John 5:38

American Standard Version (1901)

And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔχετε μένοντα ἐν ὑμῖν: ὅτι ὃν ἀπέστειλεν ἐκεῖνος, τούτῳ ὑμεῖς οὐ πιστεύετε.

Transliteration

And the logon of him not echete menonta in you: because whom apesteilen that one, in this one you not pisteuete.

Grammar Details

• *logon*: noun, accusative, masculine, singular - word
• *autou*: personal pronoun, genitive, masculine, singular - of him
• *ouk*: negative particle - not
• *echete*: present active indicative, 2nd plural of *echō* - you have
• *menonta*: present active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - abiding
• *hymin*: personal pronoun, dative, 2nd plural - you
• *hoti*: conjunction - because
• *hon*: relative pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular - whom
• *apesteilen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular of *apostellō* - sent
• *ekeinos*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - that one
• *toutō*: demonstrative pronoun, dative, masculine, singular - in this one
• *hymeis*: personal pronoun, nominative, 2nd plural - you
• *pisteuete*: present active indicative, 2nd plural of *pisteuō* - believe

Word Meanings

• *logon*: word/message/teaching
• *echete menonta*: you have abiding/you have remaining
• *apesteilen*: sent/dispatched/commissioned
• *pisteuete*: believe/trust/have faith in

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 2:14 : 14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.
• Deut 6:6-9 : 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; 7 and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.
• Josh 1:8 : 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
• Ps 119:11 : 11 Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
• Prov 2:1-2 : 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; 2 So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;
• Prov 7:1-2 : 1 My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.
• Isa 49:7 : 7 Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah that is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
• Isa 53:1-3 : 1 Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
• John 1:11 : 11 He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.
• John 3:17-21 : 17 For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him. 18 He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.
• John 5:42-43 : 42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves. 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
• John 5:46-47 : 46 For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me. 47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
• John 8:37 : 37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.
• John 8:46-47 : 46 Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.
• John 12:44-48 : 44 And Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. 45 And he that beholdeth me beholdeth him that sent me. 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness. 47 And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.
• John 15:7 : 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms [and] hymns [and] spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
• Jas 1:21-22 : 21 Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.