Galatians 4:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὥστε ἐχθρὸς ὑμῶν γέγονα, ἀληθεύων ὑμῖν;

Transliteration

So echthros of you I have gegona, alētheuōn to you?

Grammar Details

• *echthros*: nominative, masculine, singular - enemy/hostile person
• *gegona*: perfect active indicative, 1st person singular - I have become
• *alētheuōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - speaking truth

Word Meanings

• *echthros*: enemy/hostile person/opponent
• *gegona*: I have become/turned into
• *alētheuōn*: speaking truth/telling the truth/being truthful

Referenced Verses

• Amos 5:10 : 10 The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly.
• John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.
• Ps 141:5 : 5 May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.
• Prov 9:8 : 8 Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.
• Gal 2:5 : 5 But we did not surrender to them even for a moment, in order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
• Gal 5:7 : 7 You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth?
• John 8:45 : 45 But because I am telling you the truth, you do not believe me.
• 1 Kgs 21:20 : 20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him,“So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah replied,“I have found you, because you are committed to doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
• 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat,“There is still one man through whom we can seek the LORD’s will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said,“The king should not say such things.”
• 1 Kgs 22:27 : 27 Say,‘This is what the king says,“Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water until I safely return.”’”
• 2 Chr 24:20-22 : 20 God’s Spirit energized Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them,“This is what God says:‘Why are you violating the commands of the LORD? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the LORD, he has rejected you!’” 21 They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD’s temple. 22 King Joash disregarded the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s son. As Zechariah was dying, he said,“May the LORD take notice and seek vengeance!”
• 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 While he was speaking, Amaziah said to him,“Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” So the prophet stopped, but added,“I know that God has decided to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”
• 1 Kgs 18:17-18 : 17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him,“Is it really you, the one who brings disaster on Israel?” 18 Elijah replied,“I have not brought disaster on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the LORD’s commandments and following the Baals.
• Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all,“If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
• Gal 3:1-4 : 1 Justification by Law or by Faith? You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified! 2 The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard? 3 Are you so foolish? Although you began with the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by human effort? 4 Have you suffered so many things for nothing?– if indeed it was for nothing.