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2 Peter 1:1 tc Several witnesses, a few of them very significant (P B Ψ 69 81 614 623 630 1241 1243 2464 al vg co), read Σίμων (Simōn, “Simon”) for Συμεών (Sumeōn, “Simeon”). However, this appears to be a motivated reading as it is the more common spelling. Συμεών occurs only here and in Acts...

Romans 9:5 tn Grk “of whom are the fathers.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. tn Grk “from whom.” Here the relative pronoun has been replaced by a personal pronoun. tn Grk “according to the flesh.” tn Or “Messiah.”...

1 John 5:20 tn The ἵνα (hina) introduces a purpose clause which gives the purpose of the preceding affirmation: “we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight (so that we may) know him who is true.” sn The pronoun This one (οὗτος, houtos) refers to a person, but it is far from...

Titus 2:13 tn Grk “the blessed hope and glorious appearing.” tn The terms “God and Savior” both refer to the same person, Jesus Christ. This is one of the clearest statements in the NT concerning the deity of Christ. The construction in Greek is known as the Granville Sharp rule, named after the...

2 Thessalonians 1:12 12 that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. tn Or “by means of.”

Colossians 2:2 tn Verse two begins a subordinate ἵνα (hina) clause which was divided up into two sentences for the sake of clarity in English. Thus the phrase “My goal is that” is an attempt to reflect in the translation the purpose expressed through the ἵνα clauses. tn BDAG 956 s.v. συμβιβάζω...

John 1:18 tn Or “The unique one.” For the meaning of μονογενής (monogenēs) see the note on “one and only” in 1:14. tc The textual problem μονογενὴς θεός (monogenēs theos, “the only God”) versus ὁ μονογενὴς υἱός (ho monogenēs huios, “the only son”) is a notoriously difficult one. Only one letter...

Acts 20:28 tn Or “Be on your guard for” (cf. v. 29). Paul completed his responsibility to the Ephesians with this warning. tn Grk “in which.” tn Or “guardians.” BDAG 379-80 s.v. ἐπίσκοπος 2 states, “The term was taken over in Christian communities in ref. to one who served as overseer or...

Galations 2:20 tn The NA Greek text, NRSV, NJB, TEV, HCSB, and a few others place the phrase “I have been crucified with Christ” at the end of v. 19, but most English translations place these words at the beginning of v. 20. tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “So” to bring out the connection...

Too bad the "improvements" to this site eliminated the feature that linked the verses you posted to an online Bible. I will have to look them up

What about Tituss 2:13? Different author same words

You are replying to someone who doesn't believe in the Trinity. He does believe that Jesus is God but not in the Trinity.

The editors of the NET Bible and I disagree with you

It's one of the clearest, not the only one. Notes on John 1:1 tn The preposition πρός (pros) implies not just proximity, but intimate personal relationship. M. Dods stated, “Πρός…means more than μετά or παρά, and is regularly employed in expressing the presence of one person with another” (“The...

2 Peter 1:1 Notes tn The terms “God and Savior” both refer to the same person, Jesus Christ. This is one of the clearest statements in the NT concerning the deity of Christ. The construction in Greek is known as the Granville Sharp rule, named after the English philanthropist-linguist who first...

Verse 14 tn Grk “and tabernacled.” sn The Greek word translated took up residence (σκηνόω, skēnoō) alludes to the OT tabernacle, where the Shekinah, the visible glory of God’s presence, resided. The author is suggesting that this glory can now be seen in Jesus (note the following verse). The...

sn In the beginning. The search for the basic “stuff” out of which things are made was the earliest one in Greek philosophy. It was attended by the related question of “What is the process by which the secondary things came out of the primary one (or ones)?,” or in Aristotelian terminology...

Isa 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

I'm just as responsible for killing Jesus as the Jewish leadership and the Romans in his day.

John 10:17-18