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Ephesians 2:4

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

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ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeButδέconjunction — “But”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ButθεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godπλούσιοςplousiosrichπλούσιοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “rich”, the subject formG4145rich, abounding in, wealthy; subst: a rich man.richὢνōnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inἐλέειeleeimercyἔλεος (eleos)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “mercy”, the to- or for-formG1656pity, mercy, compassion.This verse uses “mercy”.mercyδιὰdiaforδιάpreposition — “for”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.forτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πολλὴνpollēngreatπολύς (polus)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “great”, the object formG4183much, many; often.greatἀγάπηνagapēnloveἀγάπη (agapē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “love”, the object formG26love, benevolence, good will, esteem; plur: love-feasts.loveαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἣνhēnwherewithὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “wherewith”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.wherewithἠγάπησενēgapēsenhe lovedἀγαπάω (agapaō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he loved”, a single actionG25I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.he lovedἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).us

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,

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American Standard Version (1901)

but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Young’s Literal Translation

and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,

World English Bible

But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

Darby Translation

but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,

Douay-Rheims

But God, (who is rich in mercy,) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us,

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