Galatians 2:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new 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 have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.
• Gal 6:3 : 3 For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
• Acts 10:34 : 34 Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:
• 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.
• Gal 2:2 : 2 And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.
• Rom 2:11 : 11 For one man is not different from another before God.
• 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.
• Acts 15:6-9 : 6 And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question. 7 And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith. 8 And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us; 9 Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith. 10 Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it? 11 But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they. 12 And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them. 13 And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me: 14 Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself. 15 And this is in agreement with the words of the prophets, as it is said, 16 After these things I will come back, and will put up the tent of David which has been broken down, building up again its broken parts and making it complete: 17 So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named, 18 Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times. 19 For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God; 20 But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood. 21 For Moses, from times long past, has his preachers in every town, reading his law in the Synagogues every Sabbath. 22 Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers: 23 And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you: 24 Because we have knowledge that some who went from us have been troubling you with their words, putting your souls in doubt; to whom we gave no such order; 25 It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul, 26 Men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 And so we have sent Judas and Silas, who will say the same things to you themselves, by word of mouth. 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, to put on you nothing more than these necessary things; 29 To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.
• Job 32:6-7 : 6 And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you. 7 I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.
• Job 32:17-22 : 17 I will give my answer; I will put forward my knowledge: 18 For I am full of words, I am unable to keep in my breath any longer: 19 My stomach is like wine which is unable to get out; like skins full of new wine, it is almost burst. 20 Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth. 21 Let me not give respect to any man, or give names of honour to any living. 22 For I am not able to give names of honour to any man; and if I did, my Maker would quickly take me away.
• Job 34:19 : 19 Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
• Matt 22:16 : 16 And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.
• Mark 6:17-20 : 17 For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself. 18 For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife. 19 And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able; 20 For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.
• Mark 12:14 : 14 And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?
• Luke 20:21 : 21 And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God:
• 2 Cor 11:21-23 : 21 I say this by way of shaming ourselves, as if we had been feeble. But if anyone puts himself forward (I am talking like a foolish person), I will do the same. 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they of Israel? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.
• Heb 13:7 : 7 Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.
• Heb 13:17 : 17 Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.
• 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:
• Gal 2:9-9 : 9 When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision; 10 Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do. 11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong. 12 For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews went after him, so that even Barnabas was overcome by their false ways. 14 But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?