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ULT Indeed, eternal life to the ones, according to endurance of good work, seeking glory and honor and incorruptibility,

UST Living eternally is how God repays those people who keep striving for God to glorify, honor, and preserve them forever. They do this by persisting in doing what is good.

BSB To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.

BLB to those who indeed with endurance in good work are seeking glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;

AICNT to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

OEB To those who, by perseverance in doing good, aim at glory, honour, and all that is imperishable, he will give immortal life;

WEBBE to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honour, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

WMBB (Same as above)

NET eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

LSV to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, seek glory, and honor, and incorruptibility—continuous life;

FBV Those who have kept on trying to do what is good and right will receive glory and honor, immortality and eternal life.

TCNT To those who by patient endurance in good works seek glory, honor, and immortality, he will give eternal life;

T4T Specifically, some people, by continuing to doing good things, strive to be highly honored by God [DOU] and to receive a life that will not end. God will reward them by enabling them to live forever.

LEB to those who, by perseverance in good work, seek glory and honor and immortality, eternal life,

BBE To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

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Wymth to those on the one hand who, by lives of persistent right-doing, are striving for glory, honour and immortality, the Life of the Ages;

ASV to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

DRA To them indeed, who according to patience in good work, seek glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life:

YLT to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility — life age-during;

Drby to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal.

RV to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life:

Wbstr To them who by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, and honor, and immortality; eternal life:

KJB-1769 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

KJB-1611 To them, who by patient continuance in well doing, seeke for glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, eternall life:
(To them, who by patient continuance in well doing, seek for glory, and honour, and immortalitie, eternal life:)

Bshps To them, whiche by continuyng in well doyng seke for glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, eternall lyfe.
(To them, which by continuyng in well doyng seek for glory, and honour, and immortalitie, eternal life.)

Gnva That is, to them which through patience in well doing, seeke glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, euerlasting life:
(That is, to them which through patience in well doing, seek glory, and honour, and immortalitie, everlasting life: )

Cvdl namely, prayse & honoure, and vncorrupcion, vnto them that with pacience in doinge good, seke euerlastinge life:
(namely, praise and honour, and uncorrupcion, unto them that with patience in doinge good, seek everlasting life:)

TNT that is to saye prayse honoure and immortalite to them which cotinue in good doynge and seke eternall lyfe.
(that is to say praise honoure and immortalite to them which cotinue in good doing and seek eternal life. )

Wycl sotheli to hem that ben bi pacience of good werk, glorie, and onour, and vncorrupcioun, to hem that seken euerlastynge lijf;
(truly to them that been by patience of good work, glory, and honour, and uncorrupcioun, to them that seek everlasting life;)

Luth nämlich Preis und Ehre und, unvergängliches Wesen denen, die mit Geduld in guten Werken trachten nach dem ewigen Leben,
(nämlich Preis and Ehre und, unvergängliches Wesen denen, the with Geduld in guten Werken trachten after to_him ewigen Leben,)

ClVg iis quidem qui secundum patientiam boni operis, gloriam, et honorem, et incorruptionem quærunt, vitam æternam:
(iis indeed who after/second patientiam boni operis, gloriam, and honorem, and incorruptionem quærunt, life eternal: )

UGNT τοῖς μὲν καθ’ ὑπομονὴν ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ, δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν καὶ ἀφθαρσίαν ζητοῦσιν, ζωὴν αἰώνιον;
(tois men kath’ hupomonaʸn ergou agathou, doxan kai timaʸn kai aftharsian zaʸtousin, zōaʸn aiōnion;)

SBL-GNT τοῖς μὲν καθʼ ὑπομονὴν ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν καὶ ἀφθαρσίαν ζητοῦσιν ζωὴν αἰώνιον·
(tois men kathʼ hupomonaʸn ergou agathou doxan kai timaʸn kai aftharsian zaʸtousin zōaʸn aiōnion;)

TC-GNT τοῖς μὲν καθ᾽ ὑπομονὴν ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν καὶ ἀφθαρσίαν ζητοῦσι, ζωὴν αἰώνιον·
(tois men kath hupomonaʸn ergou agathou doxan kai timaʸn kai aftharsian zaʸtousi, zōaʸn aiōnion; )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

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In 2:7–10 Paul explains what he means when he said in 2:6 that God will “pay back to each according to his deeds.”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

τοῖς & καθ’ ὑπομονὴν ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ, δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν καὶ ἀφθαρσίαν ζητοῦσιν, ζωὴν αἰώνιον;

˱to˲_the_‹ones› & with endurance ˱in˲_work good glory and honor and indestructibility seeking life eternal

If it would be more natural in your language, you could change the order of these clauses. Alternate translation: “eternal life to those who are seeking glory and honor and incorruptibility according to endurance of good work”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ζωὴν αἰώνιον

life eternal

Paul is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the previous verse. Alternate translation: “eternal life is what God pays back”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τοῖς & ζητοῦσιν

˱to˲_the_‹ones› & seeking

Paul uses seeking to refer to these people as if they were trying to find something. He means that they are trying to live in such a way as to obtain glory and honor and incorruptibility. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “to those who … keep trying to attain”

τοῖς & καθ’ ὑπομονὴν ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ, δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν καὶ ἀφθαρσίαν ζητοῦσιν, ζωὴν αἰώνιον

˱to˲_the_‹ones› & with endurance ˱in˲_work good glory and honor and indestructibility seeking life eternal

Here, according to could indicate: (1) the means by which these people are seeking glory and honor and incorruptibility. Alternate translation: “everlasting life to those who, by means of endurance of good work, are seeking glory and honor and incorruptibility” (2) the reason why God gives these people everlasting life. Alternate translation: “because they endure in good work and are seeking glory and honor and incorruptibility, everlasting life”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

καθ’ ὑπομονὴν ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ

with endurance ˱in˲_work good

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of endurance, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “according to the fact that they keep on doing good work”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν καὶ ἀφθαρσίαν

glory and honor and indestructibility

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of glory, honor, and incorruptibility, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “for God to glorify, honor, and cause them to live forever”

Parallel ROM 2:7

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