1TIM 3:9 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance=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 OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST They must always believe the message that God has now revealed to us about believing in him, while knowing within themselves that God approves of what they are doing.

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.

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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.

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.

Bshps Holdyng the misterie of the fayth in a pure conscience.
(Holdyng the misterie of the faith in a pure conscience.)

Gnva Hauing the mysterie 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 mistery of the faith in pure conscience. )

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

Luth die das Geheimnis des Glaubens in reinem Gewissen haben.
(die the Geheimnis the faiths in reinem Gewissen have.)

ClVg habentes mysterium fidei in conscientia pura.
(habentes mysterium of_faith in conscientia 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.)

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἔχοντας τὸ μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει

holding the mystery ˱of˲_the faith in clean /a/_conscience

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

the mystery ˱of˲_the faith

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

the mystery ˱of˲_the faith

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 and 1:19. Alternate translation: “with a clean conscience” or “with a conscience that is not guilty”

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