As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “which [letters]” (αἷς) before are here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “which [messages]” (οἷς) before are here.
ὡςhōsAsὡςconjunction — “As”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.Asκαὶkaialsoκαίadverb — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inπάσαιςpasaisallπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, plural, feminine — “all”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐπιστολαῖςepistolaishis epistlesἐπιστολή (epistolē)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “his epistles”, the to- or for-formG1992a letter, dispatch, epistle, message.his epistlesλαλῶνlalōnspeakingλαλέω (laleō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “speaking”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.speakingἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inαὐταῖςautaisthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, feminine — “them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themπερὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofτούτωνtoutōnthese thingsοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “these things”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.these thingsἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inαἷςhaiswhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, plural, feminine — “which”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichἐστινestinareεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “are”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.areδυσνόητάdusnoētahard to be understoodδυσνόητος (dusnoētos)adjective, nominative, plural, neuter — “hard to be understood”, the subject formG1425hard to understand.hard to be understoodτιναtinaoneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, plural, neuter — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.ἃhawhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀμαθεῖςamatheisthey that are unlearnedἀμαθής (amathēs)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “they that are unlearned”, the subject formG261unlearned, ignorant.This verse uses “unlearned”.they that are unlearnedκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀστήρικτοιastēriktoiunstableἀστήρικτος (astēriktos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “unstable”, the subject formG793(lit: unpropped), unsteady, unstable, unsettled.This verse uses “unstable”.unstableστρεβλοῦσινstreblousinwrestστρεβλόω (strebloō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “wrest”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4761I twist, torture; met: I twist or pervert language.wrestὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asκαὶkaithey do alsoκαίadverb — “they do also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.they do alsoτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λοιπὰςloipasotherλοιπός (loipos)adjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “other”, the object formG3062left, left behind, the remainder, the rest, the others.the otherγραφὰςgraphasscripturesγραφή (graphē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “scriptures”, the object formG1124(a) a writing, (b) a passage of scripture; plur: the scriptures.scripturesπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἰδίανidianownἴδιος (idios)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “own”, the object formG2398one's own, belonging to one, private, personal; one's own people, one's own family, home, property.ownαὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἀπώλειανapōleiandestructionἀπώλεια (apōleia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “destruction”, the object formG684destruction, ruin, loss, perishing; eternal ruin.This verse uses “destruction”.destruction
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
οἷςhoiswhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, plural, feminine — “which”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
as also in all the epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, among which things are certain hard to be understood, which the untaught and unstable do wrest, as also the other Writings, unto their own destruction.
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American Standard Version (1901)
as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Young’s Literal Translation
as also in all the epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, among which things are certain hard to be understood, which the untaught and unstable do wrest, as also the other Writings, unto their own destruction.
World English Bible
as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
Darby Translation
as also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; among which some things are hard to be understood, which the untaught and ill-established wrest, as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.
Douay-Rheims
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are certain things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.
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