What Does Luke 22:32 Mean in the King James?
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
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
Restoration is part of the work: the one who turns back can become strength for others.
THE MEANING
Your trust can be under pressure without coming to an end. A return remains possible after a real failure, and restoration does not stop at private relief: the life that turns back can steady others.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A failure means you are permanently disqualified from strengthening anyone.
THE ROOT
ἐπιστρέψας
epistrepsas
GROWS FROM
στρεφ- (stref-), in ἐπιστρέφω (epistrephō)
To turn; in this form, to turn back or return.
The word rendered “converted” describes a return in motion, not a state where failure is impossible. Here, turning back leads into the capacity to steady others.
ALSO GROWS
strephō: To turn.
στρέφω
The movement beneath “converted” is a change of direction, not proof that no stumble occurred.
epistrophē: Return, turning back.
ἐπιστροφή
It names return as a movement, which makes strengthening others a fruit of turning back.
ἐκλίπῃ
eklipē
GROWS FROM
λειπ- (leip-), in ἐκλείπω (ekleipō)
To leave or be lacking; with the prefix ek-, to cease or come to an end.
“fail” in this verse is eklipē. The prayer asks that trust not reach its end; it does not say that a person never falters. That distinction leaves room for both the break and the return.
ALSO GROWS
leipō: To leave, be absent, or be lacking.
λείπω
It gives the root sense beneath the idea of something failing or running out.
ekleipsis: Cessation or failure; an eclipse.
ἔκλειψις
This related word carries the sense of something ceasing or failing to appear, sharpening the distinction between a stumble and an ending.
πίστις
pistis
GROWS FROM
πειθ- (peith-), the trust and persuasion family of πείθω (peithō)
To persuade or win confidence; by extension, trust.
This is relational confidence: trust placed in someone and leaned upon, not a grade for flawless behavior. “Faith not fail” is a prayer that this reliance remains through pressure.
ALSO GROWS
peithō: To persuade or win confidence.
πείθω
It shows the trust and persuasion family behind the word rendered “faith.”
pisteuō: To trust or believe.
πιστεύω
This related verb makes the word’s active, lived reliance visible.
THE PATTERN
Restoration becomes more than private recovery when the restored person can steady others.
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.THE THREAD
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;James uses the same turn-back word for bringing someone back from error. Luke adds the striking outcome: the one who returns can become a source of steadiness for others.
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