John 12:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐὰν ἐμοὶ διακονῇ τις, ἐμοὶ ἀκολουθείτω· καὶ ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγώ, ἐκεῖ καὶ ὁ διάκονος ὁ ἐμὸς ἔσται: καὶ ἐάν τις ἐμοὶ διακονῇ, τιμήσει αὐτὸν ὁ Πατήρ.

Transliteration

If emoi diakonē anyone, emoi let him akoloutheitō; and where eimi egō, there also the diakonos the emos will estai; and if anyone emoi diakonē, will timēsei him the Patēr.

Grammar Details

• *emoi*: dative 1st person singular pronoun - to me/for me
• *diakonē*: present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might serve/minister
• *akoloutheitō*: present active imperative, 3rd person singular - let him follow
• *eimi*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I am
• *egō*: nominative 1st person singular pronoun - I/myself
• *diakonos*: nominative masculine singular - servant/minister/deacon
• *emos*: nominative masculine singular possessive adjective - my/mine
• *estai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person singular - will be
• *timēsei*: future active indicative, 3rd person singular - will honor/value
• *Patēr*: nominative masculine singular - Father

Word Meanings

• *diakonē*: serve/minister to/attend upon
• *akoloutheitō*: follow/come after/accompany
• *diakonos*: servant/minister/attendant/deacon
• *emos*: my/mine
• *estai*: will be/exist/happen
• *timēsei*: will honor/respect/value/esteem
• *Patēr*: Father (reference to God)

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
• 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
• Gal 1:10 : 10 For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? {G1063} if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
• John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
• John 10:27 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
• John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also.
• Num 14:24 : 24 but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
• Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with [beholding] thy form.
• Phil 1:23 : 23 But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:
• Col 3:24 : 24 knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: {G1063} ye serve the Lord Christ.
• 1 Thess 4:17-18 : 17 then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
• Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
• 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
• Rev 14:4 : 4 These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These [are] they that follow the Lamb whithersoever {G302} he goeth. These were purchased from among men, [to be] the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb.
• 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and [the] Saviour Jesus Christ:
• 1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
• Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
• Eph 5:1-2 : 1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; 2 and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.
• John 21:22 : 22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what [is that] to thee? Follow thou me.
• Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called [to be] an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
• Rom 14:18 : 18 For he that herein {G5125} serveth Christ is well-pleasing to God, and approved of men.
• Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and honor him.
• Prov 27:18 : 18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.
• Matt 16:24 : 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
• Matt 25:21 : 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
• Mark 8:34 : 34 And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
• Luke 6:46 : 46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
• Luke 9:23 : 23 And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross {G2596} daily, and follow me.
• 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:
• John 13:16 : 16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.
• John 14:15 : 15 If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.
• John 14:21-23 : 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. 22 Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto him, Lord, what is come to pass that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
• John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.