John 4:36

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὁ θερίζων μισθὸν λαμβάνει, καὶ συνάγει καρπὸν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον: ἵνα καὶ ὁ σπείρων ὁμοῦ χαίρῃ καὶ ὁ θερίζων.

Transliteration

And the one-therizōn misthon lambanei, and synagei karpon into zōēn aiōnion: hina also the one-speirōn homou chairē also the one-therizōn.

Grammar Details

Καὶ: conjunction - and
ὁ θερίζων: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular with article - the one harvesting/reaping
*misthon*: accusative, masculine, singular - wages/reward
*lambanei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - receives/takes
*synagei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - gathers/collects
*karpon*: accusative, masculine, singular - fruit/harvest
εἰς: preposition - into/for
*zōēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - life
*aiōnion*: accusative, feminine, singular - eternal
*hina*: conjunction introducing purpose clause - so that/in order that
ὁ σπείρων: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular with article - the one sowing
*homou*: adverb - together
*chairē*: present, active, subjunctive, 3rd person singular - may rejoice

Word Meanings

*misthon*: wages/reward/payment
*karpon*: fruit/produce/harvest/result
*zōēn aiōnion*: eternal life/life of the age to come
*homou*: together/at the same time/jointly

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Referenced Verses

Rom 1:13 : 13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you ,(but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
Rom 6:22 : 22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
1 Cor 3:5-9 : 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
1 Cor 9:19-23 : 19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; 21 To them that are without law, as without law ,(being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. 22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
Phil 2:15-16 : 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing ? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
1 Tim 4:16 : 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Jas 5:19-20 : 19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

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