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Galatians 4

Greek — Tischendorf 8th edition · 31 verses

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  1. 1

    Λέγω δέ ἐφ’ ὅσον χρόνον ὁ κληρονόμος νήπιός ἐστιν οὐδὲν διαφέρει δούλου κύριος πάντων ὤν

    to say · but · upon · how much · time · the · heir · infant · to be · nothing · to carry through · slave · Lord · all · to be

  2. 2

    ἀλλὰ ὑπὸ ἐπιτρόπους ἐστὶν καὶ οἰκονόμους ἄχρι τῆς προθεσμίας τοῦ πατρός

    but · under · overseer · to be · and · steward · until · the · predetermined · the · father

  3. 3

    οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἤμεθα δεδουλωμένοι

    thus · and · we · when · to be · infant · under · the · element · the · world · to be · to enslave

  4. 4

    ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός γενόμενον ὑπὸ νόμον

    when · but · to come · the · fullness · the · time · to send forth · the · God · the · son · he · to become · from · woman · to become · under · law

  5. 5

    ἵνα τοὺς ὑπὸ νόμον ἐξαγοράσῃ ἵνα τὴν υἱοθεσίαν ἀπολάβωμεν

    that · the · under · law · to redeem · that · the · adoption · to receive

  6. 6

    ὅτι δέ ἐστε υἱοί ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν κρᾶζον Ἀββᾶ ὁ πατήρ

    that · but · to be · son · to send forth · the · God · the · spirit · the · son · he · into · the · heart · we · to croak · father · the · father

  7. 7

    ὥστε οὐκέτι εἶ δοῦλος ἀλλὰ υἱός εἰ δὲ υἱός καὶ κληρονόμος διὰ θεοῦ

    so that · no longer · to be · slave · but · son · if · but · son · and · heir · through · God

  8. 8

    Ἀλλὰ τότε μὲν οὐκ εἰδότες θεὸν ἐδουλεύσατε τοῖς φύσει μὴ οὖσιν θεοῖς

    but · then · truly · not · to see · God · to serve · the · nature · not · to be · God

  9. 9

    νῦν δὲ γνόντες θεόν μᾶλλον δὲ γνωσθέντες ὑπὸ θεοῦ πῶς ἐπιστρέφετε πάλιν ἐπὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ καὶ πτωχὰ στοιχεῖα οἷς πάλιν ἄνωθεν δουλεῦσαι θέλετε

    now · but · to know · God · more · but · to know · under · God · how · to turn · again · upon · the · weak · and · poor · element · who · again · from above · to serve · to will

  10. 10

    ἡμέρας παρατηρεῖσθε καὶ μῆνας καὶ καιροὺς καὶ ἐνιαυτούς

    day · to watch carefully · and · month · and · time · and · year

  11. 11

    φοβοῦμαι ὑμᾶς μήπως εἰκῇ κεκοπίακα εἰς ὑμᾶς

    to fear · you · lest · in vain · to toil · into · you

  12. 12

    Γίνεσθε ὡς ἐγώ ὅτι κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς ἀδελφοί δέομαι ὑμῶν οὐδέν με ἠδικήσατε

    to become · as · I · that · and I · as · you · brother · to ask · you · nothing · I · absolutely

  13. 13

    οἴδατε δὲ ὅτι δι’ ἀσθένειαν τῆς σαρκὸς εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν τὸ πρότερον

    to see · but · that · through · weakness · the · flesh · to evangelize · you · the · before

  14. 14

    καὶ τὸν πειρασμὸν ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου οὐκ ἐξουθενήσατε οὐδὲ ἐξεπτύσατε ἀλλὰ ὡς ἄγγελον θεοῦ ἐδέξασθέ με ὡς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν

    and · the · temptation · you · in · the · flesh · I · not · to despise · neither · to spit out · but · as · angel · God · to receive · I · as · Christ · Jesus

  15. 15

    ποῦ οὖν ὁ μακαρισμὸς ὑμῶν μαρτυρῶ γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι εἰ δυνατὸν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν ἐξορύξαντες ἐδώκατέ μοι

    somewhere · therefore · the · blessing · you · to testify · for · you · that · if · mighty · the · eye · you · to dig out · to give · I

  16. 16

    ὥστε ἐχθρὸς ὑμῶν γέγονα ἀληθεύων ὑμῖν

    so that · enemy · you · to become · to speak truth · you

  17. 17

    ζηλοῦσιν ὑμᾶς οὐ καλῶς ἀλλὰ ἐκκλεῖσαι ὑμᾶς θέλουσιν ἵνα αὐτοὺς ζηλοῦτε

    to be zealous · you · not · well · but · to shut out · you · to will · that · he · to be zealous

  18. 18

    καλὸν δὲ ζηλοῦσθαι ἐν καλῷ πάντοτε καὶ μὴ μόνον ἐν τῷ παρεῖναί με πρὸς ὑμᾶς

    good · but · to be zealous · in · good · always · and · not · only · in · the · to be present · I · to · you

  19. 19

    τέκνα μου οὓς πάλιν ὠδίνω μέχρις οὗ μορφωθῇ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν

    child · I · who · again · to travail · as far as · who · to form · Christ · in · you

  20. 20

    ἤθελον δὲ παρεῖναι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄρτι καὶ ἀλλάξαι τὴν φωνήν μου ὅτι ἀποροῦμαι ἐν ὑμῖν

    to will · but · to be present · to · you · now · and · to change · the · voice · I · that · to be perplexed · in · you

  21. 21

    Λέγετέ μοι οἱ ὑπὸ νόμον θέλοντες εἶναι τὸν νόμον οὐκ ἀκούετε

    to say · I · the · under · law · to will · to be · the · law · not · to hear

  22. 22

    γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι Ἀβραὰμ δύο υἱοὺς ἔσχεν ἕνα ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης καὶ ἕνα ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας

    to write · for · that · Abraham · two · son · to have · one · from · the · young girl · and · one · from · the · free

  23. 23

    ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης κατὰ σάρκα γεγέννηται ὁ δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας διὰ τῆς ἐπαγγελίας

    but · the · truly · from · the · young girl · down · flesh · to beget · the · but · from · the · free · through · the · announcement

  24. 24

    ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα αὗται γάρ εἰσιν δύο διαθῆκαι μία μὲν ἀπὸ ὄρους Σινᾶ εἰς δουλίαν γεννῶσα ἥτις ἐστὶν Ἄγαρ

    whoever · to be · to speak allegorically · this · for · to be · two · covenant · one · truly · from · mountain · Mount Sinai · into · slavery · to beget · whoever · to be · Hagar

  25. 25

    τὸ γὰρ Σινᾶ ὄρος ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀραβίᾳ συνστοιχεῖ δὲ τῇ νῦν Ἱερουσαλήμ δουλεύει γὰρ μετὰ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς

    the · for · Mount Sinai · mountain · to be · in · the · Arabia · to correspond with · but · the · now · Jerusalem · to serve · for · with · the · child · he

  26. 26

    ἡ δὲ ἄνω Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐλευθέρα ἐστίν ἥτις ἐστὶν μήτηρ ἡμῶν

    the · but · up · Jerusalem · free · to be · whoever · to be · mother · we

  27. 27

    γέγραπται γάρ εὐφράνθητι στεῖρα ἡ οὐ τίκτουσα ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον ἡ οὐκ ὠδίνουσα ὅτι πολλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐρήμου μᾶλλον ἢ τῆς ἐχούσης τὸν ἄνδρα

    to write · for · to gladden · hard · the · not · to produce · to break asunder · and · to cry out · the · not · to travail · that · many · the · child · the · desolate · more · or · the · to have · the · man

  28. 28

    ὑμεῖς δέ ἀδελφοί κατὰ Ἰσαὰκ ἐπαγγελίας τέκνα ἐστέ

    you · but · brother · down · Isaac · announcement · child · to be

  29. 29

    ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ τότε ὁ κατὰ σάρκα γεννηθεὶς ἐδίωκεν τὸν κατὰ πνεῦμα οὕτως καὶ νῦν

    but · even as · then · the · down · flesh · to beget · to persecute · the · down · spirit · thus · and · now

  30. 30

    ἀλλὰ τί λέγει ἡ γραφή ἔκβαλε τὴν παιδίσκην καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς οὐ γὰρ μὴ κληρονομήσει ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς ἐλευθέρας

    but · who · to say · the · Scripture · to cast out · the · young girl · and · the · son · he · not · for · not · to inherit · the · son · the · young girl · with · the · son · the · free

  31. 31

    διό ἀδελφοί οὐκ ἐσμὲν παιδίσκης τέκνα ἀλλὰ τῆς ἐλευθέρας

    wherefore · brother · not · to be · young girl · child · but · the · free

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  • 31 Verses
  • 443 Greek words
  • 169 Distinct lemmas

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