Greek Interlinear

Galatians 3:2 Interlinear

This only would I learn of you by the works of the law the Spirit Received ye or by the hearing of faith

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1τοῦτοG5124Thisthat thing
2μόνονG3440onlymerely
3θέλωG2309wouldto determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas g1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations),
4μαθεῖνG3129I learnto learn (in any way)
5ἀφ'G575of"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
6ὑμῶν·G5216youof (from or concerning) you
7ἐξG1537bya primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct
8ἔργωνG2041the workstoil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act
9νόμουG3551of the lawlaw (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of moses (including the volume); also of the gospel), or figurat
10τὸG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
11πνεῦμαG4151the Spirita current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e., (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital prin
12ἐλάβετεG2983Received yewhile g0138 is more violent, to seize or remove))
13G2228ordisjunctive, or; comparative, than
14ἐξG1537bya primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct
15ἀκοῆςG189the hearinghearing (the act, the sense or the thing heard)
16πίστεωςG4102of faithpersuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of god or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon christ

Verse Context

Galatians 3:1O foolish Galatians who you hath bewitched...
Galatians 3:2 (current)This only would I learn of you by the works of the law the Spirit Received ye or by the hearing of faith
Galatians 3:3so foolish Are ye having begun in the Spirit now...

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