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Galatians 5:17

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “for” (γὰρ) before one another here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “maybe” (ἐὰν) before you shall here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “now” (δὲ) before are opposed here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “maybe” (ἂν) before you shall here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γὰρgarForγάρconjunction — “For”G1063for.Forσὰρξsarxfleshσάρξnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “flesh”, the subject formG4561flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.This verse uses “flesh”.the fleshἐπιθυμεῖepithumeilustethἐπιθυμέω (epithumeō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “lusteth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1937I long for, covet, lust after, set the heart upon.lustethκατὰkataagainstκατάpreposition — “against”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “against”.againstτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πνεύματοςpneumatosSpiritπνεῦμα (pneuma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “Spirit”, the of-formG4151wind, breath, spirit.This verse uses “spirit”.the Spiritτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeandδέconjunction — “and”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.andπνεῦμαpneumaSpiritπνεῦμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “Spirit”, the subject formG4151wind, breath, spirit.This verse uses “spirit”.the Spiritκατὰkataagainstκατάpreposition — “against”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “against”.againstτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σαρκόςsarkosfleshσάρξ (sarx)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “flesh”, the of-formG4561flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.This verse uses “flesh”.the fleshταῦταtautatheseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, neuter — “these”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.theseγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἀλλήλοιςallēloisone to the otherἀλλήλων (allēlōn)personal pronoun, dative, plural, neuter — “one to the other”, the to- or for-formG240one another, each other.the one to the otherἀντίκειταιantikeitaibe an opponentἀντίκειμαι (antikeimai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “be an opponent”, an ongoing or repeated actionG480I resist, oppose, withstand, lie opposite to.ἵναhinaso thatἵναconjunction — “so that”G2443in order that, so that.This verse uses “so that”.so thatμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἃhathatὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “that”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “that”.thatἐὰνeanifἐάνparticle — “if”G1437if.θέλητεthelēteye wouldθέλω (thelō)verb, present active subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “ye would”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.ye wouldταῦταtautathisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ποιῆτεpoiēteto doποιέω (poieō)verb, present active subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

δὲdeandδέconjunction — “and”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.ἂνanmaybeἄνconditional particle — “maybe”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will — these ye may not do;

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American Standard Version (1901)

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

Young’s Literal Translation

for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will — these ye may not do;

World English Bible

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

Darby Translation

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire;

Douay-Rheims

For the flesh lusteth against the spirit: and the spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary one to another: so that you do not the things that you would.

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