Romans

Romans 14:15

¹⁵If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	εἰ	ei	Conjunction	G1487 if
your	σου	sou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
brother	ἀδελφός	adelphos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G80 a brother
is distressed	λυπεῖται	lypeitai	Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G3076 I pain, grieve, vex
by	διὰ	dia	Preposition	G1223 through, on account of
you are no longer acting	περιπατεῖς	peripateis	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G4043 I walk, conduct my life
in	κατὰ	kata	Preposition	G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during
love	ἀγάπην	agapēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G26 love
not	μὴ	mē	Adverb	G3361 not, lest
by	τῷ	tō	Article - Dative Neuter Singular	G3588 the
destroy	ἀπόλλυε	apollye	Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G622 I destroy, lose, am perishing
your	σου	sou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
for	ὑπὲρ	hyper	Preposition	G5228 in behalf of, above
whom	οὗ	hou	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3739 who, which, what, that
Christ	Χριστὸς	Christos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G5547 anointed, the Messiah, the Christ
died	ἀπέθανεν	apethanen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G599 I am dying, am about to die

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