Luke 6:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ἀλλʼ ὑμῖν λέγω τοῖς ἀκούουσιν, Ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν, καλῶς ποιεῖτε τοῖς μισοῦσιν ὑμᾶς,

Transliteration

¶All' to you I legō to the akouousin, Agapate the echthrous of you, kalōs poieite to the misousin you,

Grammar Details

• *All'*: conjunction - but/however
• *legō*: verb, present active, 1st person singular - I say/tell
• *akouousin*: participle, present active, dative, masculine, plural - to the hearing ones
• *Agapate*: verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural - love!
• *echthrous*: noun, accusative, masculine, plural - enemies
• *kalōs*: adverb - well/good
• *poieite*: verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural - do!/perform!
• *misousin*: participle, present active, dative, masculine, plural - to the hating ones

Word Meanings

• *All'*: but/however/nevertheless
• *legō*: say/tell/speak
• *akouousin*: those who hear/listeners
• *Agapate*: love/show selfless care for (divine love)
• *echthrous*: enemies/foes/adversaries
• *kalōs*: well/good/honorably
• *poieite*: do/perform/act toward
• *misousin*: those who hate/the haters/those having hatred

Referenced Verses

• Luke 6:35 : 35 But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.
• 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.
• Rom 12:17-21 : 17 Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men. 18 As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men. 19 Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord. 20 But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head. 21 Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.
• Gal 6:10 : 10 So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.
• 3 John 1:11 : 11 My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.
• Exod 23:4-5 : 4 If you come across the ox or the ass of one who is no friend to you wandering from its way, you are to take it back to him. 5 If you see the ass of one who has no love for you bent down to the earth under the weight which is put on it, you are to come to its help, even against your desire.
• Prov 24:17 : 17 Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:
• Prov 25:21-22 : 21 If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water: 22 For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.
• Matt 5:43-45 : 43 You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you: 44 But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you; 45 So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.
• Acts 10:38 : 38 About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.
• Mark 4:24 : 24 And he said to them, Take care what you give ear to: in the same measure as you give you will get, and more will be given to you.
• Luke 6:22 : 22 Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.
• Prov 25:2 : 2 It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.
• Job 31:29-31 : 29 If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him; 30 (For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;) 31 If the men of my tent did not say, Who has not had full measure of his meat?
• Ps 7:4 : 4 If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;
• Luke 8:8 : 8 And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.
• Luke 8:15 : 15 And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.
• Luke 8:18 : 18 So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have.
• Luke 23:34 : 34 And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.
• Acts 7:60 : 60 And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.