κατὰ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 κατὰ

   ka-TA

   according to
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ὁμολογῶ δὲ τοῦτό σοι ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἣν λέγουσιν αἵρεσιν οὕτως λατρεύω τῷ πατρῴῳ θεῷ,

   ho-mo-lo-GO de tou-TO soi HO-ti ka-TA tên ho-DON hên LE-gou-sin HAI-re-sin HOU-tos la-TREU-o toi pa-TRO-i-o the-OI

   I confess but this to you that according to the way which they say a sect thus I serve to the ancestral God
3. sentence🔊 ὁμολογῶ δὲ τοῦτό σοι ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἣν λέγουσιν αἵρεσιν οὕτως λατρεύω τῷ πατρῴῳ θεῷ, πιστεύων πᾶσι τοῖς κατὰ τὸν νόμον καὶ ⸂τοῖς ἐν⸃ τοῖς προφήταις γεγραμμένοις,

   ho-mo-lo-GO de tou-TO soi HO-ti ka-TA tên ho-DON hên LE-gou-sin HAI-re-sin HOU-tos la-TREU-o toi pa-TRO-i-o the-OI pi-STE-uon PA-si tois ka-TA ton NO-mon kai tois en tois pro-PHÊ-tais ge-gram-ME-nois

   I confess but this to you that according to the way which they say a sect thus I serve to the ancestral God believing all the things according to the law and the things in the prophets having been written

Exegesis

The phrase katá tēn hodón {κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν | ka-tá tēn ho-dón} ‘in accordance with the Way’ defines the guiding principle of Paul’s life, linked by the relative clause hēn légousin haíresin {ἣν λέγουσιν αἵρεσιν | hēn lé-gou-sin haí-re-sin} ‘which they call a sect’.

The participle pisteúōn {πιστεύων | pis-teú-ōn} ‘believing’ qualifies his service and governs two coordinated dative objects—pásin tois katá tòn nómon {πᾶσι τοῖς κατὰ τὸν νόμον | pâ-si toîs ka-tá tón nó-mon} ‘all that is according to the Law’ and tois en tois prophḗtais gegramménois {τοῖς ἐν τοῖς προφήταις γεγραμμένοις | toîs en toîs pro-phē-tais ge-gram-mé-nois} ‘what is written in the prophets’. The perfect passive participle underscores the enduring authority of the prophetic texts, and the coordination of Law and Prophets frames Paul’s comprehensive fidelity to Scripture.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 λείπωlambda–epsilon–iota–pi–omega

“to leave behind”

• 🔊 λείπωleipoto departHebrews 4:1
• 🔊 κατάλειμμαkataleimmaremainderRomans 11:5