2 TH 3:17 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) This farewell is in my own handwriting—I’m Paul, and I do this with every letter I write.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, 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 This greeting is in my own hand—Paul—which is a sign in every letter. In this manner I write.

UST Now I have taken the pen from my scribe, and I, Paul, am sending this greeting to you as I write this myself. I do this in all my letters in order that you may know that it is truly I who have sent this letter. This is how I always end my letters.

BLB The greeting is in my own hand--Paul, which is my sign in every letter. In this manner I write.

AICNT The greeting is in my own hand — Paul's, which is a sign in every letter; so I write.

OEB ¶ I, Paul, add this greeting in my own handwriting. It is my signature to every letter. This is how I write.

WEBBE I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is the sign in every letter. This is how I write.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is how I write in every letter.

LSV The salutation by the hand of me, Paul, which is a sign in every letter; thus I write.

FBV Notice the greeting to you from me, Paul, in my own handwriting. This is my signature on every letter I write.

TCNT I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. This is the distinguishing mark in all my letters; it is the way I write.

T4T Now, having taken the pen from my scribe, I, Paul, am sending this greeting to you as I write this myself [SYN]. I do this in all my letters in order that you may know that it is truly I who have sent this letter. This is how I always end my letters.

LEB The greeting is by my hand, Paul’s, which is _⌊a sign of genuineness_⌋[fn] in every letter: _⌊this is how I write_⌋[fn].

3:17 Literally “a sign”

3:17 Literally “in this way I write”

BBE These words of love to you at the end are in my writing, Paul's writing, and this is the mark of every letter from me.

Moff The salutation is in my own hand, Paul's; that is a mark in every letter of mine. This is how I write.

Wymth I Paul add the greeting with my own hand, which is the credential in every letter of mine.

ASV ¶ The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.

DRA The salutation of Paul with my own hand; which is the sign in every epistle. So I write.

YLT The salutation by the hand of me, Paul, which is a sign in every letter; thus I write;

Drby The salutation by the hand of me, Paul, which is [the] mark in every letter; so I write.

RV The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.

SLT The greeting of Paul with my hand, which is the sign in every epistle: so I write.

Wbstr The salutation of Paul with my own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.

KJB-1769 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.

KJB-1611 The salutation of Paul, with mine owne hand, which is the token in euery Epistle: so I write.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps The salutation of me Paul with mine owne hande. This is the token in euery epistle. So I write.
(The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. This is the token in every epistle. So I write.)

Gnva The salutation of me Paul, with mine owne hand, which is ye token in euery Epistle: so I write,
(The salutation of me Paul, with mine own hand, which is ye/you_all token in every Epistle: so I write, )

Cvdl The salutacion of me Paul with myne awne hande: This is the token in all epistles, So I wryte,
(The salutacion of me Paul with mine own hand: This is the token in all epistles, So I wryte,)

TNT The salutacion of me Paul with myne awne honde. This is the token in all pistles. So I write.
(The salutacion of me Paul with mine own hand. This is the token in all pistles. So I write. )

Wycl My salutacioun bi the hoond of Poul; which signe in ech epistle Y write thus.
(My salutacioun by the hand of Poul; which sign in each epistle I write thus.)

Luth Der Gruß mit meiner, des Paulus, Hand. Das ist das Zeichen in allen Briefen; also schreibe ich.
(The Gruß with mine, the Paulus, Hand. The is the sign in all/everyone lettersn; also write I.)

ClVg Salutatio, mea manu Pauli: quod est signum in omni epistola, ita scribo.
(Salutatio, my by_hand Pauli: that it_is sign/signal in/into/on all letterola, so/thus scribo. )

UGNT ὁ ἀσπασμὸς τῇ ἐμῇ χειρὶ, Παύλου, ὅ ἐστιν σημεῖον ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιστολῇ, οὕτως γράφω.
(ho aspasmos taʸ emaʸ ⱪeiri, Paulou, ho estin saʸmeion en pasaʸ epistolaʸ, houtōs grafō.)

SBL-GNT Ὁ ἀσπασμὸς τῇ ἐμῇ χειρὶ Παύλου, ὅ ἐστιν σημεῖον ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιστολῇ· οὕτως γράφω.
(Ho aspasmos taʸ emaʸ ⱪeiri Paulou, ho estin saʸmeion en pasaʸ epistolaʸ; houtōs grafō.)

RP-GNT Ὁ ἀσπασμὸς τῇ ἐμῇ χειρὶ Παύλου, ὅ ἐστιν σημεῖον ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιστολῇ· οὕτως γράφω.
(Ho aspasmos taʸ emaʸ ⱪeiri Paulou, ho estin saʸmeion en pasaʸ epistolaʸ; houtōs grafō.)

TC-GNT Ὁ ἀσπασμὸς τῇ ἐμῇ χειρὶ Παύλου, ὅ ἐστι σημεῖον ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιστολῇ· οὕτω γράφω.
(Ho aspasmos taʸ emaʸ ⱪeiri Paulou, ho esti saʸmeion en pasaʸ epistolaʸ; houtō grafō. )

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 3:16–18: Paul prayed for the Thessalonians and greeted them

Paul prayed a final blessing for the Thessalonians. He prayed that Christ would cause their lives to go well. He then signed the letter in his own handwriting.

3:17a

This greeting is in my own hand—Paul.

¶ I, Paul, am writing this greeting myself, in my own handwriting.
¶ I, Paul, with my own hand, write these last words to you to greet you all.

3:17b

This is my mark in every letter; it is the way I write.

This is the way I write the end of all my letters so that everyone will know that the letter is from me.

3:17a–b

This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. This is my mark in every letter; it is the way I write: Paul usually dictated his letters (that is, he spoke aloud what he wanted to say) so that another person could write them down for himOne cannot be sure why Paul dictated his letters to a secretary, since it is clear that he was an educated man who could read and write both Greek and Hebrew. Paul may have had poor eyesight. No one knows for sure. What Paul seems to be saying in 3:17 is, “I, Paul, am writing this greeting with my own hand, and not by means of a secretary. This is a distinctive sign to show you that this letter is from me, Paul, and not from someone else pretending to be me. I do the same with all my letters, so that if you receive a letter without these last few words written by me, you may know that it does not come from me. That is the way I write my letters.”. However, he would often take the pen at some point to write the final part of the letter himself, presumably as a proof that it was really from himWhy was Paul afraid that someone else would write a letter that claimed to be from him? Or if he was not afraid of that, why did he write the end of this letter with his own hand? In the context, Paul has just emphasized a warning to disobedient and lazy believers. Therefore he may want to show that this letter has also come from the same person who wrote the first letter (1 Thessalonians), which they would have with them still. If they believed the first letter came from him, they would then be able to compare the handwriting of the end of each letter and see that they were the same. See also 1 Corinthians 16:21; Galatians 6:11; Colossians 4:18. It is not clear how much of the letter Paul wrote, so you should avoid being too specific.Which words did Paul himself write? Below are three main points of view on this:(1) Paul wrote the last few words (3:17 and 3:18) in his own handwriting.(2) Paul wrote the words of 3:17 in his own handwriting. He emphasizes that the Thessalonians should be able to recognize his own handwriting (NJB, REB). However this opinion puts too much emphasis on their ability to recognize the handwriting. It is more important to emphasize his statement that he wrote the end of all his letters by himself to show that they were truly from him.(3) Paul wrote (in his own handwriting) only the word “Paul,” or the words “Greetings from Paul” (GNT). This view emphasizes that the signature was truly Paul’s writing. This is not likely to be what Paul really meant, since this is not the way he ended the first letter (1 Thessalonians). However, in two later letters (1 Corinthians 16:21 and Colossians 4:18), he wrote “the greeting of Paul with my hand.” He also wrote Philemon 19 with his own hand. He did not write his signature as the last word in his letters, as people do today. In that time, someone would know that a letter was from him usually because his name was written in the first line of the letter. But in this case, it was in the handwriting of his secretary.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

ὁ ἀσπασμὸς τῇ ἐμῇ χειρὶ, Παύλου, ὅ ἐστιν σημεῖον ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιστολῇ, οὕτως γράφω

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ ἀσπασμός τῇ ἐμῇ χειρί Παύλου ὅ ἐστίν σημεῖον ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιστολῇ οὕτως γράφω)

Alternate translation: [I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which I do in every letter, as a sign that this letter is truly from me because this is how I write]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

τῇ ἐμῇ χειρὶ

¬the ˱in˲_my_‹own› (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ ἀσπασμός τῇ ἐμῇ χειρί Παύλου ὅ ἐστίν σημεῖον ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιστολῇ οὕτως γράφω)

Here, the phrase in my own hand is an idiom meaning “in my own handwriting.” If your readers would not understand this, you could use an equivalent idiom or use plain language. Alternate translation: [I myself am writing]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὕτως γράφω

thus ˱I˲_˓am˒_writing

Paul makes it clear that this letter is from him and is not a forgery. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express that explicitly. Alternate translation: [you could know that the letter is from me because this is how I write]

Parallel 2 TH 3:17

Section 3:16–18: Paul prayed for the Thessalonians and greeted them

3:17a

3:17b

3:17a–b

Parallel 2 TH 3:17