Galatians 5:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μὴ γινώμεθα κενόδοξοι, ἀλλήλους προκαλούμενοι, ἀλλήλοις φθονοῦντες.

Transliteration

Mē ginōmetha kenodoxoi, allēlous prokaloumenoi, allēlois phthonoūntes.

Grammar Details

*Mē*: negative particle with subjunctive - not
*ginōmetha*: present, middle, subjunctive, 1st person plural - let us become/be
*kenodoxoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - vainglorious/conceited
*allēlous*: accusative, masculine, plural - one another
*prokaloumenoi*: present, middle, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - provoking/challenging
*allēlois*: dative, masculine, plural - one another
*phthonoūntes*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - envying/being jealous of

Word Meanings

*ginōmetha*: let us become/be/turn into
*kenodoxoi*: vainglorious/conceited/arrogant/boastful
*prokaloumenoi*: provoking/challenging/inciting
*phthonoūntes*: envying/being jealous of/begrudging

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Luke 14:10 : 10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee.
1 Cor 3:7 : 7 So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Gal 5:15 : 15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
Phil 2:1-3 : 1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, 2 make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; 3 [ doing] nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind {G2233} each counting other better than himself;
Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
Jas 4:16 : 16 But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

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