Hebrews 6:10

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐ γὰρ ἄδικος ὁ Θεὸς ἐπιλαθέσθαι τοῦ ἔργου ὑμῶν καὶ τοῦ κόπου τῆς ἀγάπης, ἧς ἐνεδείξασθε εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, διακονήσαντες τοῖς ἁγίοις, καὶ διακονοῦντες.

Transliteration

Not gar adikos the Theos epilathesthai tou ergou hymōn and tou kopou tēs agapēs, which enedeixasthe eis to onoma autou, diakonēsantes tois hagiois, and diakonountes.

Grammar Details

• *gar*: conjunction - for/because
• *adikos*: nominative singular masculine - unjust/unrighteous
• *Theos*: nominative singular masculine - God
• *epilathesthai*: aorist middle infinitive - to forget
• *tou ergou*: genitive singular neuter - of the work
• *hymōn*: genitive plural - of you
• *tou kopou*: genitive singular masculine - of the labor
• *tēs agapēs*: genitive singular feminine - of the love
• *enedeixasthe*: aorist middle indicative, 2nd person plural - you showed/displayed
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - toward/unto
• *to onoma*: accusative singular neuter - the name
• *autou*: genitive singular masculine - of him
• *diakonēsantes*: aorist active participle, nominative plural masculine - having ministered/served
• *tois hagiois*: dative plural masculine - to the saints
• *diakonountes*: present active participle, nominative plural masculine - ministering/serving

Word Meanings

• *adikos*: unjust/unrighteous
• *epilathesthai*: to forget/to overlook
• *ergou*: work/deed/labor
• *kopou*: labor/toil/trouble
• *agapēs*: love
• *enedeixasthe*: you showed/displayed/demonstrated
• *diakonēsantes*: having ministered/having served
• *hagiois*: saints/holy ones
• *diakonountes*: ministering/serving/continuing to serve

Referenced Verses

• Matt 10:42 : 42 and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.'
• 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,
• Prov 14:31 : 31 An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
• Acts 10:4 : 4 and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, `What is it, Lord?' And he said to him, `Thy prayers and thy kind acts came up for a memorial before God,
• 2 Thess 1:6-7 : 6 since `it is' a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you -- trouble, 7 and to you who are troubled -- rest with us in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with messengers of his power,
• Matt 25:35-40 : 35 for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me; 36 naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me. 37 `Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink? 38 and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around? 39 and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came unto thee? 40 `And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did `it' to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did `it'.
• Mark 9:41 : 41 for whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward;
• Phlm 1:5-7 : 5 hearing of thy love and faith that thou hast unto the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints, 6 that the fellowship of thy faith may become working in the full knowledge of every good thing that `is' in you toward Christ Jesus; 7 for we have much joy and comfort in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.
• Heb 13:16 : 16 and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.
• Col 3:17 : 17 and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, `do' all things in the name of the Lord Jesus -- giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.
• 1 John 3:14-18 : 14 we -- we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death. 15 Every one who is hating his brother -- a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining, 16 in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down; 17 and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him -- how doth the love of God remain in him? 18 My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!
• 1 John 1:9 : 9 if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;
• John 13:20 : 20 verily, verily, I say to you, he who is receiving whomsoever I may send, doth receive me; and he who is receiving me, doth receive Him who sent me.'
• Acts 2:44-45 : 44 and all those believing were at the same place, and had all things common, 45 and the possessions and the goods they were selling, and were parting them to all, according as any one had need.
• Acts 4:34-35 : 34 for there was not any one among them who did lack, for as many as were possessors of fields, or houses, selling `them', were bringing the prices of the thing sold, 35 and were laying them at the feet of the apostles, and distribution was being made to each according as any one had need.
• Acts 9:36-39 : 36 And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, (which interpreted, is called Dorcas,) this woman was full of good works and kind acts that she was doing; 37 and it came to pass in those days she, having ailed, died, and having bathed her, they laid her in an upper chamber, 38 and Lydda being nigh to Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter is in that `place', sent two men unto him, calling on him not to delay to come through unto them. 39 And Peter having risen, went with them, whom having come, they brought into the upper chamber, and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing coats and garments, as many as Dorcas was making while she was with them.
• 1 Tim 6:18 : 18 to do good, to be rich in good works, to be ready to impart, willing to communicate,
• 2 Tim 1:17-18 : 17 but being in Rome, very diligently he sought me, and found; 18 may the Lord give to him to find kindness from the Lord in that day; and how many things in Ephesus he did minister thou dost very well know.
• 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.
• Acts 10:31 : 31 and he said, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy kind acts were remembered before God;
• Acts 11:29 : 29 and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,
• Rom 3:4-5 : 4 let it not be! and let God become true, and every man false, according as it hath been written, `That Thou mayest be declared righteous in Thy words, and mayest overcome in Thy being judged.' 5 And, if our unrighteousness God's righteousness doth establish, what shall we say? is God unrighteous who is inflicting the wrath? (after the manner of a man I speak)
• Rom 12:13 : 13 to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.
• Rom 15:25-27 : 25 And, now, I go on to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints; 26 for it pleased Macedonia and Achaia well to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who `are' in Jerusalem; 27 for it pleased well, and their debtors they are, for if in their spiritual things the nations did participate, they ought also, in the fleshly things, to minister to them.
• 1 Cor 13:4-7 : 4 The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, 5 doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil, 6 rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth; 7 all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.
• 1 Cor 16:1-3 : 1 And concerning the collection that `is' for the saints, as I directed to the assemblies of Galatia, so also ye -- do ye; 2 on every first `day' of the week, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made; 3 and whenever I may come, whomsoever ye may approve, through letters, these I will send to carry your favour to Jerusalem;
• 2 Cor 8:1-9 : 1 And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God, that hath been given in the assemblies of Macedonia, 2 because in much trial of tribulation the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, did abound to the riches of their liberality; 3 because, according to `their' power, I testify, and above `their' power, they were willing of themselves, 4 with much entreaty calling on us to receive the favour and the fellowship of the ministration to the saints, 5 and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God, 6 so that we exhorted Titus, that, according as he did begin before, so also he may finish to you also this favour, 7 but even as in every thing ye do abound, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love to us, that also in this grace ye may abound; 8 not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness, 9 for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.
• 2 Cor 9:1 : 1 For, indeed, concerning the ministration that `is' for the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you,
• 2 Cor 9:11-15 : 11 in every thing being enriched to all liberality, which doth work through us thanksgiving to God, 12 because the ministration of this service not only is supplying the wants of the saints, but is also abounding through many thanksgivings to God, 13 through the proof of this ministration glorifying God for the subjection of your confession to the good news of the Christ, and `for' the liberality of the fellowship to them and to all, 14 and by their supplication in your behalf, longing after you because of the exceeding grace of God upon you; 15 thanks also to God for His unspeakable gift!
• Gal 5:6 : 6 for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.
• Gal 5:13 : 13 For ye -- to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,
• Gal 6:10 : 10 therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.
• Phil 4:16-18 : 16 because also in Thessalonica, both once and again to my need ye sent; 17 not that I seek after the gift, but I seek after the fruit that is overflowing to your account; 18 and I have all things, and abound; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you -- an odour of a sweet smell -- a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God:
• Prov 19:17 : 17 Whoso is lending `to' Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.
• Jer 2:2-3 : 2 `Go, and thou hast called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Jehovah: I have remembered for thee The kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, Thy going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown. 3 Holy `is' Israel to Jehovah, The first-fruit of His increase, All consuming him are guilty, Evil cometh in unto them, an affirmation of Jehovah.
• Jer 18:20 : 20 Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.
• Deut 32:4 : 4 The Rock! -- perfect `is' His work, For all His ways `are' just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright `is' He.
• Neh 5:19 : 19 Remember for me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
• Neh 13:22 : 22 And I say to the Levites, that they be cleansed, and, coming in, keeping the gates, to sanctify the sabbath-day. Also, this, remember for me, O my God, and have pity on me, according to the abundance of Thy kindness.
• Neh 13:31 : 31 and for the wood-offering at appointed times, and for first-fruits. Be mindful of me, O my God, for good.
• Ps 20:3 : 3 He doth remember all thy presents, And thy burnt-offering doth reduce to ashes. Selah.
• Jas 2:15-17 : 15 and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food, 16 and any one of you may say to them, `Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,' and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what `is' the profit? 17 so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.