Matthew 18:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

And if he refuse to heare them, tell it vnto the Church: and if he refuse to heare the Church also, let him be vnto thee as an heathen man, and a Publicane.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐὰν δὲ παρακούσῃ αὐτῶν, εἰπὲ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ: ἐὰν δὲ καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας παρακούσῃ, ἔστω σοι ὥσπερ ὁ ἐθνικὸς καὶ ὁ τελώνης.

Transliteration

If but parakousē of them, eipe to the ekklēsia: if but also of the ekklēsias parakousē, estō to you as the ethnikos and the telōnēs.

Grammar Details

• *parakousē*: verb, aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd person, singular - might refuse to listen
• *eipe*: verb, aorist, active, imperative, 2nd person, singular - tell/say
• *ekklēsia*: noun, dative, feminine, singular - church/assembly
• *ekklēsias*: noun, genitive, feminine, singular - church/assembly
• *estō*: verb, present, active, imperative, 3rd person, singular - let be/let him be
• *ethnikos*: adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - gentile/heathen
• *telōnēs*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - tax collector

Word Meanings

• *parakousē*: might refuse to listen/disregard/ignore
• *eipe*: tell/say/speak
• *ekklēsia*: church/assembly/congregation
• *estō*: let be/let him be/must be
• *ethnikos*: gentile/heathen/pagan
• *telōnēs*: tax collector/publican

Referenced Verses

• 2 Thess 3:6 : 6 We warne you, brethren, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that ye withdrawe your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the instruction, which hee receiued of vs.
• 1 Cor 5:3-5 : 3 For I verely as absent in bodie, but present in spirit, haue determined already as though I were present, that he that hath thus done this thing, 4 When ye are gathered together, and my spirit, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that such one, I say, by the power of our Lord Iesus Christ, 5 Be deliuered vnto Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saued in the day of the Lord Iesus.
• 1 Cor 5:9-6:7 : 9 I wrote vnto you in an Epistle, that ye should not companie together with fornicatours, 10 And not altogether with the fornicatours of this world, or with the couetous, or with extorsioners, or with idolaters: for then ye must goe out of the world. 11 But nowe I haue written vnto you, that ye companie not together: if any that is called a brother, be a fornicatour, or couetous, or an idolater, or a rayler, or a drunkard, or an extorsioner, with such one eate not. 12 For what haue I to doe, to iudge them also which are without? doe ye not iudge them that are within? 13 But God iudgeth them that are without. Put away therefore from among your selues that wicked man. 1 Dare any of you, hauing businesse against an other, be iudged vnder the vniust, and not vnder the Saintes? 2 Doe ye not knowe, that the Saintes shall iudge the worlde? If the worlde then shalbe iudged by you, are ye vnworthie to iudge the smallest matters? 3 Knowe ye not that we shall iudge the Angels? howe much more, things that perteine to this life? 4 If then ye haue iudgements of things perteining to this life, set vp them which are least esteemed in the Church. 5 I speake it to your shame. Is it so that there is not a wise man among you? no not one, that can iudge betweene his brethren? 6 But a brother goeth to law with a brother, and that vnder the infidels. 7 Nowe therefore there is altogether infirmitie in you, in that yee goe to lawe one with another: why rather suffer ye not wrong? why rather susteine yee not harme?
• 2 Thess 3:14-15 : 14 If any man obey not this our saying in this letter, note him, & haue no company with him, that he may be ashamed: 15 Yet count him not as an enemie, but admonish him as a brother.
• Ezra 6:21 : 21 So the children of Israel which were come againe out of captiuitie, and all such as had separated themselues vnto them, from the filthines of the Heathen of the land, to seeke the Lorde God of Israel, did eate,
• Ezek 11:12 : 12 And ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde: for ye haue not walked in my statutes, neither executed my iudgements, but haue done after the maners of the heathen, that are round about you.
• 2 Cor 6:14-17 : 14 Be not vnequally yoked with the infidels: for what felowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse? and what communion hath light with darkenesse? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath the beleeuer with the infidell? 16 And what agreement hath the Temple of God with idols? for ye are the Temple of the liuing God: as God hath said, I will dwell among them, and walke there: and I will be their God, and they shalbe my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and separate your selues, saith the Lord, and touch none vncleane thing, and I wil receiue you.
• Eph 4:17-19 : 17 This I say therefore and testifie in the Lorde, that yee hencefoorth walke not as other Gentiles walke, in vanitie of their minde, 18 Hauing their vnderstanding darkened, and being strangers from the life of God through the ignorace that is in them, because of the hardnesse of their heart: 19 Which being past feeling, haue giuen themselues vnto wantonnesse, to woorke all vncleannesse, euen with griedinesse.
• Eph 5:11-12 : 11 And haue no fellowship with ye vnfruitfull works of darknes, but euen reproue them rather. 12 For it is shame euen to speake of the things which are done of them in secret.
• 3 John 1:9-9 : 9 I wrote vnto the Church: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among them, receiueth vs not. 10 Wherefore if I come, I will call to your remembrance his deedes which he doeth, pratling against vs with malicious wordes, and not therewith content, neither he himselfe receiueth the brethren, but forbiddeth them that woulde, and thrusteth them out of the Church.
• 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 Frowarde disputations of men of corrupt mindes & destitute of ye trueth, which thinke that gaine is godlines: from such separate thy selfe.
• 2 John 1:10-11 : 10 If there come any vnto you, and bring not this doctrine, receiue him not to house, neither bid him, God speede: 11 For he that biddeth him, God speede, is partaker of his euill deedes.
• Acts 15:6-7 : 6 Then the Apostles and Elders came together to looke to this matter. 7 And when there had bene great disputation, Peter rose vp, and said vnto them, Ye men and brethren, ye know that a good while ago, among vs God chose out me, that the Gentiles by my mouth should heare the worde of the Gospel, and beleeue.
• Rom 16:17-18 : 17 Now I beseech you brethren, marke them diligently which cause diuision and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye haue learned, and auoide them. 18 For they that are such, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christ, but their owne bellies, and with faire speech and flattering deceiue the heartes of the simple.
• 2 Cor 2:6-7 : 6 It is sufficient vnto the same man, that hee was rebuked of many. 7 So that nowe contrariwise yee ought rather to forgiue him, and comfort him, lest the same shoulde bee swalowed vp with ouermuch heauinesse.
• Matt 5:46 : 46 For if ye loue them, which loue you, what rewarde shall you haue? Doe not the Publicanes euen the same?
• Matt 6:7 : 7 Also when ye pray, vse no vaine repetitions as the Heathen: for they thinke to be heard for their much babbling.
• Matt 11:19 : 19 The sonne of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Beholde a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend vnto Publicanes and sinners: but wisedome is iustified of her children.
• Matt 21:31-32 : 31 Whether of them twaine did the will of the father? They saide vnto him, The first. Iesus saide vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, that the Publicanes and the harlots goe before you into the kingdome of God. 32 For Iohn came vnto you in the way of righteousnes, and yee beleeued him not: but the Publicanes, and the harlots beleeued him, and ye, though ye sawe it, were not mooued with repentance afterward, that ye might beleeue him.
• Luke 15:1 : 1 Then resorted vnto him all the Publicanes and sinners, to heare him.
• Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharise stoode and prayed thus with himselfe, O God, I thanke thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publican.
• Luke 19:2-3 : 2 Beholde, there was a man named Zaccheus, which was the chiefe receiuer of the tribute, and he was riche. 3 And he sought to see Iesus, who hee should be, and coulde not for the preasse, because he was of a lowe stature.
• Acts 6:1-3 : 1 And in those dayes, as the nomber of ye disciples grewe, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians towards ye Hebrewes, because their widowes were neglected in the dayly ministring. 2 Then the twelue called the multitude of the disciples together, and sayd, It is not meete that we should leaue the worde of God to serue the tables. 3 Wherefore brethren, looke ye out among you seuen men of honest report, and full of the holy Ghost, and of wisedome, which we may appoint to this busines.