2 Corinthians 6:18

American Standard Version (1901)

And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς Πατέρα, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ.

Transliteration

And I esomai to you for Patera, and you esesthe to me for hyious and thygateras, legei Kyrios pantokratōr.

Grammar Details

• *esomai*: future indicative, middle, 1st person singular - I will be
• *Patera*: accusative, masculine, singular - Father
• *esesthe*: future indicative, middle, 2nd person plural - you will be
• *hyious*: accusative, masculine, plural - sons
• *thygateras*: accusative, feminine, plural - daughters
• *legei*: present indicative, active, 3rd person singular - says/speaks
• *Kyrios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *pantokratōr*: nominative, masculine, singular - Almighty/All-ruling

Word Meanings

• *Patera*: Father/male parent/ancestor
• *hyious*: sons/male children/descendants
• *thygateras*: daughters/female children
• *Kyrios*: Lord/master/owner
• *pantokratōr*: Almighty/All-ruling/Omnipotent/All-powerful

Referenced Verses

• John 1:12 : 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:
• Rev 21:7 : 7 He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
• Rom 8:14-17 : 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified with [him] .
• Gal 3:26 : 26 For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.
• Gal 4:5-7 : 5 that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 6 And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7 So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
• Isa 43:6 : 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;
• Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.
• Hos 1:9-9 : 9 And [Jehovah] said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be your [God] . 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God.
• Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
• Jer 31:1 : 1 At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
• Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
• Gen 48:3 : 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
• 2 Sam 7:14 : 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
• Ps 22:30 : 30 A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the [next] generation.
• Eph 1:5 : 5 having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
• Rom 8:29 : 29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:
• Rev 21:22 : 22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof.
• Rev 1:8 : 8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
• 1 John 3:1-2 : 1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.