Ephesians 4:28⥂
KJV:
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
BSB:
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
Greek:
ὁ κλέπτων μηκέτι κλεπτέτω, μᾶλλον δὲ κοπιάτω ἐργαζόμενος ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσὶν τὸ ἀγαθόν, ἵνα ἔχῃ μεταδιδόναι τῷ χρείαν ἔχοντι.¶
Topics:
COMMANDMENTS • FRUGALITY • INDUSTRY • LABOR • LIBERALITY • POOR • RIGHTEOUS • THEFT AND THIEVES
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| Translation | Greek | Transliteration [morphology] | Texts |
|---|---|---|---|
| who | ὁ | ho T-NSM | NKO |
| is stealing | κλέπτων | kleptōn V-PAP-NSM | NKO |
| no longer | μηκέτι | mēketi ADV-N | NKO |
| he should steal, | κλεπτέτω, | kleptetō V-PAM-3S | NKO |
| rather | μᾶλλον | mallon ADV | NKO |
| however | δὲ | de CONJ | NKO |
| he should toil | κοπιάτω | kopiatō V-PAM-3S | NKO |
| working | ἐργαζόμενος | ergazomenos V-PNP-NSM | NKO |
| <the> | ταῖς | tais T-DPF | NKO |
| with [their] own | ἰδίαις | idiais A-DPF | NKO |
| hands | χερσὶν | chersin N-DPF | NKO |
| what | τὸ | to T-ASN | NKO |
| [is] good, | ἀγαθόν, | agathon A-ASN | NKO |
| so that | ἵνα | ina CONJ | NKO |
| he may have [something] | ἔχῃ | echē V-PAS-3S | NKO |
| to impart | μεταδιδόναι | metadidonai V-PAN | NKO |
| to the [one] | τῷ | tō T-DSM | NKO |
| need | χρείαν | chreian N-ASF | NKO |
| having. | ἔχοντι.¶ | echonti V-PAP-DSM | NKO |
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