John 12:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now is this world to be judged: now will the ruler of this world be sent out.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Νῦν κρίσις ἐστὶν τοῦ κόσμου τούτου: νῦν ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ κόσμου τούτου ἐκβληθήσεται ἔξω.

Transliteration

Now krisis estin of the kosmou this; now the archōn of the kosmou this will be ekblēthēsetai exō.

Grammar Details

• *krisis*: nominative feminine singular - judgment/decision
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *kosmou*: genitive masculine singular - world/universe/order
• *archōn*: nominative masculine singular - ruler/prince/chief
• *ekblēthēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - will be cast/thrown out
• *exō*: adverb - outside/out

Word Meanings

• *krisis*: judgment/decision/separation/condemnation
• *estin*: is/exists/is present
• *kosmou*: world/universe/ordered system
• *archōn*: ruler/prince/chief/authority
• *ekblēthēsetai*: will be cast out/thrown out/expelled/driven out
• *exō*: outside/out/away/beyond

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.
• John 14:30 : 30 After this I will not say much to you, because the ruler of this world comes: and he has no power over me;
• Eph 6:12 : 12 For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.
• Col 2:15 : 15 Having made himself free from the rule of authorities and powers, he put them openly to shame, glorying over them in it.
• 1 John 3:8 : 8 The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.
• 1 John 4:4 : 4 You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
• John 16:8-9 : 8 And he, when he comes, will make the world conscious of sin, and of righteousness, and of being judged: 9 Of sin, because they have not faith in me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you will see me no more; 11 Of being judged, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
• 1 John 5:19 : 19 We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.
• Rev 12:9-9 : 9 And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him. 10 And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down. 11 And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.
• Rev 20:2-3 : 2 And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years, 3 And put him into the great deep, and it was shut and locked over him, so that he might put the nations in error no longer, till the thousand years were ended: after this he will be let loose for a little time.
• Heb 2:14 : 14 And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One;
• John 5:22-27 : 22 The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son; 23 So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him. 24 Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life. 25 Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life. 26 For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man.
• Acts 26:18 : 18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
• Eph 2:1-2 : 1 And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins, 2 In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;
• Matt 12:28 : 28 But if I by the Spirit of God send out evil spirits, then is the kingdom of God come on you.
• Luke 10:17-19 : 17 And the seventy came back with joy, saying, Lord, even the evil spirits are under our power in your name. 18 And he said, I was watching for Satan, falling from heaven like a star. 19 See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.
• Gen 3:15 : 15 And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
• Isa 49:24 : 24 Will the goods of war be taken from the strong man, or the prisoners of the cruel one be let go?