John 14:24

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν με τοὺς λόγους μου οὐ τηρεῖ: καὶ ὁ λόγος ὃν ἀκούετε οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμός, ἀλλὰ τοῦ πέμψαντός με Πατρός.

Transliteration

The one not agapōn me tous logous of me not tērei: and the logos which akouete not estin emos, but of the one pempsantos me Patros.

Grammar Details

• *agapōn*: present participle active, nominative, masculine, singular - loving
• *me*: accusative, 1st person singular pronoun - me
• *tous logous*: accusative, masculine, plural - the words
• *mou*: genitive, 1st person singular pronoun - my/of me
• *tērei*: present indicative active, 3rd person singular - keeps
• *logos*: nominative, masculine, singular - word/message
• *akouete*: present indicative active, 2nd person plural - you hear
• *estin*: present indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *emos*: nominative, masculine, singular possessive adjective - mine
• *pempsantos*: aorist participle active, genitive, masculine, singular - having sent
• *Patros*: genitive, masculine, singular - Father

Word Meanings

• *agapōn*: loving/cherishing/valuing highly
• *logous*: words/messages/teachings
• *tērei*: keeps/observes/guards
• *akouete*: hear/listen to/understand
• *pempsantos*: having sent/dispatched/commissioned

Referenced Verses

• John 7:16 : 16 Jesus answered them, and said, ‹My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.›
• Matt 25:41-46 : 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:› 42 ‹For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:› 43 ‹I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.› 44 ‹Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?› 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 14:10 : 10 ‹Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.›
• John 14:15 : 15 ¶ ‹If ye love me, keep my commandments.›
• 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.›
• 1 John 3:16-20 : 16 Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 20 ¶ For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
• John 14:21-23 : 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.› 22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 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 5:19 : 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.›
• John 5:38 : 38 ‹And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.›
• John 3:34 : 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure [unto him].
• John 7:28 : 28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, ‹Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.›
• John 8:26 : 26 ‹I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.›
• John 8:28 : 28 Then said Jesus unto them, ‹When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am› [he], ‹and› [that] ‹I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.›
• John 8:38 : 38 ¶ ‹I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.›
• 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.
• John 12:44-50 : 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.› 49 ‹For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.› 50 ‹And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.›