John 3:36

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς τὸν Υἱὸν ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον: ὁ δὲ ἀπειθῶν τῷ Υἱῷ οὐκ ὄψεται ζωήν· ἀλλʼ ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ Θεοῦ μένει ἐπʼ αὐτόν.

Transliteration

The one pisteuōn eis ton Hyion echei zōēn aiōnion: but the one apeithōn tō Hyiō ouk opsetai zōēn; but the orgē tou Theou menei ep' auton.

Grammar Details

• *pisteuōn*: present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - believing
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - in/into
• *Hyion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Son
• *echei*: present, 3rd singular - has
• *zōēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - life
• *aiōnion*: accusative, feminine, singular - eternal
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but
• *apeithōn*: present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - disobeying
• *Hyiō*: dative, masculine, singular - Son
• *opsetai*: future, middle, 3rd singular - will see
• *orgē*: nominative, feminine, singular - wrath
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *menei*: present, 3rd singular - remains/abides
• *ep'*: preposition + accusative - upon
• *auton*: personal pronoun, accusative, masculine - him

Word Meanings

• *pisteuōn*: believing/trusting/having faith in
• *apeithōn*: disobeying/refusing to believe/being unpersuaded
• *orgē*: wrath/anger/indignation
• *menei*: remains/abides/continues/stays

Referenced Verses

• John 3:15-16 : 15 So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life. 16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
• John 5:24 : 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.
• John 1:12 : 12 To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:
• Eph 5:6 : 6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.
• 1 John 5:10-13 : 10 He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son. 11 And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life. 13 I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.
• John 3:3 : 3 Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.
• 1 Thess 5:9 : 9 For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
• Rom 1:17-18 : 17 For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith. 18 For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;
• John 8:51 : 51 Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.
• John 10:28 : 28 And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.
• Heb 2:3 : 3 What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;
• 1 Thess 1:10 : 10 Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.
• Rom 5:9 : 9 Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him.
• Rom 8:1 : 1 For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.
• Rev 6:16-17 : 16 And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Come down on us, covering us from the face of him who is seated on the high seat, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of their wrath is come, and who may keep his place?
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.
• 1 John 3:14-15 : 14 We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death. 15 Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.
• Rom 8:24-25 : 24 For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees? 25 But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.
• Gal 3:10 : 10 For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.
• Rom 4:15 : 15 For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken.
• Num 32:11 : 11 Truly, not one of the men of twenty years old and over who came out of Egypt will see the land which I gave by oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; because they have not been true to me with all their heart;
• Job 33:28 : 28 He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.
• Ps 2:12 : 12 For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.
• Ps 36:9 : 9 For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light.
• Ps 49:19 : 19 He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.
• Ps 106:4-5 : 4 Keep me in mind, O Lord, when you are good to your people; O let your salvation come to me; 5 So that I may see the well-being of the people of your selection, and have a part in the joy of your nation, and take pride in your heritage.
• Hab 2:4 : 4 As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.
• Luke 2:30 : 30 For my eyes have seen your salvation,
• Luke 3:6 : 6 And all flesh will see the salvation of God.
• John 6:47-54 : 47 Truly I say to you, He who has faith in me has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers took the manna in the waste land--and they are dead. 50 The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death. 51 I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world. 52 Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food? 53 Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you. 54 He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from the dead at the last day.
• Heb 10:29 : 29 But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?