Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesians
Acts 20:32
In 9 translations
- BSB
- And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
- KJV
- And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
- WEB
- Now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
- ASV
- And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all them that are sanctified.
- LSV
- and now, I commend you, brothers, to God, and to the word of His grace, that is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those sanctified.
- YLT
- and now, I commend you, brethren, to God, and to the word of His grace, that is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those sanctified.
- DBY
- And now I commit you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build [you] up and give [to you] an inheritance among all the sanctified.Elohim
- DRC
- And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, who is able to build up, and to give an inheritance among all the sanctified.
- GNV
- And nowe brethren, I commend you to God, and to the worde of his grace, which is able to build further, and to giue you an inheritance, among all them, which are sanctified.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἀδελφοί (“brothers”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read θεῷ (“to God”); Westcott–Hort read κυρίῳ (“Lord”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read οἰκοδομῆσαι (“to build [it]”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐποικοδομῆσαι (“to build upon [it]”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
- Word order: Textus Receptus place τὰ elsewhere in this verse.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὑμῖν (“to you”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include τὴν (“the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (4)
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- SBLGNT: ὑμᾶς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὑμᾶς; Robinson–Pierpont add ἀδελφοί.
- SBLGNT: θεῷ. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read θεῷ; Westcott and Hort (1881) read κυρίῳ.
- SBLGNT: οἰκοδομῆσαι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οἰκοδομῆσαι; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐποικοδομῆσαι.
- SBLGNT: τὴν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τὴν; Robinson–Pierpont read ὑμῖν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ τὰ νῦν παρατίθεμαι ὑμᾶς τῷ θεῷ καὶ τῷ λόγῳ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ, τῷ δυναμένῳ οἰκοδομῆσαι καὶ δοῦναι τὴν κληρονομίαν ἐν τοῖς ἡγιασμένοις πᾶσιν.
- RP2018
- Καὶ τὰ νῦν παρατίθεμαι ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, τῷ θεῷ καὶ τῷ λόγῳ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ, τῷ δυναμένῳ ἐποικοδομῆσαι, καὶ δοῦναι ὑμῖν κληρονομίαν ἐν τοῖς ἡγιασμένοις πᾶσιν.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ τὰ νῦν παρατίθεμαι ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, τῷ Θεῷ καὶ τῷ λόγῳ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ, τῷ δυναμένῳ ἐποικοδομῆσαι, καὶ δοῦναι ὑμῖν κληρονομίαν ἐν τοῖς ἡγιασμένοις πᾶσιν.
- SCR1894
- και τα νυν παρατιθεμαι υμας αδελφοι τω θεω και τω λογω της χαριτος αυτου τω δυναμενω εποικοδομησαι και δουναι υμιν κληρονομιαν εν τοις ηγιασμενοις πασιν
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- Colossians 1:12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
- Ephesians 1:14who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
- Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
- Colossians 3:24because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
- Ephesians 1:18I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
- Hebrews 9:15Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first…
- Colossians 2:7rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
- Jeremiah 3:19Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
- 1 Peter 1:4–5and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Jude 1:24–25Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy— to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our…
- Hebrews 13:9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
- Ephesians 5:5For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
- Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
- Jude 1:20But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
- Acts 14:23Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
- John 17:17Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
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