Matthew 7:21

Webster's Bible (1833)

Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐ πᾶς ὁ λέγων μοι, Κύριε, Κύριε, εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν· ἀλλʼ ὁ ποιῶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς.

Transliteration

Not everyone ho legōn moi, Kyrie, Kyrie, eiseleusetai eis tēn basileian tōn ouranōn; all' ho poiōn to thelēma tou Patros mou tou en ouranois.

Grammar Details

• *Ou pas*: not everyone
• *ho legōn*: nominative singular masculine present active participle - the one saying
• *moi*: dative singular - to me
• *Kyrie*: vocative singular masculine - Lord
• *eiseleusetai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person singular - will enter
• *eis*: preposition with accusative - into
• *tēn basileian*: accusative singular feminine - the kingdom
• *tōn ouranōn*: genitive plural masculine - of the heavens
• *all'*: strong adversative conjunction - but
• *ho poiōn*: nominative singular masculine present active participle - the one doing
• *to thelēma*: accusative singular neuter - the will
• *tou Patros*: genitive singular masculine - of the Father
• *mou*: genitive singular - my
• *tou en ouranois*: the in heavens

Word Meanings

• *legōn*: saying/speaking/calling
• *Kyrie*: Lord/Master/Sir [title of respect/authority]
• *eiseleusetai*: will enter/will go in/will come in
• *basileian*: kingdom/reign/royal power
• *ouranōn*: heavens/sky/realm above earth
• *poiōn*: doing/making/performing/practicing
• *thelēma*: will/desire/purpose/intent
• *Patros*: Father [referring to God]

Referenced Verses

• Rom 2:13 : 13 For it isn't the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified
• Jas 1:22 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
• John 6:40 : 40 This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
• Matt 25:11-12 : 11 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.' 12 But he answered, 'Most assuredly I tell you, I don't know you.'
• Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."
• Luke 6:46 : 46 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say?
• Heb 13:21 : 21 make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
• Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
• John 3:5 : 5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!
• Matt 12:50 : 50 For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother."
• Jas 2:20-26 : 20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? 21 Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;" and he was called the friend of God. 24 You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith. 25 In like manner wasn't Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way? 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
• Rev 3:5 : 5 He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
• Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
• Matt 18:3 : 3 and said, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
• Matt 10:32-33 : 32 Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven. 33 But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
• Matt 25:21 : 21 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
• Matt 19:24 : 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
• Heb 4:6 : 6 Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter therein, and they to whom the good news was before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,
• Rom 12:2 : 2 Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
• Eph 6:6 : 6 not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
• Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
• 1 Thess 4:3 : 3 For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
• 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
• John 15:23 : 23 He who hates me, hates my Father also.
• Acts 14:22 : 22 confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.
• John 7:17 : 17 If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
• John 10:29-30 : 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one."
• Matt 21:29-31 : 29 He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went. 30 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.
• Luke 13:25 : 25 When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'
• Luke 18:25 : 25 For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
• Mark 3:35 : 35 For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother."
• Matt 16:17 : 17 Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
• Isa 48:1-2 : 1 Hear you this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Yahweh, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness 2 (for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Hosts is his name):
• Hos 8:2-3 : 2 They cry to me, 'My God, we Israel acknowledge you!' 3 Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him.
• 1 Pet 2:15 : 15 For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
• 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
• 1 John 3:21-24 : 21 Beloved, if our hearts don't condemn us, we have boldness toward God; 22 and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded. 24 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
• Rev 2:27 : 27 He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots; as I also have received of my Father:
• Matt 18:35 : 35 So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."
• Matt 18:10 : 10 See that you don't despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
• Mark 10:23-24 : 23 Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!" 24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, "Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
• John 14:7 : 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him."
• Acts 19:13-20 : 13 But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches." 14 There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this. 15 The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?" 16 The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 18 Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds. 19 Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted the price of them, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.{The 50,000 pieces of silver here probably referred to 50,000 drachmas. If so, the value of the burned books was equivalent to about 160 man-years of wages for agricultural laborers} 20 So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.
• John 5:17 : 17 But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."
• Matt 26:42 : 42 Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cup can't pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done."
• Matt 18:19 : 19 Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.