King James Version

1 John 2:25

And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andαὕτηhautēthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisἐστὶνestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐπαγγελίαepangeliapromiseἐπαγγελίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “promise”, the subject formG1860a promise.the promiseἣνhēnthatὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “that”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “that”.thatαὐτὸςautosheαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.heἐπηγγείλατοepēngeilatohath promisedἐπαγγέλλομαι (epangellomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “hath promised”, a single actionG1861I promise, profess.hath promisedἡμῖνhēminIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ζωὴνzōēnlifeζωή (zōē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “life”, the object formG2222life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence.lifeτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αἰώνιονaiōnioneternalαἰώνιος (aiōnios)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “eternal”, the object formG166age-long, and therefore: practically eternal, unending; partaking of the character of that which lasts for an age, as contrasted with that which is brief and fleeting.This verse uses “eternal”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and this is the promise that He did promise us — the life the age-during.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And this is the promise which he promised us, even the life eternal.

Young’s Literal Translation

and this is the promise that He did promise us — the life the age-during.

World English Bible

This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

Darby Translation

And this is the promise which he has promised us, life eternal.

Douay-Rheims

And this is the promise which he hath promised us, life everlasting.

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