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I do notοὐκset asideἀθετῶthe graceτὴν χάρινof God;τοῦ θεοῦforγὰρifεἰrighteousnessδικαιοσύνηcomesthroughδιὰthe law,νόμουthenἄραthe MessiahΧριστὸςdiedἀπέθανενfor nothing.δωρεὰν
Galatians 2:21
Study it in the app“I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then the Messiah died for nothing.”
With the Greek beneath
Galatians 2:21, word by word
- set asideἀθετῶathetō
set aside
To make something established worthless.
Where else “athetō” appears- the graceχάρινcharin
grace
A kindness God gives that no one earns, above all salvation.
Where else “charin” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosynē
righteousness
Doing what is just, living as God wants.
Where else “dikaiosynē” appears- the lawνόμουnomou
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomou” appears- thenἄραara
then, so
So then, therefore.
Where else “ara” appears- the MessiahΧριστὸςChristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appears- diedἀπέθανενapethanen
die
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apethanen” appears- for nothingδωρεὰνdōrean
in vain
Without profit, to no purpose at all.
Where else “dōrean” appears
The context
20and it is no longer I who live, but the Messiah lives in me; and what I now live in the flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.
21 · This verse (above)