(KJV)
Be
not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord,
nor of me his prisoner:
but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
Therefore ado not
be ashamed of the
btestimony of our
Lord or of me
cHis
prisoner, but
join with me in dsuffering for the
egospel according to the
power of
God,
(NET2full)
So do
not be
ashamed of the
testimony about
our Lord ▼▼tn Grk “the testimony of our Lord.”
or of
me, a
prisoner for
his sake,
but by ▼ God’s power accept your
share of suffering ▼▼tn Grk “suffer hardship together,” implying “join with me in suffering.”
for the
gospel.
(KJV)
Who hath saved us,
and called us with an holy calling,
not according to our works,
but according to his own purpose and grace,
which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
(NASB2020)
who
isaved us and
jcalled us with a
holy kcalling,
lnot
according to our
works, but
according to His
own mpurpose and
grace, which was
granted to us in
nChrist Jesus from
oall eternity,
He is the one who
saved us ▼▼tn More literally, “who saved us,” as a description of God in v.
8. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
and called us with a
holy calling,
not based on ▼▼tn Or “according to,” or “by.”
our works but on his own purpose and grace,
granted to
us in Christ Jesus before time began,
▼▼tn Grk “before eternal times.”
