2 TIM 1:2 Parallel Verse View

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Key: light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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ULT to Timothy, beloved child.
¶  Grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

UST I send this letter to you, Timothy. I love you as if you were my own son.
¶  May God the Father and Jesus the Messiah, our Lord, continue to be kind and merciful to you and make you peaceful.

BLB To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

AICNT To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

OEB to Timothy, my dear child: may God, the Father, and Christ Jesus, our Lord, bless you, and be merciful to you, and give you peace.

CSB To Timothy, my dearly loved son. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

NLT I am writing to Timothy, my dear son. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.

NIV To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

CEV Timothy, you are like a dear child to me. I pray that God our Father and our Lord Christ Jesus will be kind and merciful to you and will bless you with peace!

ESV To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

NASB To Timothy, my beloved son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

LSB To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

WEBBE to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

WMBB to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Messiah Yeshua our Lord.

MSG ^(1-2)I, Paul, am on special assignment for Christ, carrying out God’s plan laid out in the Message of Life by Jesus. I write this to you, Timothy, the son I love so much. All the best from our God and Christ be yours!

NET to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

LSV to Timotheus, beloved child: Grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

FBV I'm sending it to you Timothy, my dear son. May you have grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

TCNT to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

T4T I am writing to you, Timothy, whom I love as if you were my own son. I pray that God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord will continue to act kindly to you, be merciful to you, and cause you to have inner peace,

LEB to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

NRSV To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

NKJV To Timothy, a beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

NAB to Timothy, my dear child: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

BBE To Timothy, my well-loved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Moff to his beloved son Timotheus: grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Wymth To Timothy my dearly-loved child. May grace, mercy and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

ASV to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

DRA To Timothy my dearly beloved son, grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord.

YLT to Timotheus, beloved child: Grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord!

Drby to Timotheus, [my] beloved child: grace, mercy, peace, from [fn]God [the] Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

1.2 Elohim

RV to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

SLT To Timothy, dearly beloved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Wbstr To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

KJB-1769 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

KJB-1611 To Timothie my dearely beloued sonne: grace, mercie, and peace from God the Father, and Christ Iesus our Lord.
(To Timothie my dearely beloved son: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and Christ Yesus/Yeshua our Lord.)

Bshps To Timothie a beloued sonne: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the father, and Christe Iesus our Lorde.
(To Timothie a beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the father, and Christ Yesus/Yeshua our Lord.)

Gnva To Timotheus my beloued sonne: Grace, mercie and peace from God the Father, and from Iesus Christ our Lord.
(To Timotheus my beloved son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father, and from Yesus/Yeshua Christ our Lord. )

Cvdl To my deare sonne Timotheus. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the father and from Christ Iesu oure LORDE.
(To my dear son Timotheus. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the father and from Christ Yesu our LORD.)

TNT To Timothe his beloved sonne. Grace mercy and peace from God the father and from Christ Iesu oure Lorde.
(To Timothe his beloved son. Grace mercy and peace from God the father and from Christ Yesu our Lord. )

Wycl to Tymothe, his moost dereworthe sone, grace, merci, and pees of God the fadir, and of Jhesu Crist, oure Lord.
(to Tymothe, his most dear/precious son, grace, mercy, and peace of God the father, and of Yhesu Christ, our Lord.)

Luth Meinem lieben Sohn Timotheus Gnade, Barmherzigkeit, Friede von GOtt dem Vater und Christo JEsu, unserm HErr’s.
(Meinem love(v) son Timotheus grace, compassion, peace/quietness from God to_him father and Christo Yesu, ours LORD’s.)

ClVg Timotheo carissimo filio: gratia, misericordia, pax a Deo Patre, et Christo Jesu Domino nostro.
(Timotheo carissimo son: grace, mercy, peace from to_God Father, and to_Christ/Messiah Yesu Master our. )

UGNT Τιμοθέῳ ἀγαπητῷ τέκνῳ: χάρις, ἔλεος, εἰρήνη, ἀπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν.
(Timotheōi agapaʸtōi teknōi: ⱪaris, eleos, eiraʸnaʸ, apo Theou Patros kai Ⱪristou Yaʸsou tou Kuriou haʸmōn.)

SBL-GNT Τιμοθέῳ ἀγαπητῷ τέκνῳ· χάρις, ἔλεος, εἰρήνη ἀπὸ θεοῦ πατρὸς καὶ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν.
(Timotheōi agapaʸtōi teknōi; ⱪaris, eleos, eiraʸnaʸ apo theou patros kai Ⱪristou Yaʸsou tou kuriou haʸmōn.)

RP-GNT Τιμοθέῳ ἀγαπητῷ τέκνῳ· χάρις, ἔλεος, εἰρήνη ἀπὸ θεοῦ πατρὸς καὶ χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν.
(Timotheōi agapaʸtōi teknōi; ⱪaris, eleos, eiraʸnaʸ apo theou patros kai ⱪristou Yaʸsou tou kuriou haʸmōn.)

TC-GNT Τιμοθέῳ ἀγαπητῷ τέκνῳ· χάρις, ἔλεος, εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ πατρὸς καὶ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν.
(Timotheōi agapaʸtōi teknōi; ⱪaris, eleos, eiraʸnaʸ apo Theou patros kai Ⱪristou Yaʸsou tou Kuriou haʸmōn. )

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 1:1–2: Paul sent greetings to Timothy

The people who wrote letters during the time when Paul lived began the letters that they wrote in a certain way. The author of a letter wrote his name first, and then he wrote the name of the person to whom he was writing the letter. After that, he wrote a greeting to the person or group to whom he was writing.

1:2a

To Timothy,

I am writing this letter to you, Timothy.

To Timothy: Timothy was the name of the person to whom Paul wrote this letter. In some languages it is necessary to say: “I am writing to you, Timothy….”

1:2b

my beloved child:

You are like a dear son to me.
I love you as much as I would love my own son.

my beloved child: Timothy was not Paul’s child in the physical sense of that word. But Paul referred to Timothy several times as his “child.” This is perhaps because Paul had been responsible for Timothy’s spiritual conversion. If the people reading your translation only understand this phrase literally, you may want to say something like:

you are like a beloved child to me

it is as if you are my dear son

1:2c

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

I pray that God our^(incl) Father and Christ Jesus our^(incl) Lord will be kind to you, treat you with compassion, and grant you inner peace.

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord: This phrase was a common way for Christians to greet each other during the time when Paul lived. It is a sort of prayer or blessing. Paul was asking God to bless Timothy. You may need to begin this blessing with a verb clause such as “I pray that God will give you…” or “I ask God to give you….”

Grace: The authors of the New Testament letters often used the word Grace in their greetings at the beginning of their letters. It is used to express their desire that God would bless the people who received the letter or to wish them well. Grace means that God favors people or that he is kind to people even though they do not deserve it. See grace in the Glossary, Meaning 1.

mercy: The Greek word that English versions translate as mercy means that God treats us kindly or with compassion, or that he pities us. See mercy in the Glossary, Meaning 1.

peace: The Greek word that is translated peace here refers to the satisfaction we have in our innermost beings because we are in a harmonious relationship with God. This peaceful relationship is possible because he has forgiven our sins, and he causes us to live without having anxiety and fear. In this verse, peace is not referring to a person being at peace with other people.

God the Father: You may need to translate this phrase as “God our (incl) Father” if that is the natural way to say this phrase in your language.

General Comment on 1:2c

Your language may usually require that you translate each of these nouns with a clause, rather than a single word. However, when translating greetings, you may want to use something shorter. In 1:2c, Paul was giving Timothy greetings, not teaching him about grace, mercy, and peace. Therefore it may not be necessary to include all the elements that are normally associated with these key terms.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

Τιμοθέῳ

˱to˲_Timothy

In this culture, after giving their own names, letter writers would name those to whom they sent the letter, referring to them in the third person. If that is confusing in your language, you could use the second person here. Or if your language has a particular way of introducing the recipient of a letter, and if it would be helpful to your readers, you could use it here. Alternate translation: [This letter is for you, Timothy]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀγαπητῷ τέκνῳ

beloved child

Paul speaks of his close relationship to Timothy as though Timothy were his beloved child. Paul means that he considers himself to be Timothy’s spiritual father, and Paul loves Timothy in the way a father loves his child. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in simile form or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [who is like a beloved child to me] or [a beloved spiritual son]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀγαπητῷ τέκνῳ

beloved child

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, it is clear from the context that it was Paul. Alternate translation: [child whom I love]

Note 4 topic: translate-blessing

χάρις, ἔλεος, εἰρήνη, ἀπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν

grace mercy peace (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Τιμοθέῳ ἀγαπητῷ τέκνῳ χάρις ἔλεος εἰρήνη ἀπό Θεοῦ Πατρός καί Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν)

After stating his name and the name of the person to whom he is writing, Paul adds a blessing for Timothy. Use a form that people would recognize as a blessing in your language. Alternate translation: [May you experience grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord] or [I pray that grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord will always be with you]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

χάρις, ἔλεος, εἰρήνη

grace mercy peace

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of Grace, mercy, and peace, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: [May you be treated graciously, mercifully, and peacefully by God the Father and by Christ Jesus our Lord]

Note 6 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

Θεοῦ Πατρὸς

God (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Τιμοθέῳ ἀγαπητῷ τέκνῳ χάρις ἔλεος εἰρήνη ἀπό Θεοῦ Πατρός καί Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν)

Father is an important title for God the Father that describes his relationship with Jesus his Son.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἡμῶν

˱of˲_us

In this letter, Paul uses the words our, “we,” and “us” to refer either to Timothy and himself or else to all believers, which would also include the two of them. So, use the inclusive forms of those words throughout your translation if your language marks that distinction.

Parallel 2 TIM 1:2

Section 1:1–2: Paul sent greetings to Timothy

1:2a

1:2b

1:2c

General Comment on 1:2c

Parallel 2 TIM 1:2