Luke 11:4

American Standard Version (1901)

And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν· καὶ γὰρ αὐτοὶ ἀφίεμεν παντὶ ὀφείλοντι ἡμῖν. Καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν· ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ.

Transliteration

And aphes to us the hamartias of us; kai gar ourselves aphiemen to all opheilonti to us. And not eisenegkēs us into peirasmon; but rhysai us from the ponērou.

Grammar Details

• *aphes*: aorist imperative, active, 2nd singular - forgive/remit
• *hamartias*: accusative, feminine, plural - sins/errors
• *kai*: conjunction - and/also
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *aphiemen*: present indicative, active, 1st plural - we forgive/release
• *opheilonti*: present participle, active, dative, masculine, singular - owing/indebted
• *eisenegkēs*: aorist subjunctive, active, 2nd singular - lead/bring in
• *peirasmon*: accusative, masculine, singular - temptation/testing
• *rhysai*: aorist imperative, middle, 2nd singular - rescue/deliver
• *ponērou*: genitive, masculine/neuter, singular - evil/evil one

Word Meanings

• *aphes*: forgive/remit/release
• *hamartias*: sins/errors/failures
• *aphiemen*: forgive/release/remit
• *opheilonti*: one owing/being indebted/having obligation
• *eisenegkēs*: lead into/bring into/carry into
• *peirasmon*: temptation/testing/trial
• *rhysai*: rescue/deliver/save
• *ponērou*: evil/evil one/wickedness/malice

Referenced Verses

• Matt 6:12-15 : 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one] . 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
• Matt 26:41 : 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
• Luke 22:46 : 46 and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.
• Matt 18:35 : 35 So shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.
• 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
• 2 Cor 12:7-8 : 7 And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch. 8 Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
• Eph 4:31-32 : 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
• Col 3:13 : 13 forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:
• 2 Thess 3:3 : 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil [one] .
• 2 Tim 4:18 : 18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will save me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom [be] the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment [is] without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.
• 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
• Rev 2:10 : 10 Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
• Rev 3:10 : 10 Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that [hour] which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
• Gen 48:16 : 16 the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
• 1 Kgs 8:34 : 34 then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
• 1 Kgs 8:36 : 36 then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
• Ps 25:11 : 11 For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, Pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.
• Ps 25:18 : 18 Consider mine affliction and my travail; And forgive all my sins.
• Ps 32:1-5 : 1 [[ A Psalm] of David. Maschil]. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile. 3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed [as] with the drought of summer. {{Selah 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. {{Selah
• Ps 51:1-3 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba]. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me.
• Ps 121:7 : 7 Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul.
• Ps 130:3-4 : 3 If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, That thou mayest be feared.
• Isa 43:25-26 : 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins. 26 Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth [thy cause], that thou mayest be justified.
• Dan 9:19 : 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
• Hos 14:2 : 2 Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render [as] bullocks [the offering of] our lips.
• John 17:15 : 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil [one] .
• Luke 8:13 : 13 And those on the rock [are] they who, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
• Matt 11:25-26 : 25 At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: [ 26 yea, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.