1 Thessalonians 5:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.”
1 Thessalonians 5:5 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Thessalonians 5:514 words
πάντεςpantesall / every
γὰρgarfor
ὑμεῖςhymeisyou
υἱοὶhyioison
φωτόςphōtosfire, light
ἐστεesteam, have been, is I
καὶkaiand / also
υἱοὶhyioison
ἡμέραςhēmerasage, + alway, (mid-)day (by day
οὐκouknot
ἐσμὲνesmenam, have been, is I
νυκτὸςnyktos(mid-)night
οὐδὲoudeneither
(indeed), never, no (more
σκότουςskotousdarkness
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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