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Greek Parsing Data

Colossians 2:14

Greek Text: exaleipsas to kath' hemon cheirographon tois dogmasin ho en hupenantion hemin, kai auto erken ek tou mesou, proselosas auto to stauro;

Word Lemma Strong's Parsing
exaleipsas exaleipho G1813 Aor Act Ptcp Nom Sg M
to ho G3588 Acc Sg N
kath' kata G2596 PREP
hemon ego G1473 Gen Pl
cheirographon cheirographon G5498 Acc Sg N
tois ho G3588 Dat Pl N
dogmasin dogma G1378 Dat Pl N
ho hos G3739 Nom Sg N
en eimi G1510 Impf Act Ind 3S
hupenantion hupenantios G5227 Nom Sg N
hemin ego G1473 Dat Pl
auto autos G846 Acc Sg N
erken airo G142 Perf Act Ind 3S
proselosas proseloo G4338 Aor Act Ptcp Nom Sg M
auto autos G846 Acc Sg N
to ho G3588 Dat Sg M
stauro stauros G4716 Dat Sg M

Key observations: - cheirographon (G5498): Acc Sg Neuter -- the thing blotted out and nailed - dogmasin (G1378): Dat Pl Neuter -- "in/by the ordinances" - ho (G3739): Nom Sg Neuter -- relative pronoun agrees with cheirographon (neuter) - auto (G846): Acc Sg Neuter -- "it" refers back to cheirographon (neuter) - exaleipsas: Aorist participle (completed action) -- "having blotted out" - proselosas: Aorist participle (completed action) -- "having nailed"

Colossians 2:16

Greek Text: Me oun tis humas krineto en brosei kai en posei e en merei heortes e neomenias e sabbaton,

Word Lemma Strong's Parsing
Me me G3361 Neg particle
oun oun G3767 CONJ (therefore)
tis tis G5100 Nom Sg M (anyone)
humas su G4771 Acc Pl (you)
krineto krino G2919 Pres Act Impv 3S (let judge)
en en G1722 PREP (in)
brosei brosis G1035 Dat Sg F (eating/food)
en en G1722 PREP
posei posis G4213 Dat Sg F (drinking)
en en G1722 PREP
merei meros G3313 Dat Sg N (respect/part)
heortes heorte G1859 Gen Sg F (of a feast)
neomenias neomenia G3561 Gen Sg F (of new moon)
sabbaton sabbaton G4521 Gen Pl N (of sabbaths)

Key observations: - The triad progression: heortes (Gen Sg F) -- neomenias (Gen Sg F) -- sabbaton (Gen Pl N) - sabbaton is Genitive Plural Neuter, not singular - The oun (therefore) connects v.16 to v.14 -- the freedom from judgment is BECAUSE of what was nailed - en merei = "in respect of/in the matter of" -- a partitive construction

Colossians 2:17

Greek Text: ha estin skia ton mellonton, to de soma tou Christou.

Word Lemma Strong's Parsing
ha hos G3739 Nom Pl N (which things)
estin eimi G1510 Pres Act Ind 3S (is)
skia skia G4639 Nom Sg F (shadow)
ton ho G3588 Gen Pl N
mellonton mello G3195 Pres Act Ptcp Gen Pl N (of things to come)
to ho G3588 Nom Sg N
de de G1161 CONJ (but)
soma soma G4983 Nom Sg N (body)
tou ho G3588 Gen Sg M
Christou Christos G5547 Gen Sg M (of Christ)

Key observations: - ha (Nom Pl Neuter) = "which things" -- refers back to the items in v.16 collectively - mellonton (Pres Act Ptcp Gen Pl N) = "of things being about to come" -- future-pointing - The skia/soma contrast: shadow vs. body/substance

Romans 14:1

Greek Text: Ton de asthenounta te pistei proslambanesthe, me eis diakriseis dialogismon.

Word Lemma Strong's Parsing
asthenounta astheneo G770 Pres Act Ptcp Acc Sg M (the one being weak)
pistei pistis G4102 Dat Sg F (in faith)
proslambanesthe proslambano G4355 Pres Mid Impv 2P (receive/welcome)
diakriseis diakrisis G1253 Acc Pl F (disputations/distinguishings)
dialogismon dialogismos G1261 Gen Pl M (of reasonings/opinions)

Key: diakriseis dialogismon = "disputations of reasonings" -- sets the genre as adiaphora (matters of opinion/preference)

Romans 14:5

Greek Text: hos men gar krinei hemeran par' hemeran, hos de krinei pasan hemeran; hekastos en to idio noi plerophorestho.

Word Lemma Strong's Parsing
krinei krino G2919 Pres Act Ind 3S (judges/esteems)
hemeran hemera G2250 Acc Sg F (a day)
par' para G3844 PREP (above/beyond)
pasan pas G3956 Acc Sg F (every)
noi nous G3563 Dat Sg M (mind)
plerophorestho plerophoreo G4135 Pres Pass Impv 3S (let be fully persuaded)

Key observations: - hemera (G2250) = generic "day" -- not sabbaton (G4521) - The text says "a day above a day" and "every day" -- unspecified days - The Sabbath word (sabbaton) does NOT appear in this verse - plerophorestho = "let each be fully convinced in his own mind" -- language of personal conviction

Romans 14:6

Greek Text: ho phronon ten hemeran Kurio phronei; kai ho esthion Kurio esthiei...

Word Lemma Strong's Parsing
phronon phroneo G5426 Pres Act Ptcp Nom Sg M (the one regarding)
hemeran hemera G2250 Acc Sg F (the day)
Kurio kurios G2962 Dat Sg M (to the Lord)
esthion esthio G2068 Pres Act Ptcp Nom Sg M (the one eating)

Key: The day/food parallelism -- "the one regarding the day, to the Lord he regards it; the one eating, to the Lord he eats." The day and food are treated as the same category of disputable matter.