King James Version
Galatians 2:15
In Galatians 2 of Galatians.
We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
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ἩμεῖςhēmeisIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).Weφύσειphuseiby natureφύσις (phusis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “by nature”, the to- or for-formG5449nature, inherent nature, origin, birth.This verse uses “nature”.by natureἸουδαῖοιioudaioiJewishἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “Jewish”, the subject formG2453Jewish.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἐξexofἐκ (ek)preposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofἐθνῶνethnōnGentilesἔθνος (ethnos)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “Gentiles”, the of-formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.the Gentilesἁμαρτωλοίhamartōloisinfulἁμαρτωλός (hamartōlos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “sinful”, the subject formG268sinning, sinful, depraved, detestable.This verse uses “sinful”.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
we by nature Jews, and not sinners of the nations,
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American Standard Version (1901)
We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
Young’s Literal Translation
we by nature Jews, and not sinners of the nations,
World English Bible
“We, being Jews by nature and not Gentile sinners,
Darby Translation
We, Jews by nature, and not sinners of [the] nations,
Douay-Rheims
We by nature are Jews, and not of the Gentiles sinners.
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