King James Version

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the brother” (τὸν ἀδελφόν) before abides here.

ἡμεῖςhēmeisIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).weοἴδαμενoidamento perceiveοἶδα (oida)verb, perfect active indicative, 1st person plural — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG6063to perceiveὅτιhotibecauseὅτιconjunction — “because”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.becauseμεταβεβήκαμενmetabebēkamento departμεταβαίνω (metabainō)verb, perfect active indicative, 1st person plural — “to depart”, a completed action with a present resultG3327I change my place (abode), leave, depart, remove, pass over.This verse uses “depart”.ἐκekout fromἐκpreposition — “out from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θανάτουthanatoudeathθάνατος (thanatos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “death”, the of-formG2288death, physical or spiritual.deathεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ζωήνzōēnlifeζωή (zōē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “life”, the object formG2222life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.ἀγαπῶμενagapōmento loveἀγαπάω (agapaō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “to love”, an ongoing or repeated actionG25I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφούςadelphousbrotherἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “brother”, the object formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἀγαπῶνagapōnto loveἀγαπάω (agapaō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to love”, an ongoing or repeated actionG25I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.μένειmeneito stayμένω (menō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to stay”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3306I remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.θανάτῳthanatōdeathθάνατος (thanatos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “death”, the to- or for-formG2288death, physical or spiritual.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφόνadelphonbrethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “brethren”, the object formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

we — we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

Young’s Literal Translation

we — we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death.

World English Bible

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.

Darby Translation

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [his] brother abides in death.

Douay-Rheims

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

See Also

Analytics Cookies