Romans 15:18

King James Version 1611 (Original)

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐ γὰρ τολμήσω λαλεῖν τι ὧν οὐ κατειργάσατο Χριστὸς διʼ ἐμοῦ, εἰς ὑπακοὴν Ἐθνῶν, λόγῳ καὶ ἔργῳ,

Transliteration

Not gar I will tolmēsō to lalein anything which not kateirgasato Christos through me, eis hypakoēn of Ethnōn, by logō and ergō,

Grammar Details

• *gar*: postpositive particle - for/indeed
• *tolmēsō*: future active indicative, 1st person singular - I will dare
• *lalein*: present active infinitive - to speak
• *kateirgasato*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - accomplished/worked
• *Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ
• *eis*: preposition with accusative - for/unto
• *hypakoēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - obedience
• *Ethnōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - of Gentiles/nations
• *logō*: dative, masculine, singular - by word
• *ergō*: dative, neuter, singular - by deed

Word Meanings

• *tolmēsō*: I will dare/I will venture
• *lalein*: to speak/to talk about
• *kateirgasato*: accomplished/worked/brought about
• *hypakoēn*: obedience/submission
• *Ethnōn*: of Gentiles/of nations/of peoples
• *logō*: by word/by speech
• *ergō*: by deed/by action/by work

Referenced Verses

• Acts 15:12 : 12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
• Acts 21:19 : 19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
• Rom 1:5 : 5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
• Prov 25:14 : 14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
• Rom 16:26 : 26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
• 2 Thess 2:17 : 17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
• Gal 2:8 : 8 For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
• Col 3:17 : 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
• Heb 5:9 : 9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
• Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
• Jas 1:22 : 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
• 1 John 3:18 : 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
• Jude 1:9 : 9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
• 1 Cor 3:6-9 : 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
• 2 Cor 3:1-3 : 1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? 2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
• 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
• 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
• 2 Cor 10:13-18 : 13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. 14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ: 15 Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly, 16 To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand. 17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
• 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
• 2 Cor 12:6 : 6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
• Matt 28:18-20 : 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
• Mark 16:20 : 20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
• Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
• Acts 15:4 : 4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
• Rom 6:17 : 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
• Acts 26:20 : 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.