John 3:36

American Standard Version (1901)

He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς τὸν Υἱὸν ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον: ὁ δὲ ἀπειθῶν τῷ Υἱῷ οὐκ ὄψεται ζωήν· ἀλλʼ ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ Θεοῦ μένει ἐπʼ αὐτόν.

Transliteration

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 Details

• *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
• *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

Word Meanings

• *pisteuōn*: believing/trusting/having faith in
• *apeithōn*: disobeying/refusing to believe/being unpersuaded
• *orgē*: wrath/anger/indignation
• *menei*: remains/abides/continues/stays

Referenced Verses

• John 3:15-16 : 15 that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
• John 5:24 : 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.
• 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:
• Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
• 1 John 5:10-13 : 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son. 11 And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life. 13 These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, [even] unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.
• John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
• 1 Thess 5:9 : 9 For God appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
• Rom 1:17-18 : 17 For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith. 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;
• John 8:51 : 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see death.
• John 10:28 : 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
• Heb 2:3 : 3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
• 1 Thess 1:10 : 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.
• Rom 5:9 : 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath [of God] through him.
• Rom 8:1 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
• Rev 6:16-17 : 16 and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [shall be] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
• 1 John 3:14-15 : 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
• Rom 8:24-25 : 24 For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth? 25 But if we hope for that which we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for it.
• Gal 3:10 : 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.
• Rom 4:15 : 15 for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.
• Num 32:11 : 11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
• Job 33:28 : 28 He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.
• Ps 36:9 : 9 For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light shall we see light.
• Ps 49:19 : 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.
• Ps 106:4-5 : 4 Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people; Oh visit me with thy salvation, 5 That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, That I may glory with thine inheritance.
• Hab 2:4 : 4 Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.
• Luke 2:30 : 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
• Luke 3:6 : 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
• John 6:47-54 : 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world. 52 The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 53 Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves. 54 He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
• Heb 10:29 : 29 of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?