KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Galatians 1:10 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Greek Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Greek | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Greek word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Greek word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “For” | γὰρ | Properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles) | For |
| “do I” | πείθω | To convince (by argument, true or false); by analogy, to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively, to assent (to evidence or authority), to rely (by inward certainty) | do |
| “now” | Ἄρτι | Just now | now |
| “persuade” | πείθω | To convince (by argument, true or false); by analogy, to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively, to assent (to evidence or authority), to rely (by inward certainty) | persuade |
| “men,” | ἀνθρώπους | Man-faced, i.e., a human being | men |
| “or” | ἢ | Disjunctive, or; comparative, than | or |
| “God?” | θεόν | A deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism) | God |
| “or” | ἢ | Disjunctive, or; comparative, than | or |
| “do I seek” | ζητῶ | To seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life) | do seek |
| “to please” | ἀρέσκειν | To be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so) | please |
| “men?” | ἀνθρώποις | Man-faced, i.e., a human being | men |
| “for” | γὰρ | Properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles) | for |
| “if” | εἰ | If, whether, that, etc | if |
| “I” | ἤρεσκον | To be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so) | I |
| “yet” | ἔτι | "yet," still (of time or degree) | yet |
| “pleased” | ἤρεσκον | To be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so) | pleased |
| “men,” | ἀνθρώποις | Man-faced, i.e., a human being | men |
| “I should” | ἤμην | I was | should |
| “not” | οὐκ | The absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not | not |
| “be” | ἤμην | I was | be |
| “the servant” | δοῦλος | A slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency) | servant |
| “of Christ.” | Χριστοῦ | Anointed, i.e., the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus | Christ |
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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.
9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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