What Does Galatians 6:16 Mean in the King James?
And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The new creation is the measure for each step, so peace and mercy meet the one whose life is taking shape along that line.
THE MEANING
The new creation named in the preceding verse shapes the reader’s steps now. Peace and mercy rest on those who keep step with that life, and the verse speaks the same blessing over the Israel of God.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
God’s peace depends on an outward religious badge or status. This verse locates the measure for the walk in the new creation.
THE ROOT
στοιχήσουσιν
stoichēsousin
GROWS FROM
στοιχ-
stoich-
A row or line; by extension, standing or moving in line.
“walk” in this verse is stoichēsousin. The verb is more specific than generic walking: it means keeping in line, with steps aligned to a course. The verse pictures the new creation as a way of life followed step by step.
ALSO GROWS
stoichos: A row or line.
στοῖχος
This is the image beneath the verb: a person’s steps fall into line with a course.
stoicheion: An element or basic constituent in a series.
στοιχεῖον
The word carries the sense of an ordered sequence, echoing the line of steps in the verse.
κανόνι
kanoni
GROWS FROM
κανων-
kanōn-
A straight measuring rod; by extension, a standard or rule.
The “rule” is pictured as a measure that gives the walk its line. Beside the verb for keeping in line, it makes the verse’s image concrete: steps take their direction from the measure of new creation.
ALSO GROWS
kanonizō: To measure by a standard or regulate.
κανονίζω
This related verb shows a standard actively setting the measure for what follows.
kanonikos: According to a rule or standard.
κανονικός
This word preserves the measuring sense of the rule that orders the walk.
THE PATTERN
Peace accompanies a life whose course is aligned with God’s renewing work.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.THE THREAD
Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.This verse uses the same Greek pair: στοιχέω (stoicheō), “walk in line,” and κανών (kanōn), “rule or measuring standard.” Together they show the new creation as the measure that orders each step.
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