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Forγὰρyourὑμῶνobedienceἡ ὑπακοὴhas reachedεἰς ἀφίκετοall;πάνταςsoοὖνI rejoiceχαίρωoverἐφ’you;ὑμῖνbutδὲI wantθέλωyouὑμᾶςto beεἶναιwiseσοφοὺςas toεἰςwhat is goodτὸ ἀγαθόνandδὲinnocentἀκεραίουςas toεἰςwhat is evil.τὸ κακόν
Romans 16:19
Study it in the app“For your obedience has reached all; so I rejoice over you; but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 16:19, word by word
- obedienceὑπακοὴhypakoē
obedience
Obedience: listening and doing what is commanded.
Where else “hypakoē” appears- has reachedἀφίκετοaphiketo
reach, arrive
Arrive, come, reach someone or some place.
Where else “aphiketo” appears- I rejoiceχαίρωchairō
rejoice
To feel joy and gladness about something.
Where else “chairō” appears- I wantθέλωthelō
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelō” appears- to beεἶναιeinai
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appears- wiseσοφοὺςsophous
wise
Wise, skilled, clever.
Where else “sophous” appears- what is goodἀγαθόνagathon
good
Being as it should be and doing others good; in the full sense, God alone.
Where else “agathon” appears- innocentἀκεραίουςakeraious
innocent, pure
Innocent, pure, unmixed with evil.
Where else “akeraious” appears- what is evilκακόνkakon
evil
What goes against God's will and harms others.
Where else “kakon” appears
The context
18For such people are not slaves to our Lord the Messiah but to their own belly, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
19 · This verse (above)
20And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet soon. The grace of our Lord Jesus the Messiah be with you.
To study Romans 16 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say about Phoebe in the first verses, and what does he ask them to do for her? (vv. 1-2)
2. What it means
What does it show that Paul greets so many people by name and says something about several of them? (vv. 3-15)
3. How I live it
Paul thanks specific people for their work and support. Whom could you thank by name today?