Luke 11:4

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

📖 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 forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
• Matt 26:41 : 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
• Luke 22:46 : 46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
• Matt 18:35 : 35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
• 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
• 2 Cor 12:7-8 : 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
• Eph 4:31-32 : 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
• Col 3:13 : 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
• 2 Thess 3:3 : 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
• 2 Tim 4:18 : 18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• Jas 2:13 : 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
• 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
• Rev 2:10 : 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
• Rev 3:10 : 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
• Gen 48:16 : 16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
• 1 Kgs 8:34 : 34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
• 1 Kgs 8:36 : 36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
• Ps 25:11 : 11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
• Ps 25:18 : 18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
• Ps 32:1-5 : 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
• Ps 51:1-3 : 1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
• Ps 121:7 : 7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
• Ps 130:3-4 : 3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
• Isa 43:25-26 : 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. 26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
• Dan 9:19 : 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
• Hos 14:2 : 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
• John 17:15 : 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
• Luke 8:13 : 13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
• Matt 11:25-26 : 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.