KJV: And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
YLT: and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.
Darby: But if by grace, no longer of works: since otherwise grace is no more grace.
ASV: But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
δὲ | now |
Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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χάριτι | by grace |
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: χάρις Sense: grace. |
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οὐκέτι | no longer |
Parse: Adverb Root: οὐκέτι Sense: no longer, no more, no further. |
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ἔργων | works |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Plural Root: ἔργον Sense: business, employment, that which any one is occupied. |
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ἐπεὶ | otherwise |
Parse: Conjunction Root: ἐπεί Sense: when, since. |
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ἡ | - |
Parse: Article, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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χάρις | grace |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: χάρις Sense: grace. |
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γίνεται | would be |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Middle or Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: γίνομαι Sense: to become, i. |
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δὲ | however |
Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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ἐστὶν | is it |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: εἰμί Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present. |
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τὸ | - |
Parse: Article, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ἔργον | work |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: ἔργον Sense: business, employment, that which any one is occupied. |
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ἔργον⧽ | work |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: ἔργον Sense: business, employment, that which any one is occupied. |
Greek Commentary for Romans 11:6
Ellipse after επει epei (since), “since, in that case.” [source]
“No longer becomes” grace, loses its character as grace. Augustine: Gratia nisi gratis sit gratia non est. [source]
Lit., since. Since, in that case. [source]
Lit., becomes. No longer comes into manifestation as what it really is. “It gives up its specific character” (Meyer). [source]
The best texts omit to the end of the verse. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Romans 11:6
As in Romans 9:6-13. The election is all of God. Romans 11:6 explains it further. [source]
There is a suppressed condition between επει epei and πως pōs an idiom occurring several times in the N.T. (1 Corinthians 15:29; Romans 11:6, Romans 11:22). “Since, if that were true, how.” [source]
Lit. out of the works, etc. Comp. Romans 3:20. Works are characteristic of a legal dispensation. Paul often puts “works” alone as representing legal righteousness. See Romans 4:2, Romans 4:6; Romans 9:11, Romans 9:32; Romans 11:6; Ephesians 2:9. [source]