James 1:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
James 1:17 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · James 1:1723 words
ΠᾶσαPasaall / every
δόσιςdosisgift, giving
ἀγαθὴagathēbenefit, good(-s, things)
καὶkaiand / also
πᾶνpanall / every
δώρημαdōrēmagift
τέλειονteleionof full age, man, perfect
ἄνωθένanōthenfrom above, again, from the beginning (ver…
ἐστινestinam, have been, is I
καταβαῖνονkatabainoncome (get, go, step) down
ἀπὸapofrom
τοῦtouthe
πατρὸςpatrosfather, parent
τῶνtōnthe
φώτωνphōtōnfire, light
παρ’par’above, against, among
ᾧhōwho / which
οὐκouknot
ἔνιenibe, (there) is
παραλλαγὴparallagēvariableness
ἢēor
τροπῆςtropēsturning
ἀποσκίασμαaposkiasmashadow
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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