TIT 3:4 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor.
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 But then when God showed us that he was acting generously to save us because he loves us,

BSB But when the kindness of God our Savior and [His] love for mankind appeared,

AICNT But when the kindness and love for mankind of our savior God appeared,

OEB But, when the kindness of God our Saviour and his love for humanity appeared, he saved us,

CSB But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,

NLT But— When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love,

NIV But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,

CEV God our Savior showed us how good and kind he is.

ESV But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,

NASB But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,

LSB But when the kindness and affection of God our Savior appeared,

WEBBE But when the kindness of God our Saviour and his love towards mankind appeared,

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(3-11)It wasn’t so long ago that we ourselves were stupid and stubborn, easy marks for sin, ordered every which way by our glands, going around with a chip on our shoulder, hated and hating back. But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us from all that. It was all his doing; we had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit. Our Savior Jesus poured out new life so generously. God’s gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there’s more life to come—an eternity of life! You can count on this.

NET But “when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,

LSV and when the kindness and the love to men of God our Savior appeared

FBV But when the goodness and love of God our Savior was revealed, he saved us,

TCNT But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,

T4T 4-5 Even though we were behaving sinfully like this, God our Savior acted kindly and lovingly to us [PRS], and saved us! He did this, not because we did things that are right, but just because he wanted to be merciful to us! He washed us inwardly and gave us a new way of living as a result of the Holy Spirit changing us inwardly.

LEB No LEB TIT book available

NRSV But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,

NKJV But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared,

NAB But when the kindness and generous love of God our savior appeared,

BBE But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen,

Moff No Moff TIT book available

Wymth But when the goodness of God our Saviour, and His love to man, dawned upon us, not in consequence of things which we,

ASV But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,

DRA But when the goodness and kindness of God our Saviour appeared:

YLT and when the kindness and the love to men of God our Saviour did appear

Drby But when the kindness and love to man of our Saviour [fn]God appeared,

3.4 Elohim

RV But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,

SLT And when the kindness and philanthropy of our Saviour God was made evident,

Wbstr But when the kindness and love of God our Savior towards man appeared,

KJB-1769 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

KJB-1611 But after that the kindnesse and [fn]loue of God our Sauiour toward man appeared,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

3:4 Or, pitie.

Bshps No Bshps TIT book available

Gnva But when that bountifulnesse and that loue of God our Sauiour toward man appeared,
(But when that bountifulness and that love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, )

Cvdl No Cvdl TIT book available

TNT But after that the kyndnes and love of oure saveoure God to manwarde appered
(But after that the kindness and love of our savioure God to manwarde appeared )

Wycl No Wycl TIT book available

Luth No Luth TIT book available

ClVg Cum autem benignitas et humanitas apparuit Salvatoris nostri Dei,[fn]
(Since however benignitas and humanitas appeared Saviour our of_God, )

3.4 Benignitas, etc. Per quam dona nobis spiritualia abunde tribuit.

3.4 Benignitas, etc. Per how gifts us in_spiritalia abunde gives.

UGNT ὅτε δὲ ἡ χρηστότης καὶ ἡ φιλανθρωπία ἐπεφάνη τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, Θεοῦ,
(hote de haʸ ⱪraʸstotaʸs kai haʸ filanthrōpia epefanaʸ tou Sōtaʸros haʸmōn, Theou,)

SBL-GNT ὅτε δὲ ἡ χρηστότης καὶ ἡ φιλανθρωπία ἐπεφάνη τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν θεοῦ,
(hote de haʸ ⱪraʸstotaʸs kai haʸ filanthrōpia epefanaʸ tou sōtaʸros haʸmōn theou,)

RP-GNT Ὅτε δὲ ἡ χρηστότης καὶ ἡ φιλανθρωπία ἐπεφάνη τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν θεοῦ,
(Hote de haʸ ⱪraʸstotaʸs kai haʸ filanthrōpia epefanaʸ tou sōtaʸros haʸmōn theou,)

TC-GNT Ὅτε δὲ ἡ χρηστότης καὶ ἡ φιλανθρωπία ἐπεφάνη τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Θεοῦ,
(Hote de haʸ ⱪraʸstotaʸs kai haʸ filanthrōpia epefanaʸ tou sōtaʸros haʸmōn Theou, )

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

δὲ

but

But is used here to mark the important contrast between the evil way that people are (verses 1–3) and the goodness of God (verses 4–7). In your translation, indicate this strong contrast in a way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [However,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὅτε & ἡ χρηστότης καὶ ἡ φιλανθρωπία ἐπεφάνη τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, Θεοῦ

when & the kindness and the love_of_mankind ˓has˒_appeared ˱of˲_the Savior ˱of˲_us God

Paul speaks of God’s kindness and love as if they were physical things that came into our sight. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [when God our Savior demonstrated his kindness and love for people]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ὅτε & ἡ χρηστότης καὶ ἡ φιλανθρωπία ἐπεφάνη τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, Θεοῦ

when & the kindness and the love_of_mankind ˓has˒_appeared ˱of˲_the Savior ˱of˲_us God

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of kindness and love, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: [when God, who saves us, showed how kind and loving he would be to mankind]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἡμῶν

˱of˲_us

Here the pronoun our includes Paul, Titus, and all believers.

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