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AndδὲI testifyμαρτύρομαιagainπάλινto everyπαντὶmanἀνθρώπῳwho lets himself be circumcisedπεριτεμνομένῳthatὅτιhe isἐστὶνobligatedὀφειλέτηςto doποιῆσαιthe wholeὅλονlaw.τὸν νόμον
Galatians 5:3
Study it in the app“And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to do the whole law.”
With the Greek beneath
Galatians 5:3, word by word
- I testifyμαρτύρομαιmartyromai
testify, declare solemnly
Declare solemnly, affirm calling God as witness; urge, implore.
Where else “martyromai” appears- againπάλινpalin
again
Once more, repeating what came before.
Where else “palin” appears- manἀνθρώπῳanthrōpōi
someone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “anthrōpōi” appears- who lets himself be circumcisedπεριτεμνομένῳperitemnomenōi
circumcise
Circumcise.
Where else “peritemnomenōi” appears- he isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- obligatedὀφειλέτηςopheiletēs
debtor
Debtor: someone who owes something; also someone who owes for a wrong, an offender.
Where else “opheiletēs” appears- to doποιῆσαιpoiēsai
practice
To put into practice, like God's will.
Where else “poiēsai” appears- the wholeὅλονholon
whole, all
Whole, entire, all.
Where else “holon” appears- lawνόμονnomon
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomon” appears
The context
2Look, I, Paul, say to you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, the Messiah will benefit you nothing.
3 · This verse (above)
4You have been cut off from the Messiah, you who are trying to be declared righteous by the law; you have fallen away from grace.