ROM 16:4 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) who risked their lives to save mine. It’s not just me who’s thankful for them, but also all the assemblies of the non-Jews

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
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 who for the sake of my life laid down their own neck, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;

UST They risked the Romans executing them in order to save my life. Both I and all the groups of believers among the nations are thankful for them.

BLB who have lain down their neck for my life, whom not only I thank, but also all the churches of the Gentiles--

AICNT who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles,

OEB who risked their own lives to save mine. It is not I alone who thank them, but all the churches among the Gentiles thank them also.

WEBBE who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

LSV who laid down their own neck for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations—

FBV who risked their lives for me. It's not just me who is very thankful for them, but all the churches of the foreigners too.[fn]

16:4 Referring to the non-Jewish churches.

TCNT who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

T4T and they were even willing to die [IDM] in order to save my life. It is not only I who thank them for helping me, but the people in all [HYP] the non-Jewish congregations also thank them for saving my life.

LEB who risked their own necks for my life, for which not only I am thankful, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;

BBE Who for my life put their necks in danger; to whom not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are in debt:

Moff who have risked their lives for me; I thank them, and not only I but all the Gentile churches as well.

Wymth friends who have endangered their own lives for mine. I am grateful to them, and not I alone, but all the Gentile Churches also.

ASV who for my life laid down their own necks; unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles:

DRA (Who have for my life laid down their own necks: to whom not I only give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles,)

YLT who for my life their own neck did lay down, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations —

Drby (who for my life staked their own neck; to whom not I only am thankful, but also all the assemblies of the nations,)

RV who for my life laid down their own necks; unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles:

SLT Who for my soul have laid down their own necks: to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the nations.

Wbstr Who have for my life laid down their own necks: to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

KJB-1769 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

KJB-1611 (Who haue for my life laid downe their owne neckes: vnto whome not onely I giue thankes, but also all the Churches of the Gentiles.)
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps (Which haue for my lyfe layde downe their owne neckes: Unto whom, not onlye I geue thankes, but also all the Churches of the gentiles)
((Which have for my life laid down their own necks: Unto whom, not only I give thanks, but also all the Churches of the gentiles))

Gnva (Which haue for my life laide downe their owne necke. Vnto whom not I onely giue thankes, but also all the Churches of the Gentiles.)
((Which have for my life laid down their own neck. Unto whom not I only give thanks, but also all the Churches of the Gentiles.) )

Cvdl which for my life haue layed downe their awne neckes: vnto whom not I onely geue thankes, but all the congregacions of the Heythen.
(which for my life have laid down their own necks: unto whom not I only give thanks, but all the congregations of the Heathen.)

TNT which have for my lyfe layde doune their awne neckes. Vnto which not I only geve thankes but also the congregacion of the gentyls.
(which have for my life laid down their own necks. Unto which not I only give thanks but also the congregation of the gentiles. )

Wycl which vndurputtiden her neckis for my lijf; to whiche not Y aloone do thankyngis, but also alle the chirchis of hethene men.
(which underputtiden her necks for my life; to which not I alone do thankings, but also all the churches of heathen men.)

Luth welche haben für mein Leben ihre Hälse dargegeben, welchen nicht allein ich danke, sondern alle Gemeinden unter den Heiden.
(which have for/in_favour_of my life their/her Hälse dargegeben, which_(ones) not alone I thanks, rather all communities under the heathens.)

ClVg (qui pro anima mea suas cervices supposuerunt: quibus non solus ego gratias ago, sed et cunctæ ecclesiæ gentium),[fn]
((qui for the_soul my their_own necks supposuerunt: to_whom not/no alone I graces ago, but and cunctæ assemblies/churches nations), )

16.4 Ecclesiæ gentium. Quia hi laborant ad profectum gentium exhortantes fidem Christi, qui etiam pericula pro Apostolo pati non recusaverunt; unde et Romani eis obedire debent.

16.4 Assemblies/Churches nations. Because these they_work_hard to progressm nations exhortantes faith Christi, who/which also dangers for Apostolo to_suffer not/no recusaverunt; from_where/who and Romani to_them obedire they_should.

UGNT οἵτινες ὑπὲρ τῆς ψυχῆς μου, τὸν ἑαυτῶν τράχηλον ὑπέθηκαν, οἷς οὐκ ἐγὼ μόνος εὐχαριστῶ, ἀλλὰ καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ἐκκλησίαι τῶν ἐθνῶν,
(hoitines huper taʸs psuⱪaʸs mou, ton heautōn traⱪaʸlon hupethaʸkan, hois ouk egō monos euⱪaristō, alla kai pasai hai ekklaʸsiai tōn ethnōn,)

SBL-GNT οἵτινες ὑπὲρ τῆς ψυχῆς μου τὸν ἑαυτῶν τράχηλον ὑπέθηκαν, οἷς οὐκ ἐγὼ μόνος εὐχαριστῶ ἀλλὰ καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ἐκκλησίαι τῶν ἐθνῶν,
(hoitines huper taʸs psuⱪaʸs mou ton heautōn traⱪaʸlon hupethaʸkan, hois ouk egō monos euⱪaristō alla kai pasai hai ekklaʸsiai tōn ethnōn,)

RP-GNT οἵτινες ὑπὲρ τῆς ψυχῆς μου τὸν ἑαυτῶν τράχηλον ὑπέθηκαν, οἷς οὐκ ἐγὼ μόνος εὐχαριστῶ, ἀλλὰ καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ἐκκλησίαι τῶν ἐθνῶν·
(hoitines huper taʸs psuⱪaʸs mou ton heautōn traⱪaʸlon hupethaʸkan, hois ouk egō monos euⱪaristō, alla kai pasai hai ekklaʸsiai tōn ethnōn;)

TC-GNT οἵτινες ὑπὲρ τῆς ψυχῆς μου τὸν ἑαυτῶν τράχηλον ὑπέθηκαν, οἷς οὐκ ἐγὼ μόνος εὐχαριστῶ, ἀλλὰ καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ἐκκλησίαι τῶν ἐθνῶν·
(hoitines huper taʸs psuⱪaʸs mou ton heautōn traⱪaʸlon hupethaʸkan, hois ouk egō monos euⱪaristō, alla kai pasai hai ekklaʸsiai tōn ethnōn; )

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 16:1–24: Paul greeted the believers in Rome

In this section, Paul told the believers to welcome Phoebe when she arrived in Rome and to help her. It is likely that Phoebe carried this letter to Rome.

Then Paul greeted a number of believers whom he had already met. He often used an encouraging description of the person he was greeting.

Then he encouraged the believers in Rome to welcome one another. He warned them to watch out for people who cause divisions or create problems among the believers. He told them to avoid such people. He reminded them that such people only do things for their own selfish interests. He reminded the believers in Rome that people in many places know that the believers obey God well. He encouraged them by saying that God would soon defeat Satan. He blessed them with the grace of Jesus.

He relayed greetings to them from people who were there with him.

Here are other possible headings for this section:

Final Instructions and Greetings (ESV)

He greeted them and instructed them one last time

Paul greeted the believers there

16:4a

who have risked their lives for me.

They put themselves in danger of dying in order to save my life.
They endangered their own lives to rescue me from death.

who have risked their lives for me: Here this clause further describes Prisca and Aquila. It does not separate this Prisca and Aquila from other couples with the same names. For the correct meaning in some languages, translators must avoid the word who. For example:

and they risked their lives for my life

They risked their lives for my life

have risked their lives for me: The phrase that the BSB translates as risked their lives is literally “risked their necks.” The phrase is a figure of speech that refers to putting oneself in danger of being killed. We do not know what situation this refers to. But Prisca and Aquila put themselves at risk of losing their own lives in order to save Paul from someone or something trying to kill him. Here are other ways to translate this phrase:

risked their own necks to save my life (NJB)

risked their lives for me (NIV)

they risked dying to rescue me from dying

16:4b

Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

Not only I thank them, but all the communities of Gentile believers also thank them.
I tell them thank you. But not only me, all the groups of believers in non-Jewish towns tell them thank you as well.

Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them: The word them refers to Prisca and Aquila. It may be more natural in some languages for the translator to avoid the word them here. For example:

Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to Prisca and Aquila.

The phrases Not only I and but all the churches of the Gentiles indicate that Paul gave thanks and these churches gave thanks as well. They also emphasize that Paul was not the only person to give thanks. Here are other ways to translate these words:

I am thankful to them, and so are all the Gentile churches (NLT)

I thank them. And that’s not all, all groups of believers who are not Jews thank them also.

the churches: See how you translated the word “church” in 16:1.

Gentiles: The word Gentiles refers to non-Jewish people. See how you translated this word in 1:13 or 15:27.

are grateful: This refers to saying words of appreciation to someone. For example:

say thanks

thank

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish

οἵτινες ὑπὲρ τῆς ψυχῆς μου, τὸν ἑαυτῶν τράχηλον ὑπέθηκαν, οἷς οὐκ ἐγὼ μόνος εὐχαριστῶ, ἀλλὰ καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ἐκκλησίαι τῶν ἐθνῶν

who (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οἵτινες ὑπέρ τῆς ψυχῆς μού τόν ἑαυτῶν τράχηλον ὑπέθηκαν οἷς οὐκ ἐγώ μόνος εὐχαριστῶ ἀλλά καί πάσαι αἱ ἐκκλησίαι τῶν ἐθνῶν)

This verse interrupts the main part of the sentence in [16:3–5](../16/03.md) in order to give further information about Prisca and Aquila. If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this verse as its own sentence and repeat the main verb of the previous verse in the next verse, as in the UST.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

τὸν ἑαυτῶν τράχηλον ὑπέθηκαν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οἵτινες ὑπέρ τῆς ψυχῆς μού τόν ἑαυτῶν τράχηλον ὑπέθηκαν οἷς οὐκ ἐγώ μόνος εὐχαριστῶ ἀλλά καί πάσαι αἱ ἐκκλησίαι τῶν ἐθνῶν)

This phrase refers to doing something that would put someone in danger of being executed. Romans often executed people by chopping their heads off at the neck with an axe. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent idiom or use plain language. Alternate translation: [risked having their heads chopped off by the Roman authorities]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐγὼ & εὐχαριστῶ

Here Paul speaks of expressing thanks as if they were something that he could give to someone. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I am thankful]

Parallel ROM 16:4

Section 16:1–24: Paul greeted the believers in Rome

16:4a

16:4b