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Galatians 1:8

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

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ἀλλὰallaButἀλλάconjunction — “But”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.Butκαὶkaithoughκαίadverb — “though”G2532and, even, also, namely.thoughἐὰνeanifἐάνconjunction — “if”G1437if.ἡμεῖςhēmeisIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).weἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orἄγγελοςangelosan angelἄγγελοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “an angel”, the subject formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.This verse uses “an angel”.an angelἐξexfromἐκ (ek)preposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromοὐρανοῦouranouheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the of-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heavenεὐαγγελίζηταιeuangelizētaipreach any other gospelεὐαγγελίζω (euangelizō)verb, present middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “preach any other gospel”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2097I bring good news, preach good tidings, with or without an object, expressing either the persons who receive the good news or the good news itself (the good news being sometimes expressed as a person).preach any other gospelὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youπαρ’parthanπαρά (para)preposition — “than”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.thanὃhothat whichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “that which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.that whichεὐηγγελισάμεθαeuēngelisamethawe have preachedεὐαγγελίζω (euangelizō)verb, aorist middle indicative, 1st person plural — “we have preached”, a single actionG2097I bring good news, preach good tidings, with or without an object, expressing either the persons who receive the good news or the good news itself (the good news being sometimes expressed as a person).we have preachedὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youἀνάθεμαanathemaaccursedἀνάθεμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “accursed”, the subject formG331a votive offering, a thing devoted to God; a curse, the thing cursed.accursedἔστωestōto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active imperative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

but even if we or a messenger out of heaven may proclaim good news to you different from what we did proclaim to you — anathema let him be!

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American Standard Version (1901)

But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema.

Young’s Literal Translation

but even if we or a messenger out of heaven may proclaim good news to you different from what we did proclaim to you — anathema let him be!

World English Bible

But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any “good news” other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed.

Darby Translation

But if even we or an angel out of heaven announce as glad tidings to you [anything] besides what we have announced as glad tidings to you, let him be accursed.

Douay-Rheims

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema.

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