Galatians 2:6

American Standard Version (1901)

But from those who were reputed to be somewhat (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth not man's person)--they, I say, who were of repute imparted nothing to me:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν δοκούντων εἶναί τι, (ὁποῖοί ποτε ἦσαν, οὐδέν μοι διαφέρει: πρόσωπον Θεὸς ἀνθρώπου οὐ λαμβάνει:) ἐμοὶ γὰρ οἱ δοκοῦντες οὐδὲν προσανέθεντο:

Transliteration

Apo de tōn dokountōn einai ti, (hopoioi pote ēsan, ouden moi diapherei: prosōpon Theos anthrōpou ou lambanei:) emoi gar hoi dokountes ouden prosanethento:

Grammar Details

• *apo de*: preposition + particle - but from/now from
• *tōn dokountōn*: genitive, masculine, plural, participle - of those seeming/reputed
• *einai ti*: present, infinitive + indefinite pronoun - to be something
• *hopoioi pote ēsan*: relative pronoun + particle + imperfect verb - whatever sort they once were
• *ouden*: accusative, neuter, singular - nothing
• *moi*: dative, 1st person singular - to me
• *diapherei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - it matters/differs
• *prosōpon*: accusative, neuter, singular - face/person/appearance
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *anthrōpou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of man/person
• *ou lambanei*: negative + present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - does not accept/receive
• *emoi*: dative, 1st person singular - to me
• *gar*: conjunction - for/because
• *hoi dokountes*: nominative, masculine, plural, participle - those seeming/of reputation
• *prosanethento*: aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person plural - added/imparted/contributed

Word Meanings

• *dokountōn einai ti*: those seeming to be something/those reputed to be important/those appearing to be something
• *diapherei*: makes a difference/matters/is of importance
• *prosōpon lambanei*: shows partiality/accepts the face/judges by outward appearances
• *prosanethento*: added nothing/contributed nothing/imparted nothing further

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.
• Gal 6:3 : 3 For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
• Acts 10:34 : 34 And Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
• 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
• Gal 2:2 : 2 And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.
• Rom 2:11 : 11 for there is no respect of persons with God.
• 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know [him so] no more.
• Acts 15:6-9 : 6 And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter. 7 And when there had been much questioning, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Brethren, ye know that a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 8 And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us; 9 and he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith. 10 Now therefore why make ye trial of God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? 11 But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in like manner as they. 12 And all the multitude kept silence; and they hearkened unto Barnabas and Paul rehearsing what signs and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles through them. 13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, hearken unto me: 14 Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. 15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, 16 After these things I will return, And I will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen; And I will build again the ruins thereof, And I will set it up: 17 That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, 18 Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old. 19 Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God; 20 but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood. 21 For Moses from generations of old hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath. 22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; [namely], Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren: 23 and they wrote [thus] by them, The apostles and the elders, brethren, unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting: 24 Forasmuch as we have heard that certain who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls; to whom we gave no commandment; 25 it seemed good unto us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26 men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves also shall tell you the same things by word of mouth. 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: 29 that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.
• Job 32:6-7 : 6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion. 7 I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.
• Job 32:17-22 : 17 I also will answer my part, I also will show mine opinion. 18 For I am full of words; The spirit within me constraineth me. 19 Behold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst. 20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer. 21 Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man. 22 For I know not to give flattering titles; [Else] would my Maker soon take me away.
• Job 34:19 : 19 That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.
• Matt 22:16 : 16 And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest not the person of men.
• Mark 6:17-20 : 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; for he had married her. 18 For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. 19 And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; and she could not; 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was much perplexed; and he heard him gladly.
• Mark 12:14 : 14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any one; for thou regardest not the person of men, but of a truth teachest the way of God: Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
• Luke 20:21 : 21 And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest not the person [of any], but of a truth teachest the way of God:
• 2 Cor 11:21-23 : 21 I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also. 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.
• Heb 13:7 : 7 Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.
• Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit [to them] : for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this [were] unprofitable for you.
• 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:
• Gal 2:9-9 : 9 and when they perceived the grace that was given unto me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they unto the circumcision; 10 only [they would] that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do. 11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before that certain came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing them that were of the circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that even Barnabas was carried away with their dissimulation. 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?