Galatians 3:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀδελφοί, κατὰ ἄνθρωπον λέγω· Ὅμως ἀνθρώπου κεκυρωμένην διαθήκην, οὐδεὶς ἀθετεῖ, ἢ ἐπιδιατάσσεται.

Transliteration

Adelphoi, according to anthrōpon I legō; yet of anthrōpou having been kekyrōmenēn diathēkēn, no one athetei, or epidiatassetai.

Grammar Details

*Adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - brothers/brethren
*anthrōpon*: accusative, masculine, singular - man/human custom
*legō*: present, active, indicative, 1st person, singular - I speak/say
*anthrōpou*: genitive, masculine, singular - man/person/human
*kekyrōmenēn*: perfect, passive, participle, accusative, feminine, singular - having been ratified/confirmed
*diathēkēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - covenant/testament/will
*athetei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - sets aside/annuls/rejects
*epidiatassetai*: present, middle, indicative, 3rd person, singular - adds conditions to/modifies

Word Meanings

*Adelphoi*: brothers/brethren/siblings
*anthrōpon*: man/human terms/human custom
*anthrōpou*: man's/person's/human's
*kekyrōmenēn*: having been ratified/confirmed/validated
*diathēkēn*: covenant/testament/will/legal agreement
*athetei*: sets aside/annuls/rejects/nullifies
*epidiatassetai*: adds conditions to/modifies/makes additional provisions

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Referenced Verses

Heb 9:17 : 17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Rom 3:5 : 5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say ? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance?(I speak as a man)
Rom 6:19 : 19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
1 Cor 15:32 : 32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

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