King James Version

John 5:44

How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

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πῶςpōsHowπῶςadverb — “How”G4459how, in what manner, by what means.This verse uses “how”.Howδύνασθεdunasthecanδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 2nd person plural — “can”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.canὑμεῖςhumeisyeσύ (su)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “ye”, the subject formG4771you.yeπιστεῦσαιpisteusaito believeπιστεύω (pisteuō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to believe”, a single actionG4100I believe, have faith in, trust in; pass: I am entrusted with.This verse uses “believe”.believeδόξανdoxanhonourδόξα (doxa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “honour”, the object formG1391honor, renown; glory, an especially divine quality, the unspoken manifestation of God, splendor.honourπαρ’parone of anotherπαρά (para)preposition — “one of another”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.one of anotherἀλλήλωνallēlōnone anotherἀλλήλωνpersonal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “one another”, the of-formG240one another, each other.λαμβάνοντεςlambanontesto takeλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to take”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.This verse uses “take”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.δόξανdoxanhonourδόξα (doxa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “honour”, the object formG1391honor, renown; glory, an especially divine quality, the unspoken manifestation of God, splendor.the honourτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.παρὰparathat cometh fromπαράpreposition — “that cometh from”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.This verse uses “from”.that cometh fromτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μόνουmonouonlyμόνος (monos)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “only”, the of-formG3441only, solitary, desolate.This verse uses “only”.onlyθεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.οὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.ζητεῖτεzēteiteto seekζητέω (zēteō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to seek”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2212I seek, search for, desire, require, demand.This verse uses “seek”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

how are ye able — ye — to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that [is] from God alone ye seek not?

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American Standard Version (1901)

How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?

Young’s Literal Translation

how are ye able — ye — to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that [is] from God alone ye seek not?

World English Bible

How can you believe , who receive glory from one another , and you don’ t seek the glory that comes from the only God ?

Darby Translation

How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and seek not the glory which [comes] from God alone?

Douay-Rheims

How can you believe, who receive glory one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek?

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