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| | |Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, | | |Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, |
| − | |and that it does not concern the righteous man: it is made against the lawless and disobedient, against the atheist and the sinners, against the unholy and profane, against the patricides and the matricides, against killers, | + | |and that it does not concern the righteous man: it is made against the lawless and insubordinate, against the atheists and the sinners, against the evil and profane, against the patricides and the matricides, against killers, |
| − | |ungodly translates nicely into 'atheist', but it may be too harsh | + | |ungodly translates nicely into 'atheist', but it may be too harsh. Unholy is a mistranslation better expressed by 'evil' |
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| | |And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; | | |And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; |
| − | | | + | |I give thanks to Jesus Christ our Lord, who gave me strength by recognizing my faith and appointing me to His service. |
| − | | | + | |endunamOsanti translates as 'invigorating', literally 'giving strength' |
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| | |Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. | | |Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. |
| − | | | + | |I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and arrogant, but I was given Mercy because I did it out of ignorance and unbelief, |
| − | | | + | |'hubris' is arrogance. |
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| | |And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. | | |And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. |
| − | | | + | |and the Grace of our Lord overwhelmed me with the faith and love of Jesus Christ. |
| − | | | + | |'huperepleonasen' is 'overwhelming' |
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| | |This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. | | |This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. |
| − | | | + | |The fact that Jesus Christ came into the universe to save sinners is an undeniable truth worthy of universal acceptation, and I am the worst sinner. |
| − | | | + | |'kosmos' refers not only to Earth, but to the whole universe |
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