1 Corinthians 14:36

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

What? was it from you that the word of God went forth? or came it unto you alone?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἢ; ἀφʼ ὑμῶν ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐξῆλθεν; ἢ εἰς ὑμᾶς μόνους κατήντησεν;

Transliteration

Ē? aph' hymōn the logos of-the Theou exēlthen? ē eis hymas monous katēntēsen?

Grammar Details

• *Ē*: conjunction - or/what? [interrogative]
• *aph'*: preposition + genitive - from
• *hymōn*: genitive, plural - you [plural]
• *logos*: nominative, masculine, singular - word
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *exēlthen*: aorist indicative, 3rd singular - went out/came forth
• *ē*: conjunction - or
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - to/unto
• *hymas*: accusative, plural - you [plural]
• *monous*: accusative, masculine, plural - only/alone
• *katēntēsen*: aorist indicative, 3rd singular - reached/arrived/came

Word Meanings

• *aph' hymōn*: from you/originating with you
• *logos*: word/message/communication
• *Theou*: God/deity
• *exēlthen*: went out/came forth/originated/proceeded
• *monous*: only/alone/exclusively
• *katēntēsen*: reached/arrived/came to/extended to

Referenced Verses

• Isa 2:3 : 3 And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.
• Mic 4:1-2 : 1 But in the latter days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it. 2 And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem;
• Zech 14:8 : 8 And it shall come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
• Acts 13:1-3 : 1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was [there], {G5100} prophets and teachers, {G5037} Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
• Acts 15:35-36 : 35 But Paul {G1161} and Barnabas tarried in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. 36 And after some days Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brethren in every city {G1722} wherein we proclaimed the word of the Lord, [and see] how they fare.
• Acts 16:9-9 : 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There was a man of Macedonia standing, beseeching him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. 10 And when he had seen the vision, straightway we sought to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
• Acts 17:1 : 1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
• Acts 17:10-11 : 10 And the brethren immediately sent away {G5037} Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures {G2596} daily, whether these things were so.
• Acts 17:15 : 15 But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.
• Acts 18:1-9 : 1 After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth. 2 And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came unto them; 3 and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought, for by their trade they were tentmakers. 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue {G2596} every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks. 5 But when {G5037} Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. 6 And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out his raiment and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. 7 And he departed thence, and went into the house of a certain man named Titus Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house {G2258} joined hard to the synagogue. 8 And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. 9 And the Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace: 10 for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city. 11 And he dwelt there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. 12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat, 13 saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. 14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked villany, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: 15 but if they are questions about words and names and {G2596} your own law, look to it yourselves; {G1063} I am not minded to be a judge of these matters. 16 And he drove them from the judgment-seat. 17 And they all laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things.
• 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if {G2532} thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?
• 2 Cor 10:13-16 : 13 But we will not glory {G1519} {G3588} beyond [our] measure, but according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even unto you. 14 For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of Christ: 15 not glorying {G1519} {G3588} beyond [our] measure, [that is,] in other men's labors; but having hope that, as your faith groweth, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto [further] abundance, 16 so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, [and] not to glory in another's province in regard of things ready to our hand.
• 1 Thess 1:8 : 8 For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but {G2532} in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.