1 Timothy 1:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.”
1 Timothy 1:16 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Timothy 1:1624 words
ἀλλὰallaand, but (even), howbeit
διὰdiathrough / because of
τοῦτοtoutohe (it was that), hereof, it
ἠλεήθηνēleēthēn
ἵναhinaso that / in order that
ἐνenabout, after, against
ἐμοὶemoiI
πρώτῳprōtōbefore, beginning, best
ἐνδείξηταιendeixētaido, show (forth)
ΧριστὸςChristosChrist / Anointed
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesus
τὴνtēnthe
ἅπασανhapasanall (things), every (one), whole
μακροθυμίανmakrothymianlongsuffering, patience
πρὸςprosto / toward
ὑποτύπωσινhypotypōsinform, pattern
τῶνtōnthe
μελλόντωνmellontōnabout, after that, be
(almost)
πιστεύεινpisteueinbelieve
ἐπ’ep’about (the times), above, after
αὐτῷautōhe / she / it / same
εἰςeisinto / to
ζωὴνzōēnlife
αἰώνιονaiōnioneternal
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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