Romans 16:26

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the nations might believe and obey him—

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Φανερωθέντος δὲ νῦν, διά τε γραφῶν προφητικῶν, κατʼ ἐπιταγὴν τοῦ αἰωνίου Θεοῦ, εἰς ὑπακοὴν πίστεως εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη γνωρισθέντος:

Transliteration

Having-been-phanerōthentos de now, through both graphōn prophētikōn, according-to epitagēn of-the aiōniou Theou, for hypakoēn of-pisteōs to all the ethnē having-been-gnōristhentos:

Grammar Details

• *phanerōthentos*: aorist participle passive genitive neuter singular - having been revealed/made known
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• νῦν: temporal adverb - now
• διά: preposition with genitive - through
• τε: enclitic particle - both/and
• *graphōn*: genitive feminine plural - writings/scriptures
• *prophētikōn*: genitive feminine plural - prophetic
• κατʼ: preposition with accusative - according to
• *epitagēn*: accusative feminine singular - command/order
• *aiōniou*: genitive masculine singular - eternal/everlasting
• *Theou*: genitive masculine singular - God
• εἰς: preposition with accusative - for/to
• *hypakoēn*: accusative feminine singular - obedience
• *pisteōs*: genitive feminine singular - faith/belief
• πάντα: accusative neuter plural - all
• *ethnē*: accusative neuter plural - nations/Gentiles
• *gnōristhentos*: aorist participle passive genitive neuter singular - having been made known

Word Meanings

• *phanerōthentos*: having been revealed/made known/manifested
• *graphōn*: writings/scriptures
• *prophētikōn*: prophetic/of the prophets
• *epitagēn*: command/order/instruction
• *aiōniou*: eternal/everlasting
• *Theou*: God/deity
• *hypakoēn*: obedience/compliance
• *pisteōs*: faith/belief/trust
• *ethnē*: nations/Gentiles/peoples
• *gnōristhentos*: having been made known/revealed/disclosed

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the pphets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But now is revealed, and by the prophetic scriptures, according to the commandment of the eternal God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  but now is opened by ye scriptures of prophesie at the commaundement of the everlastinge god to stere vp obedience to the faith publisshed amonge all nacions:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  but now is opened, & shewed by the scriptures of ye prophetes, at the comaundemet of the euerlastinge God, to set vp ye obediece of the faith amonge all Heythen:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (But nowe is opened, and published among all nations by the Scriptures of the Prophetes, at the commandement of the euerlasting God for the obedience of faith)

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But nowe is opened, and by the scriptures of the prophetes, at the comaundement of the euerlastyng God, to the obedience of fayth, among all nations publisshed:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  {See Romans 14:23}

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and now having been made manifest, also, through prophetic writings, according to a command of the age-during God, having been made known to all the nations for obedience of faith --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith–

Referenced Verses

• Rom 1:5 : 5 Through Him, we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of His name among all the nations,
• Col 1:26 : 26 the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.
• 2 Tim 1:10 : 10 and has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
• Rom 1:2 : 2 (which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures)
• Titus 1:2-3 : 2 In the hope of eternal life, which the God who does not lie promised before the beginning of time. 3 At the proper time, He revealed His word through preaching, which I was entrusted with by the command of God our Savior.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
• 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
• Rom 15:4 : 4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
• Rom 15:18 : 18 I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done.
• Gal 3:8 : 8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: 'All nations will be blessed through you.'
• Eph 1:9 : 9 He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ,
• Eph 2:20 : 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
• Rom 1:20 : 20 For since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
• Rom 3:21 : 21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to by the Law and the Prophets.
• Gen 21:33 : 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.
• Deut 33:27 : 27 The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemies before you, saying, 'Destroy them!'
• Isa 9:6 : 6 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.
• Isa 40:28 : 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom.
• Mic 5:2 : 2 Therefore, he will give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth, and the rest of his brothers will return to join the children of Israel.
• Matt 28:19-20 : 19 'Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,' 20 'teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.'
• Mark 16:15 : 15 He said to them, 'Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to all creation.'
• Luke 24:44-47 : 44 He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms." 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them, "This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day. 47 And repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• Acts 6:7 : 7 So the word of God spread. The number of the disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.
• Acts 8:32-35 : 32 The passage of Scripture he was reading was this: 'Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.' 33 In his humiliation justice was taken away from him. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth. 34 The eunuch said to Philip, 'I ask you, who is the prophet talking about? Himself or someone else?' 35 Then Philip began to speak, and starting from this Scripture, he preached to him the good news about Jesus.
• Acts 10:43 : 43 All the prophets testify about Him, that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.
• Acts 13:46-47 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, 'It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are now turning to the Gentiles.' 47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'
• Acts 26:17-18 : 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
• Acts 26:22-23 : 22 But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to both small and great, saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen: 23 that the Messiah must suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the light of the gospel to our people and to the Gentiles.
• Rev 1:8-9 : 8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, the One who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. 9 I, John, your brother and companion in the tribulation, kingdom, and perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard a loud voice behind me, like a trumpet, 11 saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.
• Rev 1:17 : 17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. Then He placed His right hand on me and said, 'Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last,
• Rev 19:10 : 10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, 'Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.'
• Heb 9:14 : 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we may serve the living God?
• Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.