1 Peter 1:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὃν οὐκ ἰδόντες, ἀγαπᾶτε· εἰς ὃν, ἄρτι μὴ ὁρῶντες, πιστεύοντες δὲ, ἀγαλλιᾶσθε χαρᾷ ἀνεκλαλήτῳ καὶ δεδοξασμένῃ:

Transliteration

Whom not having idontes, you agapate; into whom, arti not horōntes, but pisteuontes, you agalliasthe with chara aneklalētō and dedoxasmenē:

Grammar Details

*idontes*: aorist, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - concessive
*agapate*: present, active, indicative, 2nd person, plural - ongoing action
*arti*: adverb - temporal
*horōntes*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - concessive
*pisteuontes*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - causal
*agalliasthe*: present, middle/passive, indicative, 2nd person, plural - result
*chara*: dative, feminine, singular - means/manner
*aneklalētō*: dative, feminine, singular - attributive adjective
*dedoxasmenē*: perfect, passive, participle, dative, feminine, singular - attributive

Word Meanings

*idontes*: having seen/beheld/perceived
*agapate*: love/cherish/value highly
*horōntes*: seeing/beholding/perceiving
*pisteuontes*: believing/trusting/having faith
*agalliasthe*: rejoice greatly/exult/are overjoyed
*chara*: joy/gladness/delight
*aneklalētō*: inexpressible/unspeakable/beyond words
*dedoxasmenē*: glorified/exalted/filled with glory

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Referenced Verses

John 20:29 : 29 Jesus saith unto him, {G2381} Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed.
2 Cor 5:7 : 7 (for we walk by faith, not by sight);
Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
Matt 25:35-40 : 35 for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; 36 naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? 38 And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me.
2 Cor 4:18 : 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Heb 11:1 : 1 Now faith is assurance of [things] hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.
2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that {G1487} one died for all, therefore {G599} all died; 15 and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.
John 21:15-17 : 15 So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 16 He saith to him again a second time, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Tend my sheep. 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Acts 16:34 : 34 And he brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his house, having believed in God.
Rom 14:17 : 17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Rom 15:13 : 13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If any man loveth not the Lord, let him be anathema. Maranatha.
2 Cor 1:22 : 22 who also sealed us, and gave [us] the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
1 Pet 1:6 : 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,
1 Pet 2:7 : 7 For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;
1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.
1 John 4:19-20 : 19 We love, {G25} {G846} because he first loved us. 20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, {G4459} cannot love God whom he hath not seen.
John 8:42 : 42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love {G302} me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
John 14:15 : 15 If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.
John 14:21 : 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.
John 14:24 : 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my words: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.
John 16:22 : 22 And ye therefore {G3303} now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you.
Song 1:7 : 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest [thy flock], Where thou makest [it] to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?
Song 5:9 : 9 What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, That thou dost so adjure us?
Song 5:16 : 16 His mouth is most sweet; Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Hab 3:17-18 : 17 For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Matt 10:37 : 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
2 Cor 12:4 : 4 how that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Eph 1:13-14 : 13 in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, — in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of [God's] own possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ with [a love] incorruptible.
Phil 1:25 : 25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith;
Phil 3:3 : 3 for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:
Phil 4:4 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.
2 Cor 9:15 : 15 Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.

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