JMNT(i)
1 Being, then, folks that were rightwised (placed in the right relationship of [covenantal] solidarity in the Way pointed out and made fair, equitable, just, free from guilt and turned in the right direction)
from the midst of faith, out of trust and with conviction as the source, we continuously hold and progressively have [other MSS: let us (or: we can) habitually retain and enjoy]
peace and harmony face to face with God (or: [directing and conducting us] toward God),
through our Owner and Lord, Jesus Christ (or: Master, [the] Anointed Jesus),
2 through Whom, also, we have had and now hold the conducted approach and access (or: the act of bringing toward to gain entr'e9e),
by faith and in trust, into this grace and joyous favor within which we have stood and in union with which we now stand, and so we keep on speaking loudly of and habitually boasting upon the expectation (or: expectant hope)
of God’s glory (the manifestation from God which calls forth praise; the splendor which is God; and: God's good reputation; the opinion from God; the imagination which has the quality of God).
3 So not only this, but further, we also keep on being proud of and boasting within the pressures, while exulting in ordeals, afflictions and tribulations, having seen and thus knowing that the pressure (or: the ordeal, affliction or tribulation)
is habitually producing (working down; accomplishing)
a relentless remaining (or: abiding and dwelling)
under [
situations and circumstances]
(or: humble and persistent endurance and fortitude as we get through it, as well as the patient ability to give support).
4 Yet the remaining and abiding under [
produces]
a quality of being approved by testing (= maturity of character);
in turn, the quality of being approved by testing [
produces]
expectation and hope.
5 Now the expectation (or: expectant hope)
does not habitually bring down shame (disgrace; dishonor; thus: disappointment),
because God’s love (the urge toward reunion and the unambiguous, uniting acceptance from God)
has been poured out in a gush and shed forth so that it now floods within our hearts, permeating the core of our being, through the Set-apart Breath-effect (or: Holy Spirit; Sacred Attitude)
being given to us (in us; for us).
6 For during our yet existing [
as]
weak folks and continuing in being without strength (or: [B reads: Since in fact] when we were infirm, and thus helpless),
Christ, still corresponding to and in accord with [
the]
appointed season (or: down from a
kairos; in the sphere of and down into the level of a fitting situation; in line with a fertile moment),
died for the sake of the ungodly and irreverent (or: died over [the situation of] and on behalf of those without awe of God).
7 Now you see, with difficult toil and pain (or: For hardly, scarcely or rarely)
for the sake of (over [the situation of]; on behalf of)
a just person (a righteous one; one in accord with the Way pointed out; someone in right relationship; a rightwised one)
will someone (anyone; a certain one)
proceed to be dying. For over (for the sake of)
the good (noble; virtuous)
person or cause, perhaps (or: possibly)
someone (or: a certain one)
may continue being brave enough (daring; courageous)
to die.
8 Yet God constantly stands together with His own love [
flowing]
into us (or: But God continuously puts the urge for accepting-reunion, from, and which is, Himself, together into the midst of us),
because during our still continuing to exist being (= while we were yet)
failures (folks deviating from the goal; ones missing the target and making mistakes; sinners; outcasts),
Christ died over our [
condition and predicament]
(or: on our behalf; for the sake of us).
9 Much more, then – being now (at the present time)
rightwised (turned in the right direction, placed in right relationships of solidarity and made fair within the Way pointed out; or: justified and made free from guilt; = placed in covenant)
within His blood (or: in union with the blood from, and which is, Him) –
through Him we will continue being rescued (saved; delivered; made healthy and whole; returned to our original state and condition; kept safe),
away from the [
conditions or situations of]
personal emotion (inherent fervor; natural mental bent or disposition; teeming passion and swelling desire; or: [our] anger and [human] wrath).
10 For you see, since (or: if)
while continuously existing being actively hostile ones (or: enemies [of people, or of God])
we were suddenly changed from enmity to friendship by God (or: conciliated to God; or: changed to be wholly other and to be in line, consistent and compatible IN God)
through His Son’s death, much more (or: all the more, then)
we will continue being kept safe and will be progressively delivered (rescued; saved; cured and restored to the health and wholeness of our original state and condition) –
being folks that were conciliated (fully changed from enmity to friendship and made totally other than we were)
within His Life (or: in union with the life which is Him).