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Butδὲif,εἰwhile seekingζητοῦντεςto be declared righteousδικαιωθῆναιinἐνthe Messiah,Χριστῷwe ourselvesαὐτοὶwere alsoκαὶfoundεὑρέθημενto besinners,ἁμαρτωλοίisthe MessiahΧριστὸςthenἆραa servantδιάκονοςof sin?ἁμαρτίαςBy no means!μὴ γένοιτο
Galatians 2:17
Study it in the app“But if, while seeking to be declared righteous in the Messiah, we ourselves were also found to be sinners, is the Messiah then a servant of sin? By no means!”
With the Greek beneath
Galatians 2:17, word by word
- while seekingζητοῦντεςzētountes
try
To try for something; to be after someone's life is to plan to kill them.
Where else “zētountes” appears- to be declared righteousδικαιωθῆναιdikaiōthēnai
declare righteous
God pronouncing you in the right and forgiving you.
Where else “dikaiōthēnai” appears- the MessiahΧριστῷChristōi
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christōi” appears- foundεὑρέθημενheurethēmen
turn out
To turn out to be; "was not found" means vanished.
Where else “heurethēmen” appears- sinnersἁμαρτωλοίhamartōloi
sinner
Sinner; in the Pharisees' mouth, someone who did not keep the law.
Where else “hamartōloi” appears- thenἆραara
question particle
Particle introducing a question: "then?", "can it be?".
Where else “ara” appears- a servantδιάκονοςdiakonos
minister
One who serves God in his work, also a deacon.
Where else “diakonos” appears- of sinἁμαρτίαςhamartias
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartias” appears- By no meansγένοιτοgenoito
be it so
"Let it be so"; or "by no means!".
Where else “genoito” appears
The context
16yet knowing that a person is not declared righteous by works of the law but through faith in Jesus the Messiah, we too have believed in the Messiah Jesus, so that we might be declared righteous by faith in the Messiah and not by works of the law; because by works of the law no flesh will be declared righteous.
17 · This verse (above)
18For if what I tore down, these things I build again, I prove myself to be a transgressor.