16 {
"verseID": "Galatians.2.16",
"source": "Εἰδότες ὅτι οὐ δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ἔργων νόμου, ἐὰν μὴ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐπιστεύσαμεν, ἵνα δικαιωθῶμεν ἐκ πίστεως Χριστοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων νόμου: διότι οὐ δικαιωθήσεται ἐξ ἔργων νόμου πᾶσα σάρξ.",
"text": "*Eidotes* that *ou dikaioutai anthrōpos ex ergōn nomou*, *ean mē dia pisteōs Iēsou Christou*, and we *eis Christon Iēsoun episteusamen*, *hina dikaiōthōmen ek pisteōs Christou*, and not *ex ergōn nomou*: *dioti ou dikaiōthēsetai ex ergōn nomou pasa sarx*.",
"grammar": {
"*eidotes*": "perfect, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - knowing",
"*hoti*": "conjunction - that",
"*ou dikaioutai*": "negative + present, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - is not justified",
"*anthrōpos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - a person/human being",
"*ex ergōn nomou*": "preposition + genitive, neuter, plural + genitive, masculine, singular - by works of law",
"*ean mē*": "conditional + negative - if not/except",
"*dia pisteōs*": "preposition + genitive, feminine, singular - through faith",
"*Iēsou Christou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of Jesus Christ",
"*kai*": "conjunction - and",
"*hēmeis*": "nominative, 1st person plural - we",
"*eis Christon Iēsoun*": "preposition + accusative, masculine, singular - in/on Christ Jesus",
"*episteusamen*": "aorist, active, indicative, 1st person plural - we believed",
"*hina*": "conjunction - so that/in order that",
"*dikaiōthōmen*": "aorist, passive, subjunctive, 1st person plural - we might be justified",
"*ek pisteōs Christou*": "preposition + genitive, feminine, singular + genitive, masculine, singular - by faith of/in Christ",
"*kai ouk*": "conjunction + negative - and not",
"*ex ergōn nomou*": "preposition + genitive, neuter, plural + genitive, masculine, singular - by works of law",
"*dioti*": "conjunction - because",
"*ou dikaiōthēsetai*": "negative + future, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - will not be justified",
"*ex ergōn nomou*": "preposition + genitive, neuter, plural + genitive, masculine, singular - by works of law",
"*pasa sarx*": "nominative, feminine, singular + nominative, feminine, singular - all flesh"
},
"variants": {
"*dikaioutai*": "is justified/is declared righteous/is made righteous",
"*ex ergōn nomou*": "by works of law/by observing the law/by legal observances",
"*dia pisteōs Iēsou Christou*": "through faith of Jesus Christ/through faith in Jesus Christ/through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ",
"*dikaiōthōmen*": "we might be justified/we might be declared righteous/we might be made righteous",
"*pasa sarx*": "all flesh/every human being/any person"
}
}
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"
}
}