1 Παῦλος ἀπόστολος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ καὶ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφὸς
Παῦλος - noun Nom
sing. masc. "Paul"
(nominative absolute aka. Independent
Nominative)
ἀπόστολος -noun nom
sing. masc. (simple apposition) "an
apostle"
Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ -
noun Genitive sing. masc. 2x "of Christ Jesus" (genitive of possession)
διὰ - prep. with the genative ③
marker of instrumentality or
circumstance whereby someth. is accomplished or effected, by,
via, through[1]ⓓ
of efficient cause via, "through"
θελήματος - noun Genitive sing. neuter "desire, wish" (genitive after the
prep.)
θεοῦ- noun genitive sing. masc. "of God"
(subjective genitive)
καὶ - conj.
"and" (copulative)
Τιμόθεος - Noun nom. sing. masc. "Timothy" (nominative absolute)
ὁ ἀδελφὸς - noun nom. sing. masc. with the definite article "the brother" (simple apposition)
Translation- "Paul an
apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God and Timothy the brother."
[1] Arndt, W.,
Danker, F. W., & Bauer, W. (2000). A
Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature
(3rd ed.) (224). Chicago : University of Chicago
