Galatians 2:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

(For He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked mightily in me toward the Gentiles:)

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

(Ὁ γὰρ ἐνεργήσας Πέτρῳ εἰς ἀποστολὴν τῆς περιτομῆς, ἐνήργησεν καὶ ἐμοὶ εἰς τὰ Ἔθνη:)

Transliteration

(For the one energēsas Petrō eis apostolēn of the peritomēs, enērgēsen also emoi eis the Ethnē:)

Grammar Details

• *ho gar*: article + conjunction - for the one
• *energēsas*: aorist, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having worked/empowered
• *Petrō*: dative, masculine, singular - for/in Peter
• *eis apostolēn*: preposition + accusative, feminine, singular - for apostleship
• *tēs peritomēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of the circumcision/Jews
• *enērgēsen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - worked/was effective
• *kai*: conjunction - also/even
• *emoi*: dative, 1st person singular - for/in me
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - for/to
• *ta Ethnē*: accusative, neuter, plural - the Gentiles/nations

Word Meanings

• *energēsas*: who worked/who empowered/who was effective in
• *enērgēsen*: worked/was effective/empowered
• *eis apostolēn*: for apostleship/for the mission/for the sending

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  (For He who worked through Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also worked through me for mine to the Gentiles)—

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  (for{G1063} he that{G3588} wrought{G1754} for Peter{G4074} unto{G1519} the apostleship{G651} of the circumcision{G4061} wrought{G1754} for me{G1698} also{G2532} unto{G1519} the Gentiles);{G1484}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  (For{G1063} he that wrought effectually{G1754}{(G5660)} in Peter{G4074} to{G1519} the apostleship{G651} of the circumcision{G4061}, the same{G2532} was mighty{G1754}{(G5656)} in me{G1698} toward{G1519} the Gentiles{G1484}:)

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  for he yt was myghty in Peter in the Apostleshippe over the circumcision the same was myghty in me amoge the gentyls:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  (For he yt was mightie with Peter to the Apostleshippe ouer the circumcision, the same was mightie with me also amoge the Heythen)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (For he that was mightie by Peter in the Apostleship ouer the circumcision, was also mightie by me toward the Gentiles)

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  (For he that was myghtie in Peter, to the Apostleshyp of the circumcision, the same was myghtie in me towarde the gentiles)

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  (for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to the Gentiles);

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for He who did work with Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, did work also in me in regard to the nations,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  (for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles);

• American Standard Version (1901)

  (for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles);

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  (Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);

• World English Bible (2000)

  (for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to the Gentiles);

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  (for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)

Referenced Verses

• Acts 1:8 : 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
• Acts 1:25 : 25 To take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
• Acts 2:14-41 : 14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them, 'Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words: 15 These are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. 16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out My Spirit on all people; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams: 18 On My servants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy: 19 I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below: blood, fire, and vapor of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes: 21 And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 22 Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know: 23 Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by lawless hands have crucified and killed: 24 Whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. 25 For David says concerning Him: 'I saw the Lord always before me, for He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken: 26 Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; moreover, my flesh also will rest in hope: 27 For You will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. 28 You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.' 29 Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you about the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, 31 He, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we all are witnesses. 33 Therefore, being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out what you now see and hear. 34 For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: 'The LORD said to my Lord, ‘Sit at My right hand, 35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.' 36 Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ. 37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, 'Men and brethren, what shall we do?' 38 Then Peter said to them, 'Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call. 40 And with many other words he testified and encouraged them, saying, 'Save yourselves from this perverse generation.' 41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
• Acts 3:12-26 : 12 And when Peter saw it, he responded to the people, Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? or why do you look so intently on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Son Jesus; whom you delivered, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. 14 But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted to you; 15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God has raised from the dead; of which we are witnesses. 16 And His name through faith in His name has made this man strong, whom you see and know: yes, the faith which is by Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. 17 And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance you did it, as did also your rulers. 18 But those things which God beforehand has shown by the mouth of all His prophets, that Christ should suffer, He has thus fulfilled. 19 Repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; 20 And He shall send Jesus Christ, who before was preached to you: 21 Whom the heavens must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began. 22 For Moses truly said to the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you from among your brethren, like unto me; Him shall you hear in all things whatever He shall say to you. 23 And it shall come to pass that every soul who will not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people. 24 Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. 25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 26 To you first, God, having raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
• Acts 4:4 : 4 However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
• Acts 5:12-16 : 12 And by the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. 13 And of the rest no man dared join them, but the people esteemed them highly. 14 And more believers were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women, 15 So much so that they brought forth the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. 16 A multitude also came out of the cities surrounding Jerusalem, bringing sick people, and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were healed every one.
• Acts 8:17 : 17 Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
• Acts 13:2-9 : 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went to Seleucia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus. 5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they also had John as their helper. 6 And when they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus: 7 Who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. 9 Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him, 10 And said, O full of all deceit and all trickery, you child of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? 11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately a mist and a darkness fell on him; and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
• Acts 14:3-9 : 3 So they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who confirmed the word of His grace by granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. 4 But the multitude of the city was divided: some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles. 5 And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers to mistreat and stone them, 6 They became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region, 7 And there they preached the gospel. 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, powerless in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who had never walked. 9 This man heard Paul speaking, who, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on your feet. And he leaped up and walked. 11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men.
• Acts 15:12 : 12 Then all the multitude kept silent, and listened to Barnabas and Paul declaring what miracles and wonders God had worked among the Gentiles by them.
• Acts 19:11-12 : 11 And God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 So that handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
• Acts 19:26 : 26 Moreover, you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods which are made with hands;
• Acts 21:19 : 19 And when he had greeted them, he declared in detail what things God had done among the Gentiles by his ministry.
• Acts 22:21 : 21 And he said to me, Depart, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.
• Acts 26:17-18 : 17 Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• 1 Cor 1:5-7 : 5 That in everything you are enriched by him, in all speech, and in all knowledge; 6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 7 So that you come short in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
• 1 Cor 9:2 : 2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet certainly I am to you: for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
• 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
• 2 Cor 11:4-5 : 4 For if someone comes and preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit, which you have not received, or a different gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him. 5 For I consider that I am not in any way inferior to the very chief apostles.
• Gal 3:5 : 5 He who ministers to you the Spirit and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
• Col 1:29 : 29 To this end I also labor, striving according to his working, which works mightily in me.