1 TIM 3:9 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, 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 They should know that they are doing what is right as they remain faithful to what God has revealed, which is the good news that we trust.

AICNT holding the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

OEB but people who hold the deep truths of the faith and have a clear conscience.

WEBBE holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

LSV having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,

FBV They must stick to the revealed truth about God, trusting in him with a pure conscience.

TCNT They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

T4T They must sincerely believe the message that God has now revealed to us.

LEB holding the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience,

BBE Keeping the secret of the faith in a heart free from sin.

Moff they must maintain the divine truth of the faith with a pure conscience.

Wymth but holding the secret truths of the faith with a clear conscience.

ASV holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

DRA Holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience.

YLT having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,

Drby holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

RV holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

SLT Having the mystery of faith in pure consciousness.

Wbstr Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

KJB-1769 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

KJB-1611 Holding the mysterie of the faith in a pure conscience.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Holdyng the misterie of the fayth in a pure conscience.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Gnva Hauing the mysterie of the faith in pure conscience.
(Having the mystery of the faith in pure conscience. )

Cvdl but hauynge the mystery of faith in pure conscience.
(but having the mystery of faith in pure conscience.)

TNT but havynge the mistery of the fayth in pure conscience.
(but having the mystery of the faith in pure conscience. )

Wycl that han the mysterie of feith in clene conscience.
(that have the mystery of faith in clean conscience.)

Luth die das Geheimnis des Glaubens in reinem Gewissen haben.
(the the secret/mystery the faiths in pure conscience have.)

ClVg habentes mysterium fidei in conscientia pura.
(having mystery of_faith in/into/on conscience pura. )

UGNT ἔχοντας τὸ μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει.
(eⱪontas to mustaʸrion taʸs pisteōs en kathara suneidaʸsei.)

SBL-GNT ἔχοντας τὸ μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει.
(eⱪontas to mustaʸrion taʸs pisteōs en kathara suneidaʸsei.)

RP-GNT ἔχοντας τὸ μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει.
(eⱪontas to mustaʸrion taʸs pisteōs en kathara suneidaʸsei.)

TC-GNT ἔχοντας τὸ μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει.
(eⱪontas to mustaʸrion taʸs pisteōs en kathara suneidaʸsei. )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 3:1–16: Paul described the sort of people who should lead a community of believers

In this section, Paul described the qualifications for Christian leaders, those who lead a group of believers.

This section can be divided into three paragraphs:

Paragraph 3:1–7: The sort of people who should be overseers

Paragraph 3:8–13: The sort of people who should be deacons

Paragraph 3:14–16: The reason Paul wrote this letter to Timothy

Paragraph 3:8–13

In 3:1–7 Paul told Timothy the sort of people who ought to be overseers. In the following verses, Paul described the sort of people who should be deacons. Many of these qualifications are similar to those for overseers.

3:9

They must hold to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

They must keep on believing God’s true message, which he has revealed, and their conscience must tell them that they have not sinned.
They must be committed to following the true teaching that God has shown to us^(incl). And they must have done nothing that makes them feel guilty.

They must hold to the mystery of the faith: This means that deacons must consistently believe in the true message of faith that God has revealed to people.

the mystery of the faith: In English, as in other languages, the word “mystery” normally refers to something that no one can know or understand. However, when Paul used the word “mystery” together with the faith, he was referring to the true message about the faith. This is the message about the Christian faith that God revealed to people, or caused them to understand. For example, the GNT says:

the revealed truth of the faith

See also the NLT. Paul also used this expression in Ephesians 3:1–13.

the faith: In this context, Paul used the word faith to refer to everything that people believe and do in order to follow Christ. See faith, meaning 2, in the Glossary.

a clear conscience: A person who has a clear conscience does not feel guilty because he knows that he has done the right thing.

conscience: The Greek word that the BSB translates as conscience refers to the part of a person that helps him know what is right and what is wrong to think or do. A conscience causes a person to feel ashamed or guilty if he does wrong. It also makes him feel good when he does what is right.

However, in many languages, there is not a word that means conscience. In some languages, there may be an idiom that can be used. In other languages, it may be necessary to translate the expression “good conscience” by an expression like:

doing what he knows is right

See the note on 1:5c.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἔχοντας τὸ μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει

holding (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἔχοντας τό μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει)

Here, the phrase with a pure conscience could describe: (1) these people’s lives in general. Alternate translation: [having the mystery of the faith and having a pure conscience] (2) the manner in which these people have the mystery. Alternate translation: [having a pure conscience about how they have the mystery of the faith]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἔχοντας

holding

Here, the word having implies that these people are faithful to and continue to believe what they are having. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [continuing to believe] or [holding firmly to]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὸ μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἔχοντας τό μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει)

Here, Paul is using the possessive form to describe a mystery that could: (1) contain what people accept by faith. Alternate translation: [the mystery that is the teaching we accept in faith] (1) be what people accept by faith. Alternate translation: [the mystery that we believe]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὸ μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἔχοντας τό μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει)

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of mystery and faith, you could express the same ideas in another way. Make sure that your translation fits with the option you chose in the previous note. Alternate translation: [what we believe that was once hidden] or [the hidden things that we believe]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει

in clean ˓a˒_conscience

A conscience that is pure is one that does not convict a person of doing anything wrong. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. See how you translated the similar phrases in [1:5](../01/05.md) and [1:19](../01/19.md). Alternate translation: [with a clean conscience] or [with a conscience that is not guilty]

Parallel 1 TIM 3:9

Section 3:1–16: Paul described the sort of people who should lead a community of believers

Paragraph 3:8–13

3:9

Parallel 1 TIM 3:9