Acts 20:32

World English Bible (2000)

Now, brothers, I entrust you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ τὰ νῦν παρατίθεμαι ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοὶ, τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ τῷ λόγῳ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ, τῷ δυναμένῳ ἐποἰκοδομῆσαι, καὶ δοῦναι ὑμῖν κληρονομίαν ἐν τοῖς ἡγιασμένοις πᾶσιν.

Transliteration

And the now paratithemai you, adelphoi, to-the Theō, and to-the logō of-the charitos of-him, to-the dynamenō epoikodomēsai, and dounai to-you klēronomian among the hēgiasmenois all.

Grammar Details

• *paratithemai*: present indicative, middle, 1st person singular - I commend/entrust
• *adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - brothers
• *Theō*: dative, masculine, singular - to God
• *logō*: dative, masculine, singular - to word
• *charitos*: genitive, feminine, singular - of grace
• *dynamenō*: present participle, middle, dative, masculine, singular - being able
• *epoikodomēsai*: aorist infinitive, active - to build up
• *dounai*: aorist infinitive, active - to give
• *klēronomian*: accusative, feminine, singular - inheritance
• *hēgiasmenois*: perfect participle, passive, dative, masculine, plural - having been sanctified

Word Meanings

• *paratithemai*: I commend/entrust/commit
• *adelphoi*: brothers/brethren
• *Theō*: God/deity
• *logō*: word/message
• *charitos*: grace/favor
• *dynamenō*: being able/having power
• *epoikodomēsai*: to build up/edify
• *dounai*: to give/grant
• *klēronomian*: inheritance/possession
• *hēgiasmenois*: having been sanctified/made holy/consecrated

Referenced Verses

• Col 1:12 : 12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
• Heb 9:15 : 15 For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
• Col 3:24 : 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
• Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
• Acts 14:23 : 23 When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
• Col 2:7 : 7 rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
• Acts 20:24 : 24 But these things don't count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
• Jer 3:19 : 19 "But I said, 'How I would put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!' and I said, 'You shall call me "My Father," and shall not turn away from following me.'
• Eph 1:14 : 14 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory.
• Eph 1:18 : 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
• Acts 9:31 : 31 So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 14:3 : 3 Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
• Jude 1:20 : 20 But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.
• Jude 1:24-25 : 24 Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy, 25 to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.
• Heb 2:11 : 11 For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
• Gen 50:24 : 24 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."
• Heb 10:14 : 14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
• Heb 13:9 : 9 Don't be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.
• 1 Pet 1:4-5 : 4 to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't fade away, reserved in Heaven for you, 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
• Acts 14:26 : 26 From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
• Acts 15:40 : 40 but Paul chose Silas, and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.
• Jer 49:11 : 11 Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.
• John 15:3 : 3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
• John 17:17 : 17 Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.
• Eph 2:20-22 : 20 being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone; 21 in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord; 22 in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
• Eph 4:12 : 12 for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;
• Eph 4:16 : 16 from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.
• Eph 5:5 : 5 Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
• 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
• 1 Cor 3:9-9 : 9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's farming, God's building. 10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.
• 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.