1 Corinthians 16:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Let anyone who has no love for the Lord be accursed. Our Lord, come!

📖 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 I myself were accursed– cut off from Christ– for the sake of my people, my fellow countrymen,
• 1 John 4:19 : 19 We love because he loved us first.
• Rev 22:20 : 20 The one who testifies to these things says,“Yes, I am coming soon!” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!
• Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
• John 14:21 : 21 The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.”
• John 14:23 : 23 Jesus replied,“If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him.
• John 15:24 : 24 If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.
• John 16:14 : 14 He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.
• John 21:15-17 : 15 Peter’s Restoration Then when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,“Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these do?” He replied,“Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus told him,“Feed my lambs.” 16 Jesus said a second time,“Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He replied,“Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus told him,“Shepherd my sheep.” 17 Jesus said a third time,“Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that Jesus asked him a third time,“Do you love me?” and said,“Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus replied,“Feed my sheep.
• Acts 23:14 : 14 They went to the chief priests and the elders and said,“We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul.
• 1 Cor 12:3 : 3 So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says,“Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say,“Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
• 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died. 15 And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.
• 2 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others. 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
• Gal 1:8-9 : 8 But even if we(or an angel from heaven) should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell! 9 As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell!
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight– the only thing that matters is faith working through love.
• Song 1:3-4 : 3 The fragrance of your colognes is delightful; your name is like the finest perfume. No wonder the young women adore you! 4 Draw me after you; let us hurry! May the king bring me into his bedroom chambers! The Maidens to the Lover: We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine.The Beloved to Her Lover: How rightly the young women adore you!
• Song 1:7 : 7 The Shepherd and the ShepherdessThe Beloved to Her Lover: Tell me, O you whom my heart loves, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat? Tell me lest I wander around beside the flocks of your companions!
• Song 3:1-3 : 1 The Lost Lover is FoundThe Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared. 2 “I will arise and look all around throughout the town, and throughout the streets and squares; I will search for my beloved.” I searched for him but I did not find him. 3 The night watchmen found me– the ones who guard the city walls.“Have you seen my beloved?”
• Song 5:16 : 16 His mouth is very sweet; he is totally desirable. This is my beloved! This is my companion, O maidens of Jerusalem!
• Isa 5:1 : 1 A Love Song Gone Sour I will sing to my love– a song to my lover about his vineyard. My love had a vineyard on a fertile hill.
• Matt 10:37 : 37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
• Matt 25:40-41 : 40 And the king will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’ 41 “Then he will say to those on his left,‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!
• Matt 25:45-46 : 45 Then he will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’ 46 And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
• John 8:42 : 42 Jesus replied,“If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me.
• John 14:15 : 15 Teaching on the Holy Spirit“If you love me, you will obey my commandments.
• 2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,
• Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,
• 1 Pet 2:7 : 7 So you who believe see his value, but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,
• 1 John 5:1 : 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.
• Jude 1:14-15 : 14 Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam, even prophesied of them, saying,“Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment on all, and to convict every person of all their thoroughly ungodly deeds that they have committed, and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”