1 TIM 2:10 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (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).

GHT contrariwise, what is-being-fitting to {women messaging-upon-selves[i.e. professing]} God-devote-ia through of {beneficial works}.

ULT but—what is proper for women professing godliness—through good works.

UST Instead, they should focus on doing what is right. That is appropriate for women who claim to honor God.

BSB but with good deeds, [as] is proper for women [who] profess to worship God.

MSB but with good deeds, [as] is proper for women [who] profess to worship God.

BLB but with what is becoming to women, professing the fear of God through good works.

AICNT but with what is proper for women who profess godliness, through good works.

OEB but – as is proper for women who profess to be religious – with good actions.

2DT but (what is appropriate for women pledging God-reverence) through good works

WEBBE & WMBB but with good works, which is appropriate for women professing godliness.

NET but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.

LSV but—which becomes women professing godly piety—through good works.

FBV but by the good things they do—as is appropriate for women who claim to follow God.

TCNT but with good works, which is proper for women who profess godly reverence.

T4T Instead, they should be doing things that women who ◄claim to/say that they► worship God should do; that is, they should be doing good deeds.

LEB but with good deeds which are fitting for women who profess godliness.

BBE But clothed with good works, as is right for women who are living in the fear of God.

Moff but with good deeds (as befits women who make a religious profession).

Wymth but—as befits women making a claim to godliness—with the ornament of good works.

ASV but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.

DRA But as it becometh women professing godliness, with good works.

YLT but — which becometh women professing godly piety — through good works.

Drby but, what becomes women making profession of the fear of [fn]God, by good works.

2.10 Elohim

RV but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.
(but (which becometh/becomes women professing godliness) through good works.)

SLT But (what become women professing religious worship) with good works.

Wbstr But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

KJB-1769 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
(But (which becometh/becomes women professing godliness) with good works.)

KJB-1611 But (which becommeth women professing godlines) with good works.
(But (which becometh/becomes women professing godlines) with good works.)

Bshps But (that becommeth women professyng godlynesse) through good workes.
(But (that becometh/becomes women professing godliness) through good works.)

Gnva But (as becommeth women that professe the feare of God) with good workes.
(But (as becometh/becomes women that professe the fear of God) with good works.)

Cvdl but with soch as it becommeth weme that professe godlynes thorow good workes.
(but with such as it becometh/becomes women that professe godlynes through good works.)

TNT but with suche as becometh wemen that professe the worshippynge of God thorow good workes.
(but with such as becometh/becomes women that professe the worshipping of God through good works.)

Wycl biheetinge pite bi good werkis.
(biheetinge pity by good works.)

Luth sondern wie sich‘s ziemet den Weibern, die da GOttseligkeit beweisen durch gute Werke.
(rather as/like itself befits the women, the there Godblessedkeit prove through good work.)

ClVg sed quod decet mulieres, promittentes pietatem per opera bona.
(but that proper/it_is_fitting women, promising piety through works good(s).)

UGNT ἀλλ’ ὃ πρέπει γυναιξὶν ἐπαγγελλομέναις θεοσέβειαν, δι’ ἔργων ἀγαθῶν.
(all’ ho prepei gunaixin epangellomenais theosebeian, di’ ergōn agathōn.)

SBL-GNT ἀλλʼ ὃ πρέπει γυναιξὶν ἐπαγγελλομέναις θεοσέβειαν, διʼ ἔργων ἀγαθῶν.
(allʼ ho prepei gunaixin epangellomenais theosebeian, diʼ ergōn agathōn.)

RP-GNT ἀλλ' ὃ πρέπει γυναιξὶν ἐπαγγελλομέναις θεοσέβειαν, δι' ἔργων ἀγαθῶν.
(all' ho prepei gunaixin epangellomenais theosebeian, di' ergōn agathōn.)

TC-GNT ἀλλ᾽ ὃ πρέπει γυναιξὶν ἐπαγγελλομέναις θεοσέβειαν, δι᾽ ἔργων ἀγαθῶν.
(all ho prepei gunaixin epangellomenais theosebeian, di ergōn agathōn.)

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 2:1–15: Paul told Timothy that it was important that believers should pray

In this section Paul told Timothy some things that the believers should do when they met together regularly to worship God. They should pray for everybody. The men should pray in holiness and without anger, and the women should dress and behave modestly and appropriately.

Paragraph 2:9–15

In this paragraph, Paul told Timothy how female believers should dress and behave when they met to worship God. Paul had instructed the men in Ephesus about a problem that was typical for them (2:8). In this paragraph he instructed the women in Ephesus about a problem that was typical for the women.

2:10

In 2:9, Paul gave instructions about what women should not do. In this verse, he told them what they should do.

2:10a

but with good deeds,

Instead, women should act kindly toward other people.
Instead, women should concentrate on doing things that help other people.

with good deeds: Earlier in this chapter, Paul had said that women should not try to make themselves beautiful with jewelry or expensive clothes. Here he was saying that they should rather “adorn themselves” with good deeds. This is a figure of speech. Obviously people cannot literally make themselves beautiful with good deeds.

In some languages, it will not be possible to use the same verb for putting on jewels and clothes and also for putting on good deeds. If that is true in you language, you will probably need to use different verbs. Do whatever is most natural in your language.

2:10b

as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

That is the right behavior for women who claim to worship God.
That is what God wants women who say that they worship him to do.

as is proper: Paul was using the word proper to refer to what God wants women to do. Paul was saying that God wants women to do good things to help other people.

who profess to worship God: Paul was talking about women who said that they were believers and that they worshiped God.

worship: The Greek word that the BSB translates as “to worship God” here is a word that is sometimes translated as “godliness.” It does not only refer to worshiping God, but also to obeying and respecting him.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

ἀλλ’ ὃ πρέπει γυναιξὶν ἐπαγγελλομέναις θεοσέβειαν, δι’ ἔργων ἀγαθῶν

but (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀλλʼ ὅ πρέπει γυναιξίν ἐπαγγελλομέναις Θεοσέβειαν διʼ ἔργων ἀγαθῶν)

If it would be more natural in your language, you could state how the women are supposed to adorn themselves before you indicate why this is proper. If you use the following alternate translation, you should delete the dash before it. Alternate translation: [but through good works, which is proper for women professing godliness]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἀλλ’ ὃ

but (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀλλʼ ὅ πρέπει γυναιξίν ἐπαγγελλομέναις Θεοσέβειαν διʼ ἔργων ἀγαθῶν)

Paul is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from the previous verse if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [but to adorn themselves—as]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὃ πρέπει γυναιξὶν ἐπαγγελλομέναις θεοσέβειαν, δι’ ἔργων ἀγαθῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀλλʼ ὅ πρέπει γυναιξίν ἐπαγγελλομέναις Θεοσέβειαν διʼ ἔργων ἀγαθῶν)

Here Paul implies that the women should “adorn themselves” through good works. He speaks of these good works as if they were articles of clothing in order to indicate that it should be good works that characterize these women, just as clothing characterizes people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [as is proper for women professing godliness—to be characterized by good works]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

θεοσέβειαν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀλλʼ ὅ πρέπει γυναιξίν ἐπαγγελλομέναις Θεοσέβειαν διʼ ἔργων ἀγαθῶν)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of godliness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [to be godly]

Parallel 1 TIM 2:10

Section 2:1–15: Paul told Timothy that it was important that believers should pray

Paragraph 2:9–15

2:10

2:10a

2:10b

Parallel 1 TIM 2:10