John 5:38

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔχετε μένοντα ἐν ὑμῖν: ὅτι ὃν ἀπέστειλεν ἐκεῖνος, τούτῳ ὑμεῖς οὐ πιστεύετε.

Transliteration

And the logon of him not echete menonta in you: because whom apesteilen that one, in this one you not pisteuete.

Grammar Details

• *logon*: noun, accusative, masculine, singular - word
• *autou*: personal pronoun, genitive, masculine, singular - of him
• *ouk*: negative particle - not
• *echete*: present active indicative, 2nd plural of *echō* - you have
• *menonta*: present active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - abiding
• *hymin*: personal pronoun, dative, 2nd plural - you
• *hoti*: conjunction - because
• *hon*: relative pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular - whom
• *apesteilen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular of *apostellō* - sent
• *ekeinos*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - that one
• *toutō*: demonstrative pronoun, dative, masculine, singular - in this one
• *hymeis*: personal pronoun, nominative, 2nd plural - you
• *pisteuete*: present active indicative, 2nd plural of *pisteuō* - believe

Word Meanings

• *logon*: word/message/teaching
• *echete menonta*: you have abiding/you have remaining
• *apesteilen*: sent/dispatched/commissioned
• *pisteuete*: believe/trust/have faith in

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 2:14 : 14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
• Deut 6:6-9 : 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
• Josh 1:8 : 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
• Ps 119:11 : 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
• Prov 2:1-2 : 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
• Prov 7:1-2 : 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
• Isa 49:7 : 7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
• Isa 53:1-3 : 1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
• John 1:11 : 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
• John 3:17-21 : 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
• John 5:42-43 : 42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
• John 5:46-47 : 46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. 47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
• John 8:37 : 37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
• John 8:46-47 : 46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
• John 12:44-48 : 44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. 45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
• John 15:7 : 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
• Jas 1:21-22 : 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.