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Ephesians 5:32

This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

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τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μυστήριονmustērionmysteryμυστήριονnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “mystery”, the subject formG3466a mystery, secret, of which initiation is necessary; in the NT: the counsels of God, once hidden but now revealed in the Gospel or some fact thereof; the Christian revelation generally; particular truths or details of the Christian revelation.mysteryτοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.μέγαmegagreatμέγας (megas)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.ἐστίνestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.λέγωlegōspeakλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “speak”.speakεἰςeisconcerningεἰςpreposition — “concerning”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.concerningΧριστὸνchristonChristΧριστός (christos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the object formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.εἰςeisandεἰςpreposition — “and”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.andτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκκλησίανekklēsianchurchἐκκλησία (ekklēsia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “church”, the object formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.This verse uses “church”.the church

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;

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American Standard Version (1901)

This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.

Young’s Literal Translation

this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;

World English Bible

This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and the assembly.

Darby Translation

This mystery is great, but I speak as to Christ, and as to the assembly.

Douay-Rheims

This is a great sacrament; but I speak in Christ and in the church.

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