Acts
Acts 21:25
25As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As for | Περὶ | Peri | Preposition | G4012 about, concerning, around |
| the | τῶν | tōn | Article - Genitive Neuter Plural | G3588 the |
| Gentile | ἐθνῶν | ethnōn | Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G1484 a race, people, the Gentiles |
| believers | πεπιστευκότων | pepisteukotōn | Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Genitive Neuter Plural | G4100 I believe, have faith in |
| we | ἡμεῖς | hēmeis | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural | G1473 I |
| have written | ἐπεστείλαμεν | epesteilamen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural | G1989 I write, send by letter to. |
| our decision | κρίναντες | krinantes | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G2919 I judge, decide, think good |
| they | αὐτοὺς | autous | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| must abstain | φυλάσσεσθαι | phylassesthai | Verb - Present Infinitive Middle | G5442 I keep, guard, observe |
| from | τό | to | Article - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| sacrificed to idols | εἰδωλόθυτον | eidōlothyton | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular | G1494 sacrificed to an image |
| blood | αἷμα | haima | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G129 blood |
| the meat of strangled animals | πνικτὸν | pnikton | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular | G4156 strangled |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| sexual immorality | πορνείαν | porneian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G4202 fornication, idolatry |
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