1 Corinthians 16:22

Authorized King James Version (1611)

If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἴ τις οὐ φιλεῖ τὸν Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, ἤτω Ἀνάθεμα Μαρὰν ἀθα.

Transliteration

Ei tis ou philei ton Kyrion Iēsoun Christon, ētō Anathema Maran atha.

Grammar Details

• *Ei*: conditional particle - if
• *tis*: nominative, masculine, singular, indefinite pronoun - anyone
• *ou*: negative particle - not
• *philei*: present, indicative, active, 3rd person, singular - loves
• *ton Kyrion*: accusative, masculine, singular - the Lord
• *Iēsoun*: accusative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *Christon*: accusative, masculine, singular - Christ
• *ētō*: present, imperative, active, 3rd person, singular - let him be
• *Anathema*: nominative, neuter, singular - accursed/devoted to destruction
• *Maran atha*: Aramaic phrase - Our Lord comes/has come

Word Meanings

• *philei*: loves/has affection for
• *Anathema*: accursed/devoted to destruction/set apart for divine punishment
• *Maran atha*: Our Lord comes/Our Lord, come!/The Lord is coming

Referenced Verses

• Rom 9:3 : 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
• 1 John 4:19 : 19 We love him, because he first loved us.
• Rev 22:20 : 20 ¶ He which testifieth these things saith, ‹Surely I come quickly.› Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
• Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace [be] with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
• John 14:21 : 21 ‹He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.›
• John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, ‹If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.›
• John 15:24 : 24 ‹If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.›
• John 16:14 : 14 ‹He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew› [it] ‹unto you.›
• John 21:15-17 : 15 ¶ So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, ‹Simon,› [son] ‹of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?› He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, ‹Feed my lambs.› 16 He saith to him again the second time, ‹Simon,› [son] ‹of Jonas, lovest thou me?› He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, ‹Feed my sheep.› 17 He saith unto him the third time, ‹Simon,› [son] ‹of Jonas, lovest thou me?› Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, ‹Feed my sheep.›
• Acts 23:14 : 14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
• 1 Cor 12:3 : 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and [that] no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
• 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 And [that] he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
• 2 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
• Gal 1:8-9 : 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any [man] preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
• Song 1:3-4 : 3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. 4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
• Song 1:7 : 7 ¶ Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest [thy flock] to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
• Song 3:1-3 : 1 ¶ By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: [to whom I said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
• Song 5:16 : 16 His mouth [is] most sweet: yea, he [is] altogether lovely. This [is] my beloved, and this [is] my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
• Isa 5:1 : 1 ¶ Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
• Matt 10:37 : 37 ‹He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.›
• Matt 25:40-41 : 40 ‹And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done› [it] ‹unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done› [it] ‹unto me.› 41 ‹Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:›
• Matt 25:45-46 : 45 ‹Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did› [it] ‹not to one of the least of these, ye did› [it] ‹not to me.› 46 ‹And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.›
• John 8:42 : 42 Jesus said unto them, ‹If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.›
• John 14:15 : 15 ¶ ‹If ye love me, keep my commandments.›
• 2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
• Heb 6:10 : 10 For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see [him] not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
• 1 Pet 2:7 : 7 Unto you therefore which believe [he is] precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
• 1 John 5:1 : 1 ¶ Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
• Jude 1:14-15 : 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 ¶ To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard [speeches] which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.