Galatians 4:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My little children, of whom I am again in travail until {G3739} Christ be formed in you—

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τεκνία μου, οὓς πάλιν ὠδίνω ἄχρις οὗ μορφωθῇ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν,

Transliteration

Teknia of me, whom again I ōdinō until morphōthē Christos in you

Grammar Details

• *teknia*: vocative, neuter, plural - little children
• *ōdinō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I suffer birth pains
• *morphōthē*: aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might be formed
• *Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ/Messiah

Word Meanings

• *teknia*: little children/dear children
• *ōdinō*: I suffer birth pains/labor in childbirth
• *morphōthē*: might be formed/take shape/be fashioned

Referenced Verses

• Eph 4:13 : 13 till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
• Rom 8:29 : 29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:
• Rom 13:14 : 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].
• 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. 15 For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.
• Num 11:11-12 : 11 And Moses said unto Jehovah, Wherefore hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? 12 Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
• Eph 4:24 : 24 and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
• Col 3:10 : 10 and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:
• Phil 2:17 : 17 Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:
• Col 1:27 : 27 to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
• Phlm 1:10 : 10 I beseech thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,
• Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
• 1 John 2:1 : 1 My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
• 1 John 2:12 : 12 I write unto you, [my] little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
• 1 John 5:21 : 21 [My] little children, guard yourselves from idols. amen.
• Rev 12:1-2 : 1 And a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars; 2 and she was with child; and she crieth out, travailing in birth, and in pain to be delivered.
• Phlm 1:19 : 19 I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: None that I say not unto thee that thou owest to me even thine own self besides.
• Heb 5:7 : 7 Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up {G5037} prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
• Col 2:1 : 1 For I would have you know how greatly I {G2192} strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
• Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
• 1 Tim 1:2 : 2 unto Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Titus 1:4 : 4 to Titus, my true child after a common faith: Grace {G1656} and peace from God the Father and {G2962} Christ Jesus our Saviour.
• Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
• Phil 2:5 : 5 Have this {G5426} mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
• Isa 53:11 : 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.
• Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.