Galatians 5:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐτρέχετε καλῶς· τίς ὑμᾶς ἀνέκοψεν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ μὴ πείθεσθαι;

Transliteration

You were etrechete kalōs; who you anekopsen tē alētheia mē peithesthai?

Grammar Details

*etrechete*: imperfect, active, indicative, 2nd person plural - were running/progressing
*kalōs*: adverb - well/nobly/excellently
*anekopsen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - hindered/prevented/cut in on
*tē alētheia*: dative, feminine, singular - by/with the truth
*mē*: negative particle - not
*peithesthai*: present, middle, infinitive - to obey/be persuaded by/trust

Word Meanings

*etrechete*: were running/progressing/advancing
*kalōs*: well/nobly/excellently
*anekopsen*: hindered/prevented/cut in on/impeded
*alētheia*: truth/reality/genuineness
*peithesthai*: to obey/be persuaded by/trust/follow

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 9:24 : 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Gal 3:1 : 1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Heb 12:1 : 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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.
Matt 13:21 : 21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Acts 6:7 : 7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Rom 2:8 : 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
2 Cor 10:5 : 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;
Rom 10:16 : 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
Rom 15:18 : 18 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,
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 1:8 : 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
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.

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