Galatians 2:8

Coverdale Bible (1535)

(For he yt was mightie with Peter to the Apostleshippe ouer the circumcision, the same was mightie with me also amoge the Heythen)

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

(Ὁ γὰρ ἐνεργήσας Πέτρῳ εἰς ἀποστολὴν τῆς περιτομῆς, ἐνήργησεν καὶ ἐμοὶ εἰς τὰ Ἔθνη:)

Transliteration

(For the one energēsas Petrō eis apostolēn of the peritomēs, enērgēsen also emoi eis the Ethnē:)

Grammar Details

• *ho gar*: article + conjunction - for the one
• *energēsas*: aorist, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having worked/empowered
• *Petrō*: dative, masculine, singular - for/in Peter
• *eis apostolēn*: preposition + accusative, feminine, singular - for apostleship
• *tēs peritomēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of the circumcision/Jews
• *enērgēsen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - worked/was effective
• *kai*: conjunction - also/even
• *emoi*: dative, 1st person singular - for/in me
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - for/to
• *ta Ethnē*: accusative, neuter, plural - the Gentiles/nations

Word Meanings

• *energēsas*: who worked/who empowered/who was effective in
• *enērgēsen*: worked/was effective/empowered
• *eis apostolēn*: for apostleship/for the mission/for the sending

Referenced Verses

• Acts 1:8 : 8 but ye shal receaue the power of ye holy goost, which shal come vpon you, and ye shalbe my witnesses at Ierusalem, and in all Iewrye and Samaria, and vnto the ende of the earth.
• Acts 1:25 : 25 that the one maye take the rowme of this mynistracion and Apostelshippe, from the which Iudas by transgression fell, that he might go awaye in to his awne place.
• Acts 2:14-41 : 14 Then stode Peter vp with the eleuen, and lift vp his voyce, and sayde vnto them: Ye men of Iewry, and all ye that dwell at Ierusale, be this knowne vnto you, and let my wordes entre in at youre eares. 15 For these are not dronken, as ye suppose, for it is yet but the thirde houre of ye daye: 16 but this is it, that was spoke before by the prophet Ioel: 17 And it shal come to passe in the last dayes, sayeth God, I will poure out of my sprete vpon all flesh, and youre sonnes and youre doughters shal prophecye, and youre yonge men shal se visions and youre olde men shall dreame dreames, 18 and on my seruauntes and on my handmaydens wyll I poure out of my sprete in those dayes, & they shal prophecye. 19 And I wil shewe wonders in heauen aboue, and tokens on the earth beneth, bloude and fyre, and the vapoure of smoke. 20 The Sonne shalbe turned in to darknesse, and the Moone in to bloude, before that greate and notable daye of the LORDE come. 21 And it shall come to passe, Who so euer shal call vpo the name of the LORDE, shalbe saued. 22 Ye men of Israel, heare these wordes: Iesus of Nazareth, ye man approued of God amonge you with miracles, and wonders and tokens, which God dyd by him in the myddes amonge you, as ye yor selues knowe also, 23 him (after that he was delyuered by the determinate councell and foreknowlege of God) haue ye taken by the handes of vnrighteous personnes, and crucifyed him, & slayne him, 24 who God hath raysed vp, and lowsed the sorowes of death, for so moch as it was vnpossyble that he shulde be holden of it. 25 For Dauid speaketh of him: Afore honde haue I set the LORDE allwayes before me, for he is on my right hode, that I shulde not be moued. 26 Therfore dyd my hert reioyse, and my tunge was glad: For my flesh also shal rest in hope. 27 For thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell, nether shalt thou suffer yi Holy to se corrupcion. 28 Thou hast shewed me the wayes of life, thou shalt make me full of ioye with thy countenaunce. 29 Ye men and brethren, let me frely speake vnto you of the Patryarke Dauid: For he is deed and buried, and his sepulcre is with vs vnto this daye. 30 Wherfore now seinge yt he was a prophet, and knewe that God had promised him with an ooth, that the frute of his loynes shulde syt on his seate, 31 he sawe it before, and spake of the resurreccion of Christ: for his soule was not left in hell, nether hath his flesh sene corrupcion. 32 This Iesus hath God raysed vp, wherof we all are witnesses. 33 Seynge now that he by the right hande of God is exalted, and hath receaued of ye father ye promyse of the holy goost, he hath shed forth this, that ye se and heare. 34 For Dauid is not ascended in to heauen, but he sayde: The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE: Syt thou on my righte hande, 35 vntyll I make thine enemies yi fote stole. 36 So therfore let all the house of Israel knowe for a suertye, yt God hath made this same Iesus (whom ye haue crucified) LORDE and Christ. 37 Whan they herde this, their hert pricked them, and they sayde vnto Peter and to the other Apostles: Ye men and brethre, What shal we do? 38 Peter sayde onto them: Amede youre selues, and let euery one of you be baptysed in the name of Iesus Christ, for the remyssion of synnes, and ye shal receaue the gifte of the holy goost. 39 For this promyse was made vnto you and youre children, and to all that are farre of, who so euer the LORDE oure God shal call. 40 And wt many other wordes bare he witnesse, and exorted them, and sayde: Saue youre selues from this vntowarde generacion. 41 They that gladly receaued his preachinge, were baptysed, & the same daye there were added vnto them aboute thre thousande soules.
• Acts 3:12-26 : 12 Whan Peter sawe that, he answered vnto the people: Ye men of Israel, why maruayle ye at this, or why loke ye so at vs, as though we by oure awne power or deseruynge, had made this man to walke? 13 The God of Abraham and of Isaac, and of Iacob, ye God of oure fathers hath glorifyed his childe Iesus, whom ye delyuered and denyed in the presence of Pilate, whan he had iudged him to be lowsed. 14 But ye denyed the holy and iust, and desyred the murthurer to be geuen you, 15 but ye slewe the prynce of life, whom God hath raysed from the deed, of the which we are witnesses. 16 And thorow ye faith in his name, hath he confirmed his name vpon this man, whom ye se and knowe: and faith thorow him, hath geue this man this health before youre eyes. 17 Now deare brethre, I knowe that ye haue done it thorow ignoraunce, as dyd also youre rulers. 18 But God, which by the mouth of all his prophetes had shewed before, yt his Christ shulde suffre, hath so fulfilled it. 19 Do penaunce now therfore and turne you, that youre synnes maye be done awaye, whan the tyme of refreshinge shal come before the presence of the LORDE, 20 and whan he shal sende him, which now before is preached vnto you, euen Iesus Christ: 21 which must receaue heauen vntyll the tyme that all thinges, which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophetes sence ye worlde beganne, be restored agayne. 22 For Moses sayde vnto ye fathers: A prophet shal the LORDE youre God rayse vp vnto you, euen from amoge youre brethren, like vnto me: him shal ye heare, in all that he shal saye vnto you. 23 And it shal come to passe, what soule soeuer shal not heare the same prophet, shal be destroyed from amonge the people. 24 And all the prophetes from Samuel and thence forth as many as haue spoken, haue likewyse tolde of these dayes. 25 Ye are the children of the prophetes and of the couenaunt, which God made vnto or fathers, whan he sayde vnto Abraha: Thorow yi sede shal all ye nacios of ye earth be blessed. 26 First vnto you hath God raysed vp his childe Iesus, & sent hi vnto you, to blesse you yt euery one shulde turne fro his wickednesse.
• Acts 4:4 : 4 Howbeit many of the which herde the worde, beleued, and the nombre of ye men was aboute fyue thousande.
• Acts 5:12-16 : 12 Many tokens and wonders were done amonge the people by the hades of the Apostles (and they were all together with one acorde in Salomons porche: 13 but of other there durst no man ioyne him self vnto the, neuertheles the people helde moch of them. 14 The multitude of the men and women that beleued in the LORDE, grewe more and more) 15 In so moch that they brought out the sycke in to the stretes, and layed them vpon beddes and barowes, that at the leest waye the shadowe of Peter (whan he came by) might ouershadowe some of the. 16 There came many also out of ye cities rounde aboute vnto Ierusalem, and brought the sicke and the that were vexed with vncleane spretes, and they were healed euery one.
• Acts 8:17 : 17 Then layed they their hades on them, and they receaued the holy goost.
• Acts 9:15 : 15 The LORDE sayde vnto him: Go thy waye, for this man is a chosen vessell vnto me, that he maye beare my name before the Heythen, and before kynges, and before the children of Israel.
• Acts 13:2-9 : 2 As they serued ye LORDE, and fasted, the holy goost sayde: Separate me out Barnabas and Saul for the worke, where vnto I haue called them. 3 Then fasted they and prayed, and layed the handes on them, and let them go. 4 And they beynge sent of the holy goost, came vnto Seleucia, from thence they sayled vnto Cypers. 5 And whan they were come in to the cite Salamin, they shewed the worde of God in the synagoges of ye Iewes. And they had Ihon to their mynister. 6 And whan they had gone thorow out the yle vnto the cyte of Paphos, they founde a certayne Sorcerer and false prophete, a Iewe (whose name was Bariesu) 7 which was with Sergius Paulus the ruler of the countre, a ma of vnderstondinge. The same called Barnabas and Saul vnto him, and desyred to heare ye worde of God. 8 Then the Sorcerer Elimas (for so was his name by interpretacion) withstode the, and soughte to turne awaye the ruler fro the faith. 9 But Saul which is also called Paul, beynge full of the holy goost, loked vpon him, 10 and sayde: O thou childe of the deuell, full of all futtyltie and all disceatfulnesse, and enemye of all righteousnes, thou ceassest not to peruerte the straight wayes of ye LORDE. 11 And now beholde, the hade of the LORDE commeth vpon the, and thou shalt be blynde, and not se the Sonne for a season, And immediatly there fell on him a myst and darknesse, and he wente aboute, and soughte them that shulde lede him by the hande.
• Acts 14:3-9 : 3 So they had their beynge there a loge season, and quyte them selues boldly in the LORDE, which gaue testimony vnto the worde of his grace, and caused tokens and wonders to be done by their handes. 4 Howbeyt the multitude of the cite was deuyded, some helde wt the Iewes, and some with the Apostles. 5 But whan there rose vp an insurreccion of the Heythe and of ye Iewes, and of their rulers, to put them to shame, and to stone the, 6 they perceaued it, and fled vnto lystra and Derba cities of ye countre of Licaonia, and vnto ye region that lyeth rounde aboute, 7 and there they preached the Gospell. 8 And amonge them of Lystra, there was a man, which sat beynge impotent of his fete, and was crepell fro his mothers wombe, and had neuer walked, 9 the same herde Paul speake. And whan he behelde him, and perceaued that he had faith to be made whole, 10 he sayde wt a loude voyce: Stonde vp righte on thy fete. And he sprange vp and walked. 11 But whan the people sawe what Paul had done, they lifte vp their voyce, and sayde in ye speache of Lycaonia: The goddes are become like vnto men, and are come downe vnto vs.
• Acts 15:12 : 12 Then all ye multitude helde their peace, and gaue audience vnto Paul and Barnabas, which tolde how greate tokens and wonders God had done by the amoge the Heythen.
• Acts 19:11-12 : 11 And God wroughte no small miracles by the handes of Paul, 12 so that from his body there were broughte napkyns or partlettes vnto the sicke, and the diseases departed from them, and the euell spretes wente out of them.
• Acts 19:26 : 26 and ye se and heare, that not onely at Ephesus, but almost also thorow out all Asia, this Paul turneth awaye moch people with his persuadynge, and sayeth: They be not goddes that are made with hondes.
• Acts 21:19 : 19 And whan he had saluted them, he tolde by order, what God had done amoge the Heythen by his mynistracion.
• Acts 22:21 : 21 And he sayde vnto me: Go thy waye, for I wil sende the farre amonge the Hey then.
• Acts 26:17-18 : 17 And I wil delyuer the from the people, and from the Heythen, amonge who I wil now sende the, 18 to ope their eyes, that they maye turne from the darknesse vnto the lighte, and from the power of ye deuell vnto God, that they maye receaue forgeuenesse of synnes, and the enheritaunce with them that are sanctified by faith in me.
• 1 Cor 1:5-7 : 5 that in all poyntes ye are made ryche by him, in euery worde, and in all maner of knowlege 6 (eue as ye preachinge of Christ is confirmed in you) 7 so that ye wante nothinge in eny gifte, and wayte but for the appearinge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ:
• 1 Cor 9:2 : 2 Are not ye my worke in the LORDE? Yf I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet am I youre Apostle: for the seale of myne Apostleshippe are ye in the LORDE.
• 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am that I am. And his grace in me hath not bene vayne, but I haue laboured more then they all: howbeit not I but the grace of God which is wt me.
• 2 Cor 11:4-5 : 4 For yf he that commeth vnto you, preach another Iesus, whom we haue not preached, or yf ye receaue another sprete, yt ye haue not receaued, or another Gospell which ye haue not accepted, ye might right well haue bene cotent. 5 For I suppose that I am no lesse the the hye Apostles are.
• Gal 3:5 : 5 He that geueth you the sprete, and doth soch greate actes amoge you, doth he it thorow the dedes of the lawe, or by ye preachinge of the faith?
• Col 1:29 : 29 Wherin I also laboure, and stryue acordinge to the workynge of him which worketh mightely in me.