καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   KAI

   even
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ἐὰν δὲ καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας παρακούσῃ,

   e-AN DE KAI TÊS ek-klê-SI-as pa-ra-KOO-sê

   if but even he refuses to listen to the church
3. clause🔊 ἐὰν δὲ καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας παρακούσῃ, ἔστω σοι ὥσπερ ὁ ἐθνικὸς καὶ ὁ τελώνης.

   e-AN DE KAI TÊS ek-klê-SI-as pa-ra-KOO-sê ES-tô soi HÔS-per ho e-thni-KOS KAI ho te-LÔ-nês

   if but even he refuses to listen to the church let him be to you as the Gentile and the tax collector
4. sentence🔊 ἐὰν δὲ παρακούσῃ αὐτῶν, εἰπὸν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας παρακούσῃ, ἔστω σοι ὥσπερ ὁ ἐθνικὸς καὶ ὁ τελώνης.

   e-AN DE pa-ra-KOO-sê au-TÔN ei-PON TÊ ek-klê-SI-a e-AN DE KAI TÊS ek-klê-SI-as pa-ra-KOO-sê ES-tô soi HÔS-per ho e-thni-KOS KAI ho te-LÔ-nês

   if but he refuses to listen to them tell to the church if but even he refuses to listen to the church let him be to you as the Gentile and the tax collector

Exegesis

The second protasis, marked by de kai {δὲ καὶ | dè kaí}, intensifies the scenario, culminating in the imperative éstō {ἔστω | éstō} “let him be,” which reclassifies the unresponsive as hōsper ho ethnikos kai ho telōnēs {ὥσπερ ὁ ἐθνικὸς καὶ ὁ τελώνης | hṓsper ho ethnikós kai ho telōnēs}. The progression from private warning to communal judgment is underscored by the comparative hōsper and the shift in fellowship rather than an expression of punitive animus.