Acts
Acts 15:19–20
19It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
Word by word
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Acts 15:19
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| my | ἐγὼ | egō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| judgment | κρίνω | krinō | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G2919 I judge, decide, think good |
| therefore | Διὸ | Dio | Conjunction | G1352 wherefore |
| that we should not cause trouble for | παρενοχλεῖν | parenochlein | Verb - Present Infinitive Active | G3926 I trouble |
| the | τῶν | tōn | Article - Genitive Neuter Plural | G3588 the |
| Gentiles | ἐθνῶν | ethnōn | Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G1484 a race, people, the Gentiles |
| are turning | ἐπιστρέφουσιν | epistrephousin | Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural | G1994 I turn back to |
| to | ἐπὶ | epi | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| God | Θεόν | Theon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
Acts 15:20
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instead | ἀλλὰ | alla | Conjunction | G235 but, except |
| we should write | ἐπιστεῖλαι | episteilai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G1989 I write, send by letter to. |
| them | αὐτοῖς | autois | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| to abstain from | ἀπέχεσθαι | apechesthai | Verb - Present Infinitive Middle | G568 I have in full, am far, it is enough |
| polluted | ἀλισγημάτων | alisgēmatōn | Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G234 pollution, perhaps a polluted thing |
| by idols | εἰδώλων | eidōlōn | Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G1497 an idol, false god |
| sexual immorality | πορνείας | porneias | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G4202 fornication, idolatry |
| the | τοῦ | tou | Article - Genitive Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| meat of strangled animals | πνικτοῦ | pniktou | Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular | G4156 strangled |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| from | τοῦ | tou | Article - Genitive Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| blood | αἵματος | haimatos | Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular | G129 blood |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Acts 15:19 Acts 15:28 · Galatians 1:7–10 · 1 Thessalonians 1:9 · Acts 15:24
Acts 15:20 Revelation 2:20 · Acts 15:29 · Revelation 2:14 · Genesis 9:4 · Leviticus 3:17 · Acts 21:25 · 1 Corinthians 8:4–13 · 1 Corinthians 6:9 · 1 Corinthians 6:18 · 1 Corinthians 10:7–8 · Leviticus 17:10–14 · Galatians 5:19
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.