasing one’s neighbor. Use the most natural way in your language for indicating a purpose. Alternate translation: [for the purpose of … and for the purpose of]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οἰκοδομήν

building

See how you translated building up in [14:19](../14/19.md)

Parallel ROM 15:2

Section 15:1–13: Believers should help one another

15:2a

15:2b