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Galatians 5:15 — King James Version← Study notes

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.


Galatians 5:15Greek Interlinear

Greek · Galatians 5:1511 words
GreekMeaning
εἰei
IfwordG1487
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
ἀλλήλουςallēlous
one anotherpronounG240
δάκνετεdaknete
you biteverbG1143
καὶkai
andwordG2532
κατεσθίετεkatesthiete
devourverbG2719
βλέπετεblepete
do take heedverbG991
μὴ
lestwordG3361
ὑπ’hyp’
byprepositionG5259
ἀλλήλωνallēlōn
one anotherpronounG240
ἀναλωθῆτεanalōthēte
you may be consumedverbG355
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Galatians 5:15

“But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you be not consumed one of another.” That he may not distress them, he does not assert this, though he knew it was the case, but mentions it ambiguously. For he does not say, “Inasmuch as you bite one another,” nor again does he assert, in the clause following, that they shall be consumed by each other; but “take heed that you be not consumed one of another,” and this is the language of apprehension and warning, not of…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Commentary on Galatians, Chapter 5
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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