KJV: Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
YLT: meekness, temperance: against such there is no law;
Darby: meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law.
ASV: meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.
πραΰτης | gentleness |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: πραΰτης Sense: mildness of disposition, gentleness of spirit, meekness. |
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ἐγκράτεια | self-control |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: ἐγκράτεια Sense: self-control (the virtue of one who masters his desires and passions, esp. |
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κατὰ | against |
Parse: Preposition Root: κατά Sense: down from, through out. |
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τῶν | things |
Parse: Article, Genitive Neuter Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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τοιούτων | such |
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Genitive Neuter Plural Root: τοιοῦτος Sense: such as this, of this kind or sort. |
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οὐκ | no |
Parse: Adverb Root: οὐ Sense: no, not; in direct questions expecting an affirmative answer. |
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ἔστιν | there is |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: εἰμί Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present. |
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νόμος | law |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: νόμος Sense: anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command. |
Greek Commentary for Galatians 5:23
See on meek, Matthew 5:5. [source]
Only here by Paul. He alone uses ἐγκρατεύεσθαι tohave continency, 1 Corinthians 7:9; 1 Corinthians 9:25. See on is temperate, 1 Corinthians 9:25. The word means self-control, holding in hand the passions and desires. So Xen. Mem. i. 2,1, of Socrates, who was ἐγκρατεστατος mosttemperate as to sexual pleasures and pleasures of the appetite. [source]
Such things, not persons. [source]
Against such virtues there is no law to condemn them. The law can bring no charge against them. Comp. 1 Timothy 1:9, 1 Timothy 1:10. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Galatians 5:23
Comp. 1 Corinthians 4:21. Led by the Spirit of God, whose fruit is meekness (Galatians 5:23). For the combinations of πνεῦμα with genitives, see on Romans 8:4, p. 87. [source]
Instead of “under the flesh” as one might expect. See Galatians 3:2-6 for contrast between law and spirit. The flesh made the law weak (Romans 8:3; Hebrews 9:10, Hebrews 9:13). They are one and the same in result. See same idea in Romans 8:14. Note present tense of αγεστε agesthe (if you are continually led by the Spirit). See Galatians 5:23. [source]
Same phrase in Romans 8:33; Titus 1:1. In the Gospels a distinction exists between κλητος klētos and εκλεκτος eklektos (Matthew 24:22, Matthew 24:24, Matthew 24:31), but no distinction appears in Paul‘s writings. Here further described as “holy and beloved” The items in the new clothing for the new man in Christ Paul now gives in contrast with what was put off (Colossians 3:8). The garments include a heart of compassion (σπλαγχνα οικτιρμου splagchna oiktirmou the nobler viscera as the seat of emotion as in Luke 1:78; Philemon 1:8), kindness (χρηστοτητα chrēstotēta as in Galatians 5:22), humility (ταπεινοπροσυνην tapeinophrosunēn in the good sense as in Philemon 2:3), meekness (πραυτητα prautēta in Galatians 5:23 and in Ephesians 4:2 also with ταπεινοπροσυνη tapeinophrosunē), long-suffering (μακροτυμιαν makrothumian in Galatians 5:22; Colossians 1:11; James 5:10). [source]
N.T.oOriginally, having power over; possessed of; hence, controlling, keeping in hand. Ἑγκράτεια temperance Acts 24:25; Galatians 5:23; 2 Peter 1:6. Εγκρατεύεσθαι tocontain one's self, 1 Corinthians 7:9; 1 Corinthians 9:25. [source]
Self-control. Old word (from εγκρατης egkratēs εν en and κρατος kratos one holding himself in as in Titus 1:8), in N.T. only here, Acts 24:25; Galatians 5:23. The opposite of the πλεονεχια pleonexia of the heretics. [source]