1 John 3:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅτι αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγγελία ἣν ἠκούσατε ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, ἵνα ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους.

Transliteration

Because this estin the angelia which you ēkousate from archēs, that we should agapōmen allēlous.

Grammar Details

• *estin*: present active, 3rd singular - is
• *angelia*: nominative, feminine, singular - message
• *ēkousate*: aorist active, 2nd plural - you heard
• *archēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - beginning
• *agapōmen*: present active subjunctive, 1st plural - we should love
• *allēlous*: accusative, masculine, plural - one another

Word Meanings

• *angelia*: message/announcement/command
• *ēkousate*: you heard/listened to
• *archēs*: beginning/origin/first principle
• *agapōmen*: we should love/cherish
• *allēlous*: one another/each other

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G3754} this{G3778} is{G2076} the message{G31} which{G3739} ye heard{G191} from{G575} the beginning,{G746} that{G2443} we should love{G25} one another:{G240}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G3754} this{G3778} is{G2076}{(G5748)} the message{G31} that{G3739} ye heard{G191}{(G5656)} from{G575} the beginning{G746}, that{G2443} we should love{G25}{(G5725)} one another{G240}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For this is the tydinges that ye hearde fro the begynninge that we shuld love one another:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For this is the tydinges which ye haue herde from the begynnynge, that ye shulde loue one another,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For this is the message, that ye heard from the beginning, that we should loue one another,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For this is the tidynges that ye heard from the begynnyng, that ye shoulde loue one another.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  because this is the message that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;

• World English Bible (2000)

  For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  God Is Love, So We Must Love One Another For this is the gospel message that you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another,

Referenced Verses

• 2 John 1:5 : 5 And now I urge you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
• 1 John 4:21 : 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
• 1 John 1:5 : 5 This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.
• John 15:12 : 12 This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you.
• 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;
• 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And above all things have fervent love among yourselves: for love will cover a multitude of sins.
• John 13:34-35 : 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
• 1 John 4:7 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
• 1 John 2:7-8 : 7 Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard from the beginning. 8 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines.
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
• 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 But concerning brotherly love, you do not need that I write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
• 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith:
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
• Gal 6:2 : 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.