Romans 15:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐ γὰρ τολμήσω λαλεῖν τι ὧν οὐ κατειργάσατο Χριστὸς διʼ ἐμοῦ, εἰς ὑπακοὴν Ἐθνῶν, λόγῳ καὶ ἔργῳ,

Transliteration

Not gar I will tolmēsō to lalein anything which not kateirgasato Christos through me, eis hypakoēn of Ethnōn, by logō and ergō,

Grammar Details

• *gar*: postpositive particle - for/indeed
• *tolmēsō*: future active indicative, 1st person singular - I will dare
• *lalein*: present active infinitive - to speak
• *kateirgasato*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - accomplished/worked
• *Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ
• *eis*: preposition with accusative - for/unto
• *hypakoēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - obedience
• *Ethnōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - of Gentiles/nations
• *logō*: dative, masculine, singular - by word
• *ergō*: dative, neuter, singular - by deed

Word Meanings

• *tolmēsō*: I will dare/I will venture
• *lalein*: to speak/to talk about
• *kateirgasato*: accomplished/worked/brought about
• *hypakoēn*: obedience/submission
• *Ethnōn*: of Gentiles/of nations/of peoples
• *logō*: by word/by speech
• *ergō*: by deed/by action/by work

Referenced Verses

• Acts 15:12 : 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.
• Acts 21:19 : 19 And when he had saluted them, he rehearsed one by one the things which God had wrought among the Gentiles through his ministry.
• Rom 1:5 : 5 through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;
• Prov 25:14 : 14 [ As] clouds and wind without rain, [So is] he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.
• Rom 16:26 : 26 but now is manifested, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known unto all the nations unto obedience of faith:
• 2 Thess 2:17 : 17 comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
• Gal 2:8 : 8 (for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles);
• Col 3:17 : 17 And {G3748} whatsoever ye do, {G4160} in word or in deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
• Heb 5:9 : 9 and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;
• Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
• Jas 1:22 : 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
• 1 John 3:18 : 18 [ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
• Jude 1:9 : 9 But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
• 1 Cor 3:6-9 : 6 I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God's fellow-workers: ye are God's husbandry, God's building.
• 2 Cor 3:1-3 : 1 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you? 2 Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men; 3 being made manifest that ye are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in tables [that are] hearts of flesh.
• 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 And working together [with him] we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain
• 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds), 5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
• 2 Cor 10:13-18 : 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. 17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
• 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, {G5547} he who is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not.
• 2 Cor 12:6 : 6 For if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth me [to be], or heareth {G5100} from me.
• Matt 28:18-20 : 18 And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
• Mark 16:20 : 20 And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
• Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith unto the Gentiles.
• Acts 15:4 : 4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church and the apostles and the elders, and they rehearsed all things that God had done with them.
• Rom 6:17 : 17 But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, {G1161} ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;
• Acts 26:20 : 20 but declared both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.