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{ "verseID": "John.3.1", "source": "¶Ἦν δὲ ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων, Νικόδημος ὄνομα αὐτῷ, ἄρχων τῶν Ἰουδαίων:", "text": "*Ēn* *de* *anthrōpos* from the *Pharisaiōn*, *Nikodēmos* *onoma* to him, *archōn* of the *Ioudaiōn*:", "grammar": { "*Ēn*": "imperfect, 3rd singular - was [continuous state]", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - and/but/now [indicating transition]", "*anthrōpos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - man/person", "*Pharisaiōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of the Pharisees [sect]", "*Nikodēmos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - proper name", "*onoma*": "nominative, neuter, singular - name", "*archōn*": "nominative, masculine, singular - ruler/official", "*Ioudaiōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of the Jews" }, "variants": { "*archōn*": "ruler/leader/official/chief", "*Ioudaiōn*": "Jews/Judeans [inhabitants of Judea]" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.2", "source": "Οὗτος ἦλθεν πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν νυκτός, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ῥαββί, οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἀπὸ Θεοῦ ἐλήλυθας διδάσκαλος: οὐδεὶς γὰρ ταῦτα τὰ σημεῖα δύναται ποιεῖν ἃ σὺ ποιεῖς, ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ ὁ Θεὸς μετʼ αὐτοῦ.", "text": "*Houtos ēlthen pros* the *Iēsoun nuktos*, and *eipen* to him, *Rabbi*, we *oidamen hoti* from *Theou elēluthas didaskalos*: *oudeis gar tauta ta sēmeia dunatai poiein ha su poieis*, if not *ē ho Theos met'* him.", "grammar": { "*Houtos*": "demonstrative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - this one/he", "*ēlthen*": "aorist, 3rd singular - came/went [completed action]", "*pros*": "preposition + accusative - to/toward", "*Iēsoun*": "accusative, masculine, singular - Jesus", "*nuktos*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of night/at night [temporal]", "*eipen*": "aorist, 3rd singular - said/spoke [completed action]", "*Rabbi*": "vocative, masculine, singular - Rabbi/Teacher [Aramaic term]", "*oidamen*": "perfect, 1st plural - we know/have known", "*hoti*": "conjunction - that", "*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God/from God", "*elēluthas*": "perfect, 2nd singular - you have come", "*didaskalos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - teacher", "*oudeis*": "negative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - no one", "*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for/because", "*tauta*": "demonstrative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - these", "*sēmeia*": "accusative, neuter, plural - signs/miracles", "*dunatai*": "present, middle/passive, 3rd singular - is able/can", "*poiein*": "present, infinitive - to do/make", "*ha*": "relative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - which", "*su*": "personal pronoun, nominative - you", "*poieis*": "present, 2nd singular - you do/make", "*ē*": "present subjunctive, 3rd singular - might be", "*Theos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - God", "*met'*": "preposition + genitive - with" }, "variants": { "*Rabbi*": "my master/my teacher [Hebrew title of respect]", "*nuktos*": "by night/during night [indicating secrecy/privacy]", "*elēluthas*": "you have come/arrived/appeared", "*sēmeia*": "signs/miracles/wonders [authenticating demonstrations]" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.3", "source": "Ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω σοι, Ἐὰν μή τις γεννηθῇ ἄνωθεν, οὐ δύναται ἰδεῖν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ.", "text": "*Apekrithē ho Iēsous kai eipen* to him, *Amēn, amēn, legō soi*, Unless *tis gennēthē anōthen*, not *dunatai idein tēn basileian tou Theou*.", "grammar": { "*Apekrithē*": "aorist, passive, 3rd singular - answered/responded", "*Iēsous*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*eipen*": "aorist, 3rd singular - said/spoke", "*Amēn*": "Hebrew term - truly/verily [emphatic affirmation]", "*legō*": "present, 1st singular - I say/tell", "*soi*": "personal pronoun, dative - to you", "*tis*": "indefinite pronoun, nominative - anyone/someone", "*gennēthē*": "aorist, passive, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might be born", "*anōthen*": "adverb - from above/again", "*dunatai*": "present, middle/passive, 3rd singular - is able/can", "*idein*": "aorist, infinitive - to see/perceive", "*basileian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - kingdom/reign", "*tou Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God" }, "variants": { "*Amēn*": "truly/verily/certainly [solemn assertion]", "*anōthen*": "from above/again/anew [deliberate double meaning]", "*idein*": "to see/perceive/experience", "*basileian*": "kingdom/reign/rule/sovereignty" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.4", "source": "Λέγει πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Νικόδημος, Πῶς δύναται ἄνθρωπος γεννηθῆναι γέρων ὤν; μὴ δύναται εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ δεύτερον εἰσελθεῖν, καὶ γεννηθῆναι;", "text": "*Legei pros auton ho Nikodēmos*, How *dunatai anthrōpos gennēthēnai gerōn ōn*? not *dunatai eis tēn koilian tēs mētros autou deuteron eiselthein, kai gennēthēnai*?", "grammar": { "*Legei*": "present, 3rd singular - says/tells", "*pros*": "preposition + accusative - to/toward", "*auton*": "personal pronoun, accusative, masculine - him", "*Nikodēmos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Nicodemus", "*dunatai*": "present, middle/passive, 3rd singular - is able/can", "*anthrōpos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - man/person", "*gennēthēnai*": "aorist, passive, infinitive - to be born", "*gerōn*": "nominative, masculine, singular - old man/elderly", "*ōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being", "*koilian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - womb/belly", "*mētros*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of mother", "*autou*": "personal pronoun, genitive, masculine - his", "*deuteron*": "adverb - second time/again", "*eiselthein*": "aorist, infinitive - to enter/go in", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*gennēthēnai*": "aorist, passive, infinitive - to be born" }, "variants": { "*gerōn*": "old/aged/elderly", "*koilian*": "womb/belly/abdomen", "*deuteron*": "second time/again/for a second time" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.5", "source": "Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς, Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω σοι, Ἐὰν μή τις γεννηθῇ ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ Πνεύματος, οὐ δύναται εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ.", "text": "*Apekrithē Iēsous, Amēn, amēn, legō soi*, Unless *tis gennēthē ex hydatos kai Pneumatos*, not *dunatai eiselthein eis tēn basileian tou Theou*.", "grammar": { "*Apekrithē*": "aorist, passive, 3rd singular - answered/responded", "*Iēsous*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus", "*Amēn*": "Hebrew term - truly/verily [emphatic affirmation]", "*legō*": "present, 1st singular - I say/tell", "*soi*": "personal pronoun, dative - to you", "*tis*": "indefinite pronoun, nominative - anyone/someone", "*gennēthē*": "aorist, passive, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might be born", "*ex*": "preposition + genitive - from/out of", "*hydatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of water", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*Pneumatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of Spirit", "*dunatai*": "present, middle/passive, 3rd singular - is able/can", "*eiselthein*": "aorist, infinitive - to enter/go in", "*eis*": "preposition + accusative - into/to", "*basileian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - kingdom/reign", "*tou Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God" }, "variants": { "*Pneumatos*": "Spirit/wind/breath [play on words continues]", "*hydatos*": "water/fluid [possibly symbolic of natural birth or purification]", "*eiselthein*": "to enter/go in/join" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.6", "source": "Τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς σάρξ ἐστιν· καὶ τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τοῦ Πνεύματος πνεῦμά ἐστιν.", "text": "The *gegennēmenon ek tēs sarkos sarx estin*; and the *gegennēmenon ek tou Pneumatos pneuma estin*.", "grammar": { "*gegennēmenon*": "perfect, passive participle, nominative, neuter, singular - having been born", "*ek*": "preposition + genitive - from/out of", "*sarkos*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of flesh", "*sarx*": "nominative, feminine, singular - flesh", "*estin*": "present, 3rd singular - is", "*Pneumatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of Spirit", "*pneuma*": "nominative, neuter, singular - spirit" }, "variants": { "*sarx*": "flesh/physical body/human nature/carnality", "*pneuma*": "spirit/Spirit/spiritual nature", "*gegennēmenon*": "that which has been born/the born thing" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.7", "source": "Μὴ θαυμάσῃς ὅτι εἶπόν σοι, Δεῖ ὑμᾶς γεννηθῆναι ἄνωθεν.", "text": "Not *thaumasēs hoti eipon soi, Dei hymas gennēthēnai anōthen*.", "grammar": { "*thaumasēs*": "aorist, subjunctive, 2nd singular - you should marvel/wonder", "*hoti*": "conjunction - that/because", "*eipon*": "aorist, 1st singular - I said", "*soi*": "personal pronoun, dative - to you", "*Dei*": "present, 3rd singular, impersonal - it is necessary", "*hymas*": "personal pronoun, accusative, plural - you [plural]", "*gennēthēnai*": "aorist, passive, infinitive - to be born", "*anōthen*": "adverb - from above/again" }, "variants": { "*Dei*": "it is necessary/must/should", "*anōthen*": "from above/again/anew", "*thaumasēs*": "marvel/be amazed/be astonished" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.8", "source": "Τὸ πνεῦμα ὅπου θέλει πνεῖ, καὶ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ ἀκούεις, ἀλλʼ οὐκ οἶδας πόθεν ἔρχεται, καὶ ποῦ ὑπάγει: οὕτως ἐστὶν πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ Πνεύματος.", "text": "The *pneuma hopou thelei pnei*, and the *phōnēn autou akoueis*, but not *oidas pothen erchetai*, and where *hypagei*: thus *estin pas ho gegennēmenos ek tou Pneumatos*.", "grammar": { "*pneuma*": "nominative, neuter, singular - wind/spirit", "*hopou*": "adverb - where", "*thelei*": "present, 3rd singular - it wills/wishes", "*pnei*": "present, 3rd singular - blows/breathes", "*phōnēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - sound/voice", "*autou*": "personal pronoun, genitive, neuter - its/his", "*akoueis*": "present, 2nd singular - you hear", "*oidas*": "perfect, 2nd singular - you know", "*pothen*": "adverb - from where/whence", "*erchetai*": "present, middle/passive, 3rd singular - comes/goes", "*hypagei*": "present, 3rd singular - goes/departs", "*estin*": "present, 3rd singular - is", "*pas*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - everyone/all", "*gegennēmenos*": "perfect, passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been born", "*ek*": "preposition + genitive - from/out of", "*tou Pneumatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of the Spirit" }, "variants": { "*pneuma*": "wind/spirit/breath [deliberate wordplay]", "*phōnēn*": "sound/voice/noise", "*pnei*": "blows/breathes [same root as pneuma]", "*hypagei*": "goes/departs/disappears" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.9", "source": "Ἀπεκρίθη Νικόδημος καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Πῶς δύναται ταῦτα γενέσθαι;", "text": "*Apekrithē Nikodēmos kai eipen autō*, How *dunatai tauta genesthai*?", "grammar": { "*Apekrithē*": "aorist, passive, 3rd singular - answered/responded", "*Nikodēmos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Nicodemus", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*eipen*": "aorist, 3rd singular - said", "*autō*": "personal pronoun, dative, masculine - to him", "*dunatai*": "present, middle/passive, 3rd singular - is able/can", "*tauta*": "demonstrative pronoun, nominative, neuter, plural - these things", "*genesthai*": "aorist, middle, infinitive - to become/happen" }, "variants": { "*genesthai*": "to become/happen/take place/be" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.10", "source": "Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Σὺ εἶ ὁ διδάσκαλος τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ταῦτα οὐ γινώσκεις;", "text": "*Apekrithē Iēsous kai eipen autō*, You *ei ho didaskalos tou Israēl*, and these things not *ginōskeis*?", "grammar": { "*Apekrithē*": "aorist, passive, 3rd singular - answered/responded", "*Iēsous*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*eipen*": "aorist, 3rd singular - said", "*autō*": "personal pronoun, dative, masculine - to him", "*ei*": "present, 2nd singular - you are", "*didaskalos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - teacher", "*tou Israēl*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of Israel", "*ginōskeis*": "present, 2nd singular - you know/understand" }, "variants": { "*didaskalos*": "teacher/instructor/master", "*ginōskeis*": "know/understand/comprehend/perceive" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.11", "source": "Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω σοι ὅτι Ὃ οἴδαμεν λαλοῦμεν, καὶ ὃ ἑωράκαμεν μαρτυροῦμεν· καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἡμῶν οὐ λαμβάνετε.", "text": "*Amēn, amēn, legō soi hoti Ho oidamen laloumen*, and what *heōrakamen martyroumen*; and the *martyrian hēmōn* not *lambanete*.", "grammar": { "*Amēn*": "Hebrew term - truly/verily [emphatic affirmation]", "*legō*": "present, 1st singular - I say/tell", "*soi*": "personal pronoun, dative - to you", "*hoti*": "conjunction - that", "*Ho*": "relative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - what", "*oidamen*": "perfect, 1st plural - we know", "*laloumen*": "present, 1st plural - we speak", "*heōrakamen*": "perfect, 1st plural - we have seen", "*martyroumen*": "present, 1st plural - we testify/witness", "*martyrian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - testimony/witness", "*hēmōn*": "personal pronoun, genitive, 1st plural - our/of us", "*lambanete*": "present, 2nd plural - you receive/accept" }, "variants": { "*laloumen*": "speak/talk/tell", "*martyroumen*": "testify/bear witness/affirm", "*lambanete*": "receive/accept/take/grasp" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.12", "source": "Εἰ τὰ ἐπίγεια εἶπον ὑμῖν, καὶ οὐ πιστεύετε, πῶς ἐὰν εἴπω ὑμῖν τὰ ἐπουράνια; πιστεύσετε,", "text": "If the *epigeia eipon hymin*, and not *pisteuete*, how if *eipō hymin ta epourania pisteuseté*?", "grammar": { "*epigeia*": "accusative, neuter, plural - earthly things", "*eipon*": "aorist, 1st singular - I told/said", "*hymin*": "personal pronoun, dative, plural - to you [plural]", "*pisteuete*": "present, 2nd plural - you believe", "*eipō*": "aorist, subjunctive, 1st singular - I might tell/say", "*epourania*": "accusative, neuter, plural - heavenly things", "*pisteusete*": "future, 2nd plural - you will believe" }, "variants": { "*epigeia*": "earthly things/terrestrial matters", "*epourania*": "heavenly things/celestial matters", "*pisteuete*": "believe/trust/have faith in" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.13", "source": "Καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀναβέβηκεν εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, εἰ μὴ ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβάς, ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὁ ὤν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ.", "text": "And *oudeis anabebēken eis ton ouranon*, except the one *ek tou ouranou katabas*, the *Hyios tou anthrōpou ho ōn en tō ouranō*.", "grammar": { "*oudeis*": "negative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - no one", "*anabebēken*": "perfect, 3rd singular - has ascended", "*eis*": "preposition + accusative - into/to", "*ouranon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - heaven", "*katabas*": "aorist participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having descended", "*Hyios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Son", "*tou anthrōpou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of man", "*ōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being/who is", "*en*": "preposition + dative - in", "*ouranō*": "dative, masculine, singular - heaven" }, "variants": { "*anabebēken*": "has ascended/gone up", "*katabas*": "having descended/come down", "*Hyios tou anthrōpou*": "Son of Man [Messianic title]", "*ouranon/ouranō*": "heaven/sky" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.14", "source": "¶Καὶ καθὼς Μωσῆς ὕψωσεν τὸν ὄφιν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, οὕτως ὑψωθῆναι δεῖ τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου:", "text": "And just as *Mōsēs hypsōsen ton ophin en tē erēmō*, thus *hypsōthēnai dei ton Hyion tou anthrōpou*:", "grammar": { "*kathōs*": "conjunction - just as/according as", "*Mōsēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Moses", "*hypsōsen*": "aorist, 3rd singular - lifted up", "*ophin*": "accusative, masculine, singular - serpent", "*en*": "preposition + dative - in", "*erēmō*": "dative, feminine, singular - wilderness/desert", "*houtōs*": "adverb - thus/in this manner", "*hypsōthēnai*": "aorist, passive, infinitive - to be lifted up", "*dei*": "present, 3rd singular, impersonal - it is necessary", "*Hyion*": "accusative, masculine, singular - Son", "*tou anthrōpou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of man" }, "variants": { "*hypsōsen*": "lifted up/raised/exalted", "*ophin*": "serpent/snake [reference to Numbers 21:9]", "*erēmō*": "wilderness/desert/desolate place", "*hypsōthēnai*": "to be lifted up/raised/exalted [double meaning: physical lifting and glorification]" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.15", "source": "Ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλʼ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.", "text": "So that *pas ho pisteuōn eis auton* not *apolētai*, but *echē zōēn aiōnion*.", "grammar": { "*Hina*": "conjunction - so that/in order that", "*pas*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - everyone/all", "*pisteuōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - believing", "*eis*": "preposition + accusative - in/into", "*auton*": "personal pronoun, accusative, masculine - him", "*apolētai*": "aorist, middle, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might perish", "*echē*": "present, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might have", "*zōēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - life", "*aiōnion*": "accusative, feminine, singular - eternal/everlasting" }, "variants": { "*pisteuōn*": "believing/trusting/having faith in", "*apolētai*": "might perish/be destroyed/be lost", "*zōēn aiōnion*": "eternal life/everlasting life/life of the age" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.16", "source": "¶Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλʼ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.", "text": "For thus *ēgapēsen ho Theos ton kosmon*, so that *ton Hyion autou ton monogenē edōken*, in order that *pas ho pisteuōn eis auton* not *apolētai*, but *echē zōēn aiōnion*.", "grammar": { "*Houtōs*": "adverb - thus/in this manner", "*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for/because", "*ēgapēsen*": "aorist, 3rd singular - loved", "*Theos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - God", "*kosmon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - world", "*hōste*": "conjunction - so that", "*Hyion*": "accusative, masculine, singular - Son", "*autou*": "personal pronoun, genitive, masculine - his", "*monogenē*": "accusative, masculine, singular - only begotten/unique", "*edōken*": "aorist, 3rd singular - gave", "*hina*": "conjunction - so that/in order that", "*pas*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - everyone/all", "*pisteuōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - believing", "*eis*": "preposition + accusative - in/into", "*auton*": "personal pronoun, accusative, masculine - him", "*apolētai*": "aorist, middle, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might perish", "*echē*": "present, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might have", "*zōēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - life", "*aiōnion*": "accusative, feminine, singular - eternal/everlasting" }, "variants": { "*ēgapēsen*": "loved/showed sacrificial love [agape]", "*kosmon*": "world/cosmos/mankind/universe", "*monogenē*": "only begotten/unique/one-of-a-kind", "*pisteuōn*": "believing/trusting/having faith in" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.17", "source": "Οὐ γὰρ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα κρίνῃ τὸν κόσμον· ἀλλʼ ἵνα σωθῇ ὁ κόσμος διʼ αὐτοῦ.", "text": "For not *apesteilen ho Theos ton Hyion autou eis ton kosmon hina krinē ton kosmon*; but *hina sōthē ho kosmos di' autou*.", "grammar": { "*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for/because", "*apesteilen*": "aorist, 3rd singular - sent", "*Theos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - God", "*Hyion*": "accusative, masculine, singular - Son", "*autou*": "personal pronoun, genitive, masculine - his", "*eis*": "preposition + accusative - into/to", "*kosmon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - world", "*hina*": "conjunction - so that/in order that", "*krinē*": "aorist, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might judge", "*sōthē*": "aorist, passive, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might be saved", "*di'*": "preposition + genitive - through" }, "variants": { "*apesteilen*": "sent/dispatched/commissioned", "*krinē*": "judge/condemn/evaluate", "*sōthē*": "might be saved/rescued/delivered" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.18", "source": "¶Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν οὐ κρίνεται: ὁ δὲ μὴ πιστεύων ἤδη κέκριται, ὅτι μὴ πεπίστευκεν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ μονογενοῦς Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ.", "text": "The one *pisteuōn eis auton* not *krinetai*: but the one not *pisteuōn ēdē kekritai*, because not *pepisteuken eis to onoma tou monogenous Hyiou tou Theou*.", "grammar": { "*pisteuōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - believing", "*eis*": "preposition + accusative - in/into", "*auton*": "personal pronoun, accusative, masculine - him", "*krinetai*": "present, passive, 3rd singular - is judged", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and", "*ēdē*": "adverb - already/now", "*kekritai*": "perfect, passive, 3rd singular - has been judged", "*hoti*": "conjunction - because", "*pepisteuken*": "perfect, 3rd singular - has believed", "*onoma*": "accusative, neuter, singular - name", "*monogenous*": "genitive, masculine, singular - only begotten/unique", "*Hyiou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - Son", "*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - God" }, "variants": { "*krinetai*": "is judged/condemned", "*kekritai*": "has been judged/condemned/sentenced", "*onoma*": "name/character/person/authority", "*monogenous*": "only begotten/unique/one-of-a-kind" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.19", "source": "Αὕτη δέ ἐστιν ἡ κρίσις, ὅτι τὸ φῶς ἐλήλυθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον, καὶ ἠγάπησαν οἱ ἄνθρωποι μᾶλλον τὸ σκότος ἢ τὸ φῶς, ἦν γὰρ πονηρὰ αὐτῶν τὰ ἔργα.", "text": "*Hautē de estin hē krisis*, that the *phōs elēlythen eis ton kosmon*, and *ēgapēsan hoi anthrōpoi mallon to skotos ē to phōs*, for was *ponēra autōn ta erga*.", "grammar": { "*Hautē*": "demonstrative pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular - this", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - and/but", "*estin*": "present, 3rd singular - is", "*krisis*": "nominative, feminine, singular - judgment", "*hoti*": "conjunction - that/because", "*phōs*": "nominative, neuter, singular - light", "*elēlythen*": "perfect, 3rd singular - has come", "*eis*": "preposition + accusative - into", "*kosmon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - world", "*ēgapēsan*": "aorist, 3rd plural - loved", "*anthrōpoi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - men/people", "*mallon*": "adverb - rather/more", "*skotos*": "accusative, neuter, singular - darkness", "*ē*": "conjunction - than", "*ēn*": "imperfect, 3rd singular - were", "*ponēra*": "nominative, neuter, plural - evil", "*autōn*": "personal pronoun, genitive, masculine, plural - their", "*erga*": "nominative, neuter, plural - works/deeds" }, "variants": { "*krisis*": "judgment/verdict/separation", "*phōs*": "light/illumination [metaphor for revelation/truth]", "*skotos*": "darkness/obscurity [metaphor for evil/ignorance]", "*ponēra*": "evil/wicked/bad/corrupt" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.20", "source": "Πᾶς γὰρ ὁ φαῦλα πράσσων μισεῖ τὸ φῶς, καὶ οὐκ ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸ φῶς, ἵνα μὴ ἐλεγχθῇ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.", "text": "For *pas ho phaula prassōn misei to phōs*, and not *erchetai pros to phōs*, so that not *elegchthē ta erga autou*.", "grammar": { "*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for/because", "*pas*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - everyone/all", "*phaula*": "accusative, neuter, plural - evil/worthless things", "*prassōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - doing/practicing", "*misei*": "present, 3rd singular - hates", "*phōs*": "accusative, neuter, singular - light", "*erchetai*": "present, middle/passive, 3rd singular - comes", "*pros*": "preposition + accusative - to/toward", "*hina*": "conjunction - so that/in order that", "*elegchthē*": "aorist, passive, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might be exposed", "*erga*": "nominative, neuter, plural - works/deeds", "*autou*": "personal pronoun, genitive, masculine, singular - his" }, "variants": { "*phaula*": "worthless/evil/bad/base things", "*prassōn*": "practicing/doing/performing", "*misei*": "hates/detests", "*elegchthē*": "might be exposed/reproved/convicted" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.21", "source": "Ὁ δὲ ποιῶν τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸ φῶς, ἵνα φανερωθῇ αὐτοῦ τὰ ἔργα, ὅτι ἐν Θεῷ ἐστιν εἰργασμένα.", "text": "But the one *poiōn tēn alētheian erchetai pros to phōs*, so that *phanerōthē autou ta erga, hoti en Theō estin eirgasmena*.", "grammar": { "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and", "*poiōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - doing", "*alētheian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - truth", "*erchetai*": "present, middle/passive, 3rd singular - comes", "*pros*": "preposition + accusative - to/toward", "*phōs*": "accusative, neuter, singular - light", "*hina*": "conjunction - so that/in order that", "*phanerōthē*": "aorist, passive, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might be manifested", "*autou*": "personal pronoun, genitive, masculine, singular - his", "*erga*": "nominative, neuter, plural - works/deeds", "*hoti*": "conjunction - that/because", "*en*": "preposition + dative - in", "*Theō*": "dative, masculine, singular - God", "*estin eirgasmena*": "perfect, passive, participle, nominative, neuter, plural - have been worked/done" }, "variants": { "*poiōn tēn alētheian*": "doing the truth/practicing truth/living truthfully", "*phanerōthē*": "might be manifested/shown/revealed", "*eirgasmena*": "worked/performed/done/accomplished" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.22", "source": "¶Μετὰ ταῦτα ἦλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν γῆν· καὶ ἐκεῖ διέτριβεν μετʼ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐβάπτιζεν.", "text": "After these things *ēlthen ho Iēsous kai hoi mathētai autou eis tēn Ioudaian gēn*; and there *dietriben met' autōn*, and *ebaptizen*.", "grammar": { "*Meta*": "preposition + accusative - after", "*tauta*": "demonstrative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - these things", "*ēlthen*": "aorist, 3rd singular - came/went", "*Iēsous*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus", "*mathētai*": "nominative, masculine, plural - disciples", "*autou*": "personal pronoun, genitive, masculine, singular - his", "*eis*": "preposition + accusative - into/to", "*Ioudaian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - Judean", "*gēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - land/earth", "*ekei*": "adverb - there", "*dietriben*": "imperfect, 3rd singular - was spending time", "*met'*": "preposition + genitive - with", "*autōn*": "personal pronoun, genitive, masculine, plural - them", "*ebaptizen*": "imperfect, 3rd singular - was baptizing" }, "variants": { "*dietriben*": "was spending time/staying/tarrying", "*ebaptizen*": "was baptizing/immersing [ongoing activity]", "*Ioudaian gēn*": "Judean land/territory of Judea" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.23", "source": "¶Ἦν δὲ καὶ Ἰωάννης βαπτίζων ἐν Αἰνὼν ἐγγὺς τοῦ Σαλείμ, ὅτι ὕδατα πολλὰ ἦν ἐκεῖ: καὶ παρεγίνοντο, καὶ ἐβαπτίζοντο.", "text": "And was *de kai Iōannēs baptizōn en Ainōn engys tou Saleim*, because *hydata polla ēn ekei*: and *pareginonto, kai ebaptizonto*.", "grammar": { "*Ēn*": "imperfect, 3rd singular - was", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - and/but", "*kai*": "conjunction - also", "*Iōannēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - John", "*baptizōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - baptizing", "*en*": "preposition + dative - in", "*Ainōn*": "dative, neuter, singular - Aenon [place name]", "*engys*": "adverb - near", "*tou Saleim*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of Salim [place name]", "*hoti*": "conjunction - because", "*hydata*": "nominative, neuter, plural - waters", "*polla*": "nominative, neuter, plural - many", "*ēn*": "imperfect, 3rd singular - were", "*ekei*": "adverb - there", "*pareginonto*": "imperfect, middle/passive, 3rd plural - were coming", "*ebaptizonto*": "imperfect, passive, 3rd plural - were being baptized" }, "variants": { "*baptizōn*": "baptizing/immersing", "*hydata polla*": "many waters/abundant water", "*pareginonto*": "were coming/arriving/appearing" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.24", "source": "Οὔπω γὰρ ἦν βεβλημένος εἰς τὴν φυλακὴν ὁ Ἰωάννης.", "text": "For not yet *ēn beblēmenos eis tēn phylakēn ho Iōannēs*.", "grammar": { "*Oupō*": "adverb - not yet", "*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for/because", "*ēn beblēmenos*": "pluperfect periphrastic, passive, 3rd singular - had been thrown", "*eis*": "preposition + accusative - into", "*phylakēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - prison", "*Iōannēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - John" }, "variants": { "*beblēmenos*": "thrown/cast/put", "*phylakēn*": "prison/jail/custody" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.25", "source": "¶Ἐγένετο οὖν ζήτησις ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν Ἰωάννου μετὰ Ἰουδαίων περὶ καθαρισμοῦ.", "text": "There arose *oun zētēsis ek tōn mathētōn Iōannou meta Ioudaiōn peri katharismou*.", "grammar": { "*Egeneto*": "aorist, middle, 3rd singular - arose/happened", "*oun*": "postpositive conjunction - therefore/then", "*zētēsis*": "nominative, feminine, singular - debate/dispute", "*ek*": "preposition + genitive - from", "*mathētōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - disciples", "*Iōannou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of John", "*meta*": "preposition + genitive - with", "*Ioudaiōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - Jews", "*peri*": "preposition + genitive - concerning", "*katharismou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - purification" }, "variants": { "*zētēsis*": "debate/dispute/questioning/discussion", "*katharismou*": "purification/cleansing/washing [ritual]" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.26", "source": "Καὶ ἦλθον πρὸς τὸν Ἰωάννην, καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Ῥαββί, ὃς ἦν μετὰ σοῦ πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, ᾧ σὺ μεμαρτύρηκας, ἴδε, οὗτος βαπτίζει, καὶ πάντες ἔρχονται πρὸς αὐτόν.", "text": "And they *ēlthon pros ton Iōannēn, kai eipon autō, Rabbi, hos ēn meta sou peran tou Iordanou, hō su memartyrēkas, ide, houtos baptizei, kai pantes erchontai pros auton*.", "grammar": { "*ēlthon*": "aorist, 3rd plural - came", "*pros*": "preposition + accusative - to", "*Iōannēn*": "accusative, masculine, singular - John", "*eipon*": "aorist, 3rd plural - said", "*autō*": "personal pronoun, dative, masculine - to him", "*Rabbi*": "vocative, masculine, singular - Rabbi", "*hos*": "relative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - who", "*ēn*": "imperfect, 3rd singular - was", "*meta*": "preposition + genitive - with", "*sou*": "personal pronoun, genitive - you", "*peran*": "adverb - beyond/across", "*Iordanou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of Jordan", "*hō*": "relative pronoun, dative, masculine, singular - to whom", "*su*": "personal pronoun, nominative - you", "*memartyrēkas*": "perfect, 2nd singular - have testified", "*ide*": "imperative - look/behold", "*houtos*": "demonstrative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - this one", "*baptizei*": "present, 3rd singular - baptizes", "*pantes*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - all", "*erchontai*": "present, middle/passive, 3rd plural - come", "*pros*": "preposition + accusative - to", "*auton*": "personal pronoun, accusative, masculine - him" }, "variants": { "*memartyrēkas*": "have testified/witnessed/declared", "*ide*": "look/behold/see [attention marker]", "*peran tou Iordanou*": "beyond the Jordan/across the Jordan River" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.27", "source": "Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰωάννης καὶ εἶπεν, Οὐ δύναται ἄνθρωπος λαμβάνειν οὐδέν, ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ δεδομένον αὐτῷ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.", "text": "*Apekrithē Iōannēs kai eipen*, Not *dunatai anthrōpos lambanein ouden*, unless *ē dedomenon autō ek tou ouranou*.", "grammar": { "*Apekrithē*": "aorist, passive, 3rd singular - answered", "*Iōannēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - John", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*eipen*": "aorist, 3rd singular - said", "*dunatai*": "present, middle/passive, 3rd singular - is able/can", "*anthrōpos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - man/person", "*lambanein*": "present, infinitive - to receive/take", "*ouden*": "pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - nothing", "*ē*": "present subjunctive, 3rd singular - it might be", "*dedomenon*": "perfect passive participle, nominative, neuter, singular - having been given", "*autō*": "personal pronoun, dative, masculine - to him", "*ek*": "preposition + genitive - from", "*ouranou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - heaven" }, "variants": { "*lambanein*": "receive/take/accept/obtain", "*dedomenon*": "given/granted/bestowed", "*ouranou*": "heaven/sky [source of divine authority]" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.28", "source": "Αὐτοὶ ὑμεῖς μοι μαρτυρεῖτε, ὅτι εἶπον, Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὁ Χριστός, ἀλλʼ ὅτι ἀπεσταλμένος εἰμὶ ἔμπροσθεν ἐκείνου.", "text": "*Autoi hymeis moi martyreite, hoti eipon*, Not *eimi egō ho Christos*, but that *apestalmenos eimi emprosthen ekeinou*.", "grammar": { "*Autoi*": "intensive pronoun, nominative, masculine, plural - yourselves", "*hymeis*": "personal pronoun, nominative, plural - you", "*moi*": "personal pronoun, dative - to me", "*martyreite*": "present, 2nd plural - you testify/bear witness", "*hoti*": "conjunction - that", "*eipon*": "aorist, 1st singular - I said", "*eimi*": "present, 1st singular - I am", "*egō*": "personal pronoun, nominative - I", "*Christos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Christ/Messiah", "*apestalmenos*": "perfect passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been sent", "*emprosthen*": "preposition + genitive - before/ahead of", "*ekeinou*": "demonstrative pronoun, genitive, masculine, singular - that one" }, "variants": { "*martyreite*": "testify/bear witness/affirm", "*Christos*": "Christ/Messiah/Anointed One", "*apestalmenos*": "sent/dispatched/commissioned" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.29", "source": "Ὁ ἔχων τὴν νύμφην νυμφίος ἐστίν: ὁ δὲ φίλος τοῦ νυμφίου, ὁ ἑστηκὼς καὶ ἀκούων αὐτοῦ, χαρᾷ χαίρει διὰ τὴν φωνὴν τοῦ νυμφίου: αὕτη οὖν ἡ χαρὰ ἡ ἐμὴ πεπλήρωται.", "text": "The one *echōn tēn nymphēn nymphios estin*: but the *philos tou nymphiou, ho hestēkōs kai akouōn autou, chara chairei dia tēn phōnēn tou nymphiou*: this *oun hē chara hē emē peplērōtai*.", "grammar": { "*echōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having", "*nymphēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - bride", "*nymphios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - bridegroom", "*estin*": "present, 3rd singular - is", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and", "*philos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - friend", "*nymphiou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of bridegroom", "*hestēkōs*": "perfect participle, nominative, masculine, singular - standing", "*akouōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - hearing", "*autou*": "personal pronoun, genitive, masculine - him", "*chara*": "dative, feminine, singular - with joy", "*chairei*": "present, 3rd singular - rejoices", "*dia*": "preposition + accusative - because of", "*phōnēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - voice", "*hautē*": "demonstrative pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular - this", "*oun*": "postpositive conjunction - therefore", "*chara*": "nominative, feminine, singular - joy", "*emē*": "possessive adjective, nominative, feminine, singular - my", "*peplērōtai*": "perfect, passive, 3rd singular - has been fulfilled" }, "variants": { "*nymphios*": "bridegroom [metaphor for Messiah]", "*nymphēn*": "bride [metaphor for people of God]", "*philos tou nymphiou*": "friend of the bridegroom [best man]", "*chara chairei*": "rejoices with joy [emphatic construction]", "*peplērōtai*": "has been fulfilled/completed/made full" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.30", "source": "Ἐκεῖνον δεῖ αὐξάνειν, ἐμὲ δὲ ἐλαττοῦσθαι.", "text": "That one *dei auxanein*, me *de elattousthai*.", "grammar": { "*Ekeinon*": "demonstrative pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular - that one", "*dei*": "present, 3rd singular, impersonal - it is necessary", "*auxanein*": "present, infinitive - to increase", "*eme*": "personal pronoun, accusative - me", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and", "*elattousthai*": "present, passive, infinitive - to decrease" }, "variants": { "*auxanein*": "increase/grow/become greater", "*elattousthai*": "decrease/diminish/become less" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.31", "source": "Ὁ ἄνωθεν ἐρχόμενος ἐπάνω πάντων ἐστίν: ὁ ὢν ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἐστιν, καὶ ἐκ τῆς γῆς λαλεῖ: ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐρχόμενος ἐπάνω πάντων ἐστίν.", "text": "The one *anōthen erchomenos epanō pantōn estin*: the one *ōn ek tēs gēs ek tēs gēs estin, kai ek tēs gēs lalei*: the one *ek tou ouranou erchomenos epanō pantōn estin*.", "grammar": { "*anōthen*": "adverb - from above", "*erchomenos*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - coming", "*epanō*": "preposition + genitive - above", "*pantōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - all [things]", "*estin*": "present, 3rd singular - is", "*ōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being", "*ek*": "preposition + genitive - from/out of", "*gēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - earth/ground", "*lalei*": "present, 3rd singular - speaks", "*ouranou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - heaven" }, "variants": { "*anōthen*": "from above/from heaven", "*epanō pantōn*": "above all/over all things", "*ek tēs gēs*": "from the earth/earthly origin [repeated for emphasis]" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.32", "source": "Καὶ ὃ ἑώρακεν καὶ ἤκουσεν, τοῦτο μαρτυρεῖ· καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν αὐτοῦ οὐδεὶς λαμβάνει.", "text": "And what *heōraken kai ēkousen*, this *martyrei*; and the *martyrian autou oudeis lambanei*.", "grammar": { "*Kai*": "conjunction - and", "*ho*": "relative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - what", "*heōraken*": "perfect, 3rd singular - he has seen", "*ēkousen*": "aorist, 3rd singular - he heard", "*touto*": "demonstrative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - this", "*martyrei*": "present, 3rd singular - he testifies", "*martyrian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - testimony", "*autou*": "personal pronoun, genitive, masculine - his", "*oudeis*": "pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - no one", "*lambanei*": "present, 3rd singular - receives" }, "variants": { "*heōraken kai ēkousen*": "has seen and heard [firsthand knowledge]", "*martyrei*": "testifies/bears witness to/declares", "*lambanei*": "receives/accepts/takes to heart" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.33", "source": "Ὁ λαβὼν αὐτοῦ τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἐσφράγισεν ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἀληθής ἐστιν.", "text": "The one *labōn autou tēn martyrian esphragisen hoti ho Theos alēthēs estin*.", "grammar": { "*labōn*": "aorist participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having received", "*autou*": "personal pronoun, genitive, masculine - his", "*martyrian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - testimony", "*esphragisen*": "aorist, 3rd singular - has sealed/certified", "*hoti*": "conjunction - that", "*Theos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - God", "*alēthēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - true", "*estin*": "present, 3rd singular - is" }, "variants": { "*labōn*": "receiving/accepting", "*esphragisen*": "sealed/certified/confirmed/attested", "*alēthēs*": "true/truthful/genuine" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.34", "source": "Ὃν γὰρ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ Θεός τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ Θεοῦ λαλεῖ: οὐ γὰρ ἐκ μέτρου δίδωσιν ὁ Θεὸς τὸ Πνεῦμα.", "text": "For whom *apesteilen ho Theos ta rhēmata tou Theou lalei*: for not *ek metrou didōsin ho Theos to Pneuma*.", "grammar": { "*Hon*": "relative pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular - whom", "*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for", "*apesteilen*": "aorist, 3rd singular - sent", "*Theos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - God", "*rhēmata*": "accusative, neuter, plural - words/sayings", "*lalei*": "present, 3rd singular - speaks", "*ek*": "preposition + genitive - from/by", "*metrou*": "genitive, neuter, singular - measure", "*didōsin*": "present, 3rd singular - gives", "*Pneuma*": "accusative, neuter, singular - Spirit" }, "variants": { "*apesteilen*": "sent/commissioned/dispatched", "*rhēmata*": "words/sayings/utterances", "*ek metrou*": "by measure/with limitation", "*Pneuma*": "Spirit/spirit" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.35", "source": "Ὁ Πατὴρ ἀγαπᾷ τὸν Υἱόν, καὶ πάντα δέδωκεν ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.", "text": "The *Patēr agapa ton Hyion*, and all things *dedōken en tē cheiri autou*.", "grammar": { "*Patēr*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Father", "*agapa*": "present, 3rd singular - loves", "*Hyion*": "accusative, masculine, singular - Son", "*panta*": "accusative, neuter, plural - all things", "*dedōken*": "perfect, 3rd singular - has given", "*en*": "preposition + dative - in", "*cheiri*": "dative, feminine, singular - hand", "*autou*": "personal pronoun, genitive, masculine - his" }, "variants": { "*agapa*": "loves [divine, sacrificial love]", "*dedōken en tē cheiri*": "has given into the hand [idiom for complete authority]", "*panta*": "all things/everything" } }

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{ "verseID": "John.3.36", "source": "Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς τὸν Υἱὸν ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον: ὁ δὲ ἀπειθῶν τῷ Υἱῷ οὐκ ὄψεται ζωήν· ἀλλʼ ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ Θεοῦ μένει ἐπʼ αὐτόν.", "text": "The one *pisteuōn eis ton Hyion echei zōēn aiōnion*: but the one *apeithōn tō Hyiō ouk opsetai zōēn*; but the *orgē tou Theou menei ep' auton*.", "grammar": { "*pisteuōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - believing", "*eis*": "preposition + accusative - in/into", "*Hyion*": "accusative, masculine, singular - Son", "*echei*": "present, 3rd singular - has", "*zōēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - life", "*aiōnion*": "accusative, feminine, singular - eternal", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but", "*apeithōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - disobeying", "*Hyiō*": "dative, masculine, singular - Son", "*opsetai*": "future, middle, 3rd singular - will see", "*zōēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - life", "*orgē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - wrath", "*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God", "*menei*": "present, 3rd singular - remains/abides", "*ep'*": "preposition + accusative - upon", "*auton*": "personal pronoun, accusative, masculine - him" }, "variants": { "*pisteuōn*": "believing/trusting/having faith in", "*apeithōn*": "disobeying/refusing to believe/being unpersuaded", "*orgē*": "wrath/anger/indignation", "*menei*": "remains/abides/continues/stays" } }