Study it in the app“For am I trying to win over human beings now, or God? Or am I seeking to please human beings? If I were still pleasing human beings, I would not be a slave of the Messiah.”
Forγὰρam I trying to win overπείθωhuman beingsἀνθρώπουςnow,ἌρτιorἢGod?τὸν θεόνOrἢam I seekingζητῶto pleaseἀρέσκεινhuman beings?ἀνθρώποιςIfεἰI were stillἔτιpleasingἤρεσκονhuman beings,ἀνθρώποιςI would notοὐκ ἂνbeἤμηνa slaveδοῦλοςof the Messiah.Χριστοῦ
persuade
To lead another, by words, to think or do something.
Where else “peithō” appearsperson
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpous” appearsnow
Now, just now, at this moment.
Where else “Arti” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appearsseek
To go after something or someone until it is found.
Where else “zētō” appearsplease
Please.
Where else “areskein” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēmēn” appearsslave
A person who belongs to a master and serves him.
Where else “doulos” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appears“Win over”: literally, “persuade” or “try to convince.”
9As we have said before, so now I say again: if anyone is proclaiming good news to you contrary to what you received, let him be accursed.
10 · This verse (above)
11For I make known to you, brothers, the good news that was proclaimed by me, that it is not according to human standards.
