Romans 11:13
I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
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ASV
But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;
KJV
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ὑμῖν | Humin | To you | G4771 → |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → |
| λέγω | legō | I am speaking | G3004 → |
| τοῖς | tois | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἔθνεσιν· | ethnesin | Gentiles; | G1484 → |
| ἐφ᾽ | eph᾽ | Upon | G1909 → |
| ὅσον | hoson | as much as | G3745 → |
| μὲν | men | indeed | G3303 → |
| οὖν | oun | therefore | G3767 → |
| εἰμι | eimi | am | G1510 → |
| ἐγὼ | egō | I myself | G1473 → |
| ἐθνῶν | ethnōn | of [the] Gentiles | G1484 → |
| ἀπόστολος, | apostolos | apostle, | G652 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| διακονίαν | diakonian | ministry | G1248 → |
| μου | mou | of mine | G3165 → |
| δοξάζω, | doxazō | I magnify, | G1392 → |
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