Luke 11:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.

📖 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 make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us. 13 And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One. 14 For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven. 15 But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.
• Matt 26:41 : 41 Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
• Luke 22:46 : 46 And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.
• Matt 18:35 : 35 So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.
• 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.
• 2 Cor 12:7-8 : 7 And because the revelations were so very great, in order that I might not be overmuch lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, one sent from Satan to give me pain. 8 And about this thing I made request to the Lord three times that it might be taken away from me.
• Eph 4:31-32 : 31 Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts; 32 And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.
• Col 3:13 : 13 Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:
• 2 Thess 3:3 : 3 But the Lord is true, who will give you strength and keep you safe from evil.
• 2 Tim 4:18 : 18 The Lord will keep me safe from every evil work and will give me salvation in his kingdom in heaven: to whom be glory for ever and ever. So be it.
• Jas 2:13 : 13 For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.
• 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us. 9 If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil. 10 If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.
• Rev 2:10 : 10 Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
• Rev 3:10 : 10 Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.
• Gen 48:16 : 16 The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.
• 1 Kgs 8:34 : 34 Then give ear in heaven, and let the sin of your people Israel have forgiveness, and take them back again into the land which you gave to their fathers.
• 1 Kgs 8:36 : 36 Then give ear in heaven, so that the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage.
• Ps 25:11 : 11 Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.
• Ps 25:18 : 18 Give thought to my grief and my pain; and take away all my sins.
• Ps 32:1-5 : 1 <Of David. Maschil.> Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered. 2 Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day. 4 For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.) 5 I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)
• Ps 51:1-3 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.> Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin. 2 Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil. 3 For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me.
• Ps 121:7 : 7 The Lord will keep you safe from all evil; he will take care of your soul.
• Ps 130:3-4 : 3 O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free? 4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.
• Isa 43:25-26 : 25 I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind. 26 Put me in mind of this; let us take up the cause between us: put forward your cause, so that you may be seen to be in the right.
• Dan 9:19 : 19 O Lord, give ear; O Lord, have forgiveness; O Lord, take note and do; let there be no more waiting; for the honour of your name, O my God, because your town and your people are named by your name.
• Hos 14:2 : 2 O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.
• John 17:15 : 15 My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One.
• Luke 8:13 : 13 And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.
• Matt 11:25-26 : 25 At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.