James 2:20

The greek text ^BETA

Nestle AlandTextus Receptus

Manuscript comments

TR has 13 Words, NA has 14 (+1).

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θέλεις
Do you want δὲ
however γνῶναι,
to come to know, ὦ
O ἄνθρωπε
man κενέ,
foolish, ὅτι
that ἡ
πίστις
faith χωρὶς
apart from τῶν
ἔργων
works ἀργή
worthless ἐστιν;
is?

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Strongs nr	Greek	English	Grammar	Code
G2309	θέλεις (theleis)	Do you want	VERB Verb pres. active ind. present active indicative sing. second person singular	V-PAI-2S
G1161	δὲ (de)	however	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G1097	γνῶναι, (gnonai,)	to come to know,	VERB Verb 2nd aorist active inf. second aorist active infinitive	V-2AAN
G5599	ὦ (o)	O	Interjection Interjection	INJ
G0444	ἄνθρωπε (anthrope)	man	Noun Noun vocative sing. ♂ vocative singular masculine	N-VSM
G2756	κενέ, (kene,)	foolish,	Adjective Adjective vocative sing. ♂ vocative singular masculine	A-VSM
G3754	ὅτι (oti)	that	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G3588	ἡ (e)		Definite article Definite article nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine	T-NSF
G4102	πίστις (pistis)	faith	Noun Noun nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine	N-NSF
G5565	χωρὶς (choris)	apart from	Preposition Preposition	PREP
G3588	τῶν (ton)		Definite article Definite article gen. pl. neut. genitive plural Neutral	T-GPN
G2041	ἔργων (ergon)	works	Noun Noun gen. pl. neut. genitive plural Neutral	N-GPN
G0692	ἀργή (arge)	worthless	Adjective Adjective nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine	A-NSF
G1510	ἐστιν; (estin;)	is?	VERB Verb pres. active ind. present active indicative sing. third person singular	V-PAI-3S

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