Galatians 4:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ τὸν πειρασμὸν μοῦ τὸν ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου οὐκ ἐξουθενήσατε, οὐδὲ ἐξεπτύσατε· ἀλλʼ ὡς ἄγγελον Θεοῦ ἐδέξασθέ με, ὡς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν.

Transliteration

And the peirasmon of me the in the sarki of me not you exouthenēsate, neither exeptysate; but as angelon Theou you edexasthe me, as Christon Iēsoun

Grammar Details

*peirasmon*: accusative, masculine, singular - trial/testing
*sarki*: dative, feminine, singular - flesh/body
*exouthenēsate*: aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural - you despised/rejected
*exeptysate*: aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural - you spat out/rejected with contempt
*angelon*: accusative, masculine, singular - angel/messenger
*Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
*edexasthe*: aorist middle indicative, 2nd person plural - you received/welcomed
*Christon*: accusative, masculine, singular - Christ/Messiah
*Iēsoun*: accusative, masculine, singular - Jesus

Word Meanings

*peirasmon*: trial/testing/temptation
*sarki*: flesh/body/physical condition
*exouthenēsate*: you despised/rejected/treated with contempt
*exeptysate*: you spat out/rejected with contempt/loathed
*angelon*: angel/messenger
*edexasthe*: you received/welcomed/accepted

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 10:40 : 40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
1 Thess 2:13 : 13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
2 Cor 5:20 : 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
Mal 2:7 : 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
Gal 4:13 : 13 {G1161} Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
1 Thess 4:8 : 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
Heb 13:2 : 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Matt 18:5 : 5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Luke 10:16 : 16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
John 13:20 : 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
1 Cor 1:28 : 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
2 Sam 14:17 : 17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
2 Sam 19:27 : 27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
Job 12:5 : 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Ps 119:141 : 141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Eccl 9:16 : 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Isa 53:2-3 : 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Zech 12:8 : 8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.

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