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Ephesians 4:28

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← Ephesians 4:27	Ephesians 4:28 (KJV)	Ephesians 4:29 →
Neither give place to the devil.	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.	Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Let^G2813 him that stole^G2813 steal^G2813 no more^G3371: but^G1161 rather^G3123 let him labour^G2872, working^G2038 with his hands^G5495 the thing which is good^G18, that^G2443 he may have^G2192 to give^G3330 to him that needeth^{G5532 G2192}.

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Original Greek

ὁ κλέπτων μηκέτι κλεπτέτω· μᾶλλον δὲ κοπιάτω, ἐργαζόμενος τὸ ἀγαθόν ταῖς χερσὶν, ἵνα ἔχῃ μεταδιδόναι τῷ χρείαν ἔχοντι.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
ὁ	ho	G3588	T-NSM	*
κλέπτων	kleptōn	G2813	V-PAP-NSM	Let him that stole
μηκέτι	mēketi	G3371	ADV-N	no more
κλεπτέτω·	kleptetō	G2813	V-PAM-3S	steal
μᾶλλον	mallon	G3123	ADV	rather
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	but
κοπιάτω,	kopiatō	G2872	V-PAM-3S	let him labour
ἐργαζόμενος	ergazomenos	G2038	V-PNP-NSM	working
τὸ	to	G3588	T-ASN	the
ἀγαθόν	agathon	G18	A-ASN	thing which is good
ταῖς	tais	G3588	T-DPF	*
χερσὶν,	chersin	G5495	N-DPF	with [his] hands
ἵνα	hina	G2443	CONJ	that
ἔχῃ	echē	G2192	V-PAS-3S	he may have
μεταδιδόναι	metadidonai	G3330	V-PAN	to give
τῷ	tō	G3588	T-DSM	*
χρείαν	chreian	G5532	N-ASF	to him that needeth
ἔχοντι.	echonti	G2192	V-PAP-DSM

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G18 — ἀγαθός (agathós, ag-ath-os'): good — a primary word; "good" (in any sense, often as noun):--benefit, good(-s, things), well. Compare καλός.
• G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): but, on the other hand, and — a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
• G2038 — ἐργάζομαι (ergázomai, er-gad'-zom-ahee): I word, trade, do — middle voice from ἔργον; to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc.:--commit, do, labor for, minister about, trade (by), work.
• G2192 — ἔχω (échō, ekh'-o): I have, hold, possess — a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition):--be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
• G2443 — ἵνα (hína, hin'-ah): in order that, so that — probably from the same as the former part of ἑαυτοῦ (through the demonstrative idea; compare ὁ); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result):--albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare ἵνα μή.
• G2813 — κλέπτω (kléptō, klep'-to): I steal — a primary verb; to filch:--steal.
• G2872 — κοπιάω (kopiáō, kop-ee-ah'-o): I grow weary, toil — from a derivative of κόπος; to feel fatigue; by implication, to work hard:--(bestow) labour, toil, be wearied.
• G3123 — μᾶλλον (mâllon, mal'-lon): more, rather — neuter of the comparative of the same as μάλιστα; (adverbially) more (in a greater degree)) or rather:--+ better, X far, (the) more (and more), (so) much (the more), rather.
• G3330 — μεταδίδωμι (metadídōmi, met-ad-id'-o-mee): I share, impart — from μετά and δίδωμι; to give over, i.e. share:--give, impart.
• G3371 — μηκέτι (mēkéti, may-ket'-ee): no longer — from μή and ἔτι; no further:--any longer, (not) henceforth, hereafter, no henceforward (longer, more, soon), not any more.
• G5495 — χείρ (cheír, khire): a hand — perhaps from the base of χειμών in the sense of its congener the base of χάσμα (through the idea of hollowness for grasping); the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument):--hand.
• G5532 — χρεία (chreía, khri'-ah): need, necessity, business — from the base of χράομαι or χρή; employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution:--business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• give — Romans 12:13, 2 Corinthians 9:12-15, 1 Timothy 6:18
• him that — Exodus 20:15, Exodus 20:17, Exodus 21:16, Proverbs 30:9, Jeremiah 7:9, Hosea 4:2, Zechariah 5:3, John 12:6, 1 Corinthians 6:10-11
• labour — Proverbs 13:11, Proverbs 14:23, Acts 20:34-35, 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-8, 2 Thessalonians 3:11-12
• steal no more — Job 34:32, Proverbs 28:13, Luke 3:8, Luke 3:10-14, Luke 19:8
• that he — Luke 3:11, Luke 21:1-4, John 13:29, 2 Corinthians 8:2, 2 Corinthians 8:12

Reciprocal references (21): Genesis 2:15, Genesis 3:19, Leviticus 19:11, Deuteronomy 5:19, Judges 19:16, Psalms 104:23, Proverbs 12:11, Proverbs 21:5, Proverbs 31:20, Daniel 4:27, Matthew 6:2, Matthew 25:35, Mark 14:5, Luke 3:13, Luke 6:30, Luke 11:41, Acts 9:39, Romans 12:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:6, Titus 3:14, Hebrews 13:16

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: BUSINESS LIFE, STEALING
• Torrey’s: HANDS, THE, INDUSTRY, LIBERALITY, THEFT
• Nave’s: COMMANDMENTS, FRUGALITY, INDUSTRY, LABOR, LIBERALITY, POOR, RIGHTEOUS, THEFT AND THIEVES

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