Galatians 3:22

Geneva Bible (1560)

But the Scripture hath concluded all vnder sinne, that the promes by the faith of Iesus Christ should be giuen to them that beleeue.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλὰ συνέκλεισεν ἡ γραφὴ τὰ πάντα ὑπὸ ἁμαρτίαν, ἵνα ἡ ἐπαγγελία ἐκ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δοθῇ τοῖς πιστεύουσιν.

Transliteration

But synekleisen the graphē the all under hamartian, in order that the epangelia out of pisteōs of Iēsou Christou might dothē to the ones pisteuousin.

Grammar Details

• *synekleisen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - confined/imprisoned/locked up together
• *graphē*: nominative, feminine, singular - Scripture/writing
• *hamartian*: accusative, feminine, singular - sin
• *epangelia*: nominative, feminine, singular - promise
• *pisteōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - faith/belief/trust
• *Iēsou*: genitive, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
• *dothē*: aorist, passive, subjunctive, 3rd person, singular - might be given
• *pisteuousin*: present, active, participle, dative, masculine, plural - believing/trusting

Word Meanings

• *synekleisen*: confined/imprisoned/locked up together/enclosed completely
• *graphē*: Scripture/writing/passage
• *hamartian*: sin/wrongdoing
• *epangelia*: promise/announcement
• *pisteōs*: faith/belief/trust/faithfulness
• *dothē*: might be given/granted
• *pisteuousin*: believing/trusting/having faith

Referenced Verses

• Rom 11:32 : 32 For God hath shut vp all in vnbeliefe, that he might haue mercie on all.
• Heb 9:15 : 15 And for this cause is he the Mediatour of the newe Testament, that through death which was for the redemption of the transgressions that were in the former Testament, they which were called, might receiue the promise of eternall inheritance.
• 1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promes that he hath promised vs, euen that eternall life.
• Gal 3:23 : 23 But before faith came, we were kept vnder the Law, as vnder a garison, and shut vp vnto that faith, which should afterward be reueiled.
• Rom 3:9-9 : 9 What then? Are we more excellent? No, in no wise: for we haue alreadie prooued, that all, both Iewes and Gentiles are vnder sinne, 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one. 11 There is none that vnderstandeth: there is none that seeketh God. 12 They haue all gone out of the way: they haue bene made altogether vnprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no not one. 13 Their throte is an open sepulchre: they haue vsed their tongues to deceit: the poyson of aspes is vnder their lippes. 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse. 15 Their feete are swift to shead blood. 16 Destruction & calamity are in their waies, 17 And ye way of peace they haue not knowen. 18 The feare of God is not before their eies. 19 Now we know that whatsoeuer ye Lawe saieth, it saieth it to them which are vnder ye Law, that euery mouth may bee stopped, and all the world be subiect to the iudgement of God. 20 Therefore by the woorkes of the Lawe shall no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne.
• Rom 3:23 : 23 For there is no difference: for all haue sinned, and are depriued of the glorie of God,
• Rom 4:11-16 : 11 After, he receiued the signe of circumcision, as the seale of the righteousnesse of ye faith which he had, when he was vncircumcised, that he should be the father of all them that beleeue, not being circumcised, that righteousnesse might be imputed to them also, 12 And the father of circumcision, not vnto them onely which are of the circumcision, but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the faith of our father Abraham, which he had when he was vncircumcised. 13 For the promise that he should be the heire of the worlde, was not giuen to Abraham, or to his seede, through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse of faith. 14 For if they which are of the Lawe, be heires, faith is made voide, & the promise is made of none effect. 15 For the Lawe causeth wrath: for where no Lawe is, there is no transgression. 16 Therefore it is by faith, that it might come by grace, and the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Lawe: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs all,
• Rom 5:12 : 12 Wherefore, as by one man sinne entred into ye world, & death by sinne, and so death went ouer all men: in who all men haue sinned.
• Rom 5:20-21 : 20 Moreouer the Law entred thereupon that the offence shoulde abound: neuerthelesse, where sinne abounded, there grace abounded much more: 21 That as sinne had reigned vnto death, so might grace also reigne by righteousnesse vnto eternall life, through Iesus Christ our Lord.
• Rom 10:9 : 9 For if thou shalt confesse with thy mouth the Lord Iesus, and shalt beleeue in thine heart, that God raised him vp from the dead, thou shalt be saued:
• Gal 3:8-9 : 8 For the Scripture foreseeing, that God would iustifie the Gentiles through faith, preached before the Gospel vnto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the Gentiles be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham. 10 For as many as are of the workes of the Lawe, are vnder the curse: for it is written, Cursed is euery man that continueth not in all things, which are written in the booke of the Law, to doe them.
• Gal 3:14 : 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Iesus, that wee might receiue the promes of the Spirite through faith.
• Gal 3:17 : 17 And this I say, that the couenant that was confirmed afore of God in respect of Christ, the Lawe which was foure hundreth and thirtie yeeres after, can not disanull, that it shoulde make the promise of none effect.
• Ps 143:2 : 2 (And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant: for in thy sight shall none that liueth, be iustified)
• Mark 16:16 : 16 He that shall beleeue and be baptized, shalbe saued: but he that will not beleeue, shalbe damned.
• John 3:15-18 : 15 That whosoeuer beleeueth in him, shoulde not perish, but haue eternall life. 16 For God so loued the worlde, that hee hath giuen his onely begotten Sonne, that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Sonne into the world, that he should condemne the world, but that the world through him might be saued. 18 Hee that beleeueth in him, is not condemned: but hee that beleeueth not, is condemned already, because he hath not beleeued in the Name of that onely begotten Sonne of God.
• John 3:36 : 36 Hee that beleeueth in the Sonne, hath euerlasting life, and hee that obeyeth not the Sonne, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
• John 5:24 : 24 Verely, verely I say vnto you, he that heareth my worde, and beleeueth him that sent me, hath euerlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but hath passed from death vnto life.
• John 6:40 : 40 And this is the will of him that sent mee, that euery man which seeth the Sonne, and beleeueth in him, should haue euerlasting life: and I will raise him vp at the last day.
• John 11:25-26 : 25 Iesus saide vnto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that beleeueth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he liue. 26 And whosoeuer liueth, and beleeueth in me, shall neuer die: Beleeuest thou this?
• John 12:46 : 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoeuer beleeueth in me, should not abide in darkenes.
• John 20:31 : 31 But these things are written, that ye might beleeue, that Iesus is that Christ that Sonne of God, and that in beleeuing ye might haue life through his Name.
• Acts 16:31 : 31 And they saide, Beleeue in the Lorde Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saued, & thine houshold.
• Gal 3:29 : 29 And if ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heires by promes.
• 2 Tim 1:1 : 1 Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ, by the will of God, according to the promesse of life which is in Christ Iesus,
• Heb 6:13-17 : 13 For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe, 14 Saying, Surely I wil aboundantly blesse thee and multiplie thee marueilously. 15 And so after that he had taried patiently, he enioyed the promes. 16 For men verely sweare by him that is greater then themselues, and an othe for confirmation is among them an ende of all strife. 17 So God, willing more aboundantly to shew vnto the heires of promes the stablenes of his counsell, bound himselfe by an othe,
• 1 John 3:23-24 : 23 This is then his commaundement, That we beleeue in the Name of his Sonne Iesus Christ, and loue one another as hee gaue commaundement. 24 For hee that keepeth his commaundements, dwelleth in him, and he in him: and hereby we knowe that hee abideth in vs, euen by that Spirit which he hath giuen vs.
• 1 John 5:11-13 : 11 And this is that record, to wit, that God hath giuen vnto vs eternall life, and this life is in that his Sonne. 12 He that hath that Sonne, hath that life: and he that hath not that Sonne of God, hath not that life. 13 These things haue I written vnto you, that beleeue in the Name of that Sonne of God, that ye may knowe that ye haue eternall life, and that ye may beleeue in the Name of that Sonne of God.
• 2 Pet 1:4 : 4 Whereby most great and precious promises are giuen vnto vs, that by them ye should be partakers of the diuine nature, in that ye flee the corruption, which is in the worlde through lust.
• 2 Pet 3:13 : 13 But wee looke for newe heauens, and a newe earth, according to his promes, wherein dwelleth righteousnesse.