17 {
"verseID": "Galatians.2.17",
"source": "Εἰ δὲ, ζητοῦντες δικαιωθῆναι ἐν Χριστῷ, εὑρέθημεν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἆρα Χριστὸς ἁμαρτίας διάκονος; Μὴ γένοιτο.",
"text": "If *de*, *zētountes dikaiōthēnai en Christō*, we *heurethēmen kai autoi hamartōloi*, is then *Christos hamartias diakonos*? *Mē genoito*.",
"grammar": {
"*ei de*": "conditional particle + particle - but if",
"*zētountes*": "present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - seeking",
"*dikaiōthēnai*": "aorist, passive, infinitive - to be justified",
"*en Christō*": "preposition + dative, masculine, singular - in Christ",
"*heurethēmen*": "aorist, passive, indicative, 1st person plural - we were found",
"*kai autoi*": "conjunction + nominative, masculine, plural - also ourselves",
"*hamartōloi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - sinners",
"*ara*": "interrogative particle - then/therefore",
"*Christos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Christ",
"*hamartias*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of sin",
"*diakonos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - servant/minister",
"*mē genoito*": "negative + aorist, middle, optative, 3rd person singular - may it not be/God forbid"
},
"variants": {
"*zētountes dikaiōthēnai*": "seeking to be justified/attempting to be justified",
"*heurethēmen*": "we were found/we proved to be/we turned out to be",
"*hamartias diakonos*": "servant of sin/minister of sin/promoter of sin",
"*mē genoito*": "may it not be/by no means/God forbid"
}
}
18 {
"verseID": "Galatians.2.18",
"source": "Εἰ γὰρ ἃ κατέλυσα, ταῦτα πάλιν οἰκοδομῶ παραβάτην ἐμαυτὸν συνίστημι.",
"text": "For if what I *katelysa*, these *palin oikodomō*, *parabatēn emauton synistēmi*.",
"grammar": {
"*ei gar*": "conditional particle + conjunction - for if",
"*ha*": "relative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - what/the things which",
"*katelysa*": "aorist, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I destroyed/tore down",
"*tauta*": "demonstrative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - these things",
"*palin*": "adverb - again",
"*oikodomō*": "present, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I build up",
"*parabatēn*": "accusative, masculine, singular - transgressor/lawbreaker",
"*emauton*": "accusative, reflexive pronoun, 1st person singular - myself",
"*synistēmi*": "present, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I prove/establish/demonstrate"
},
"variants": {
"*katelysa*": "I destroyed/I tore down/I demolished",
"*oikodomō*": "I build up/I construct/I establish",
"*parabatēn*": "transgressor/lawbreaker/violator",
"*synistēmi*": "prove/establish/demonstrate/show myself to be"
}
}
19 {
"verseID": "Galatians.2.19",
"source": "Ἐγὼ γὰρ διὰ νόμου νόμῳ ἀπέθανον, ἵνα Θεῷ ζήσω. ⋄Χριστῷ συνεσταύρωμαι:",
"text": "For I *dia nomou nomō apethanon*, *hina Theō zēsō*. With *Christō synestaurōmai*:",
"grammar": {
"*egō gar*": "1st person singular pronoun + conjunction - for I",
"*dia nomou*": "preposition + genitive, masculine, singular - through law",
"*nomō*": "dative, masculine, singular - to law",
"*apethanon*": "aorist, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I died",
"*hina*": "conjunction - in order that/so that",
"*Theō*": "dative, masculine, singular - to God",
"*zēsō*": "aorist, active, subjunctive, 1st person singular - I might live",
"*Christō*": "dative, masculine, singular - with Christ",
"*synestaurōmai*": "perfect, passive, indicative, 1st person singular - I have been crucified with"
},
"variants": {
"*dia nomou nomō apethanon*": "through the law I died to the law/by means of the law I died to the law",
"*Theō zēsō*": "I might live to God/I might live for God",
"*synestaurōmai*": "I have been crucified with/I was crucified with"
}
}
20 {
"verseID": "Galatians.2.20",
"source": "ζῶ δὲ· οὐκέτι ἐγώ ζῇ, δὲ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός: ὃ δὲ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί ἐν πίστει ζῶ τῇ τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντός με, καὶ παραδόντος ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ.",
"text": "I *zō de*; *ouketi egō zē*, *de en emoi Christos*: what *de* now I *zō en sarki en pistei zō* in the [faith] of the *Huiou tou Theou*, the one *agapēsantos* me, and *paradontos heauton hyper emou*.",
"grammar": {
"*zō de*": "present, active, indicative, 1st person singular + particle - and I live/yet I live",
"*ouketi*": "adverb - no longer",
"*egō*": "nominative, 1st person singular - I",
"*zē*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - lives",
"*de*": "particle - but/and",
"*en emoi*": "preposition + dative, 1st person singular - in me",
"*Christos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Christ",
"*ho de*": "relative pronoun + particle - and what",
"*nyn*": "adverb - now",
"*zō*": "present, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I live",
"*en sarki*": "preposition + dative, feminine, singular - in flesh",
"*en pistei*": "preposition + dative, feminine, singular - in faith",
"*zō*": "present, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I live",
"*tē tou Huiou tou Theou*": "dative, feminine, singular + genitive, masculine, singular + genitive, masculine, singular - in that of the Son of God",
"*tou agapēsantos*": "genitive, masculine, singular, aorist, active, participle - of the one having loved",
"*me*": "accusative, 1st person singular - me",
"*kai*": "conjunction - and",
"*paradontos*": "genitive, masculine, singular, aorist, active, participle - having given over",
"*heauton*": "accusative, reflexive pronoun, masculine, singular - himself",
"*hyper emou*": "preposition + genitive, 1st person singular - for me"
},
"variants": {
"*ouketi egō*": "no longer I/not I anymore",
"*en emoi Christos*": "Christ in me/Christ [lives] in me",
"*zō en sarki*": "I live in flesh/I live in body/I live in physical existence",
"*en pistei*": "in faith/by faith/through faith",
"*tou agapēsantos me*": "who loved me/the one having loved me",
"*paradontos heauton hyper emou*": "gave himself for me/delivered himself up for me/sacrificed himself for me"
}
}
21 {
"verseID": "Galatians.2.21",
"source": "Οὐκ ἀθετῶ τὴν χάριν τοῦ Θεοῦ: εἰ γὰρ διὰ νόμου δικαιοσύνη, ἄρα Χριστὸς δωρεὰν ἀπέθανεν.",
"text": "I do not *athetō* the *charin* of *Theou*: for if *dia nomou dikaiosynē*, then *Christos dōrean apethanen*.",
"grammar": {
"*ouk athetō*": "negative + present, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I do not set aside/nullify",
"*tēn charin*": "accusative, feminine, singular - the grace",
"*tou Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God",
"*ei gar*": "conditional particle + conjunction - for if",
"*dia nomou*": "preposition + genitive, masculine, singular - through law",
"*dikaiosynē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - righteousness",
"*ara*": "inferential particle - then/therefore",
"*Christos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Christ",
"*dōrean*": "adverb - in vain/for nothing",
"*apethanen*": "aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - died"
},
"variants": {
"*athetō*": "set aside/nullify/reject/frustrate",
"*charin*": "grace/favor/kindness",
"*dia nomou dikaiosynē*": "righteousness [comes] through law/righteousness [is] by law",
"*dōrean*": "in vain/for nothing/without purpose/needlessly",
"*apethanen*": "died/has died"
}
}