James 4:7

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Submit youre selves to god and resist the devyll and he will flye from you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ Θεῷ. Ἀντίστητε τῷ διαβόλῳ, καὶ φεύξεται ἀφʼ ὑμῶν.

Transliteration

Hypotagēte therefore to the Theō. Antistēte to the diabolō, and he will pheuxetai from you.

Grammar Details

• *Hypotagēte*: aorist passive imperative, 2nd plural - submit/be subject
• *Theō*: dative, masculine, singular - God
• *Antistēte*: aorist active imperative, 2nd plural - resist/oppose
• *diabolō*: dative, masculine, singular - devil/slanderer
• *pheuxetai*: future middle indicative, 3rd singular - will flee/escape

Word Meanings

• *Hypotagēte*: submit/be subject/be subordinate
• *Theō*: God/deity
• *Antistēte*: resist/oppose/stand against
• *diabolō*: devil/slanderer/accuser
• *pheuxetai*: will flee/escape/run away

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 5:8-9 : 8 Be sober and watch for youre adversary ye devyll as a rorynge lion walketh about sekynge whom he maye devoure: 9 whom resist stedfust in the fayth remebrynge that ye do but fulfill the same affliccios which are apoynted to youre brethren that are in the worlde.
• Eph 4:27 : 27 nether geue place vnto ye backbyter.
• Eph 6:11-12 : 11 Put on ye armour of God that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst ye crafty assautes of the devyll. 12 For we wrestle not agaynst flesshe and bloud: but agaynst rule agaynst power and agaynst worldy rulars of ye darckenes of this worlde agaynst spretuall wickednes for hevenly thinges.
• 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Submit youre selves therfore vnder the myghty honde of god that he maye exalt you whe the tyme is come.
• Heb 12:9 : 9 Moreover seynge we had fathers of oure flesshe which corrected vs and we gave them reverence: shuld we not moche rather be in subieccion vnto the father of spretuall gyftes that we myght live?
• Matt 4:3-9 : 3 Then came to hym the tempter and sayde: yf thou be the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made breed. 4 He answered and sayde: yt is wrytten man shall not lyve by brede onlye but by every worde yt proceadeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devyll tooke hym vp into ye holy cite and set hym on a pynacle of the teple 6 and sayd vnto hym: yf thou be the sonne of God cast thy sylfe doune. For it is wrytte he shall geve his angels charge over the and with their handes they shall holde yt vp that thou dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone. 7 And Iesus sayde to hym it ys wrytten also: Thou shalt not tempte thy Lorde God. 8 The devyll toke hym vp agayne and ledde hym in to an excedynge hye mountayne and shewed hym all the kyngdomes of ye worlde and all ye glorie of them 9 and sayde to hym: all these will I geue ye if thou wilt faull doune and worship me. 10 Then sayde Iesus vnto hym. Avoyd Satan. For it is writte thou shalt worshyp ye Lorde thy God and hym only shalt thou serve. 11 Then the dyvell left hym and beholde the angels came and ministred vnto hym.
• Luke 4:2-9 : 2 and was.xl. dayes tempted of the devyll. And in thoose dayes ate he no thinge. And when they were ended he afterward hongred. 3 And the devyll sayde vnto him: yf thou be the sonne of God comaunde this stone yt it be breed. 4 And Iesus answered hym sayinge: It is writte: man shall not live by breed only but by every worde of God. 5 And ye devyll toke him vp into an hye moutayne and shewed him all the kyngdoms of the worlde eve in ye twincklinge of an eye. 6 And ye devyll sayde vnto him: all this power will I geve ye every whit and the glory of the: for yt is delyvered to me and to whosoever I will I geve it. 7 Yf thou therfore wilt worshippe me they shalbe all thyne. 8 Iesus answered him and sayde: hence from me Sathan. For it is written: Thou shalt honour the Lorde thy God and him only serve. 9 And he caryed him to Ierusalem and set him on a pynacle of the temple and sayd vnto him: Yf thou be the sonne of God cast thy silfe doune from hens. 10 For it is written he shall geve his angels charge over the to kepe the 11 and with there hondis they shall stey the vp that thou dasshe not thy fote agaynst a stone. 12 Iesus answered and sayde to him it is sayd: thou shalt not tempte the Lorde thy God. 13 Assone as the devyll had ended all his temptacions he departed from him for a season.
• Rom 10:3 : 3 For they are ignoraut of the rightewesnes which is alowed before God and goo about to stablisshe their awne rightewesnes and therfore are not obedient vnto the rightewesnes which is of valew before God.
• Acts 16:29-31 : 29 Then he called for a lyght and sprange in and came tremblynge and fell doune before Paul and Sylas 30 and brought them out and sayde: Syrs what must I do to be saved? 31 And they sayde: beleve on the Lorde Iesus and thou shalt be saved and thy housholde.
• Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke on you and lerne of me for I am meke and lowly in herte: and ye shall fynd rest vnto youre soules.
• Eph 5:21 : 21 submittinge youre selves one to another in the feare of God.
• Rev 12:9-9 : 9 And the grett dragon that olde serpent called the devyll and Sathanas was cast out. Which desceaveth all the worlde. And he was cast into the erth and his angelles were cast out also. 10 And I harde a lowde voyce sayinge: in heve is nowe made salvacio and strengthe and ye kyngdome of oure God and the power of his Christ For he is cast doune which accused them before god daye and nyght. 11 And they overcame him by the bloude of the lambe and by the worde of their testimony and they loved not their lyves vnto the deeth.
• 1 Pet 2:13 : 13 Submit youre selves vnto all manner ordinaunce of man for the LORdes sake whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto the chefe heed:
• Acts 9:6 : 6 And he bothe tremblynge and astonyed sayde: Lorde what wilt thou have me to do? And ye Lorde sayde vnto him: aryse and goo into the cite and it shalbe tolde the what thou shalt do.
• Acts 26:19 : 19 Wherfore kynge Agrippa I was not disobedient vnto the hevenly vision:
• Rom 14:11 : 11 For it is written: as truely as I lyve sayth ye LORde all knees shall bowe to me and all tonges shall geve a knowledge to God.