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ForὍτιthisαὕτηisἐστὶνthe messageἡ ἀγγελίαthatἣνyou heardἠκούσατεfromἀπ’the beginning,ἀρχῆςthatἵναwe should loveἀγαπῶμενone another,ἀλλήλους
1 John 3:11
Study it in the app“For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 3:11, word by word
- isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the messageἀγγελίαangelia
message
Message, announcement.
Where else “angelia” appears- you heardἠκούσατεēkousate
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “ēkousate” appears- the beginningἀρχῆςarchēs
beginning
The point where something starts: its first moment.
Where else “archēs” appears- we should loveἀγαπῶμενagapōmen
love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “agapōmen” appears- one anotherἀλλήλουςallēlous
one another
One another, each other.
Where else “allēlous” appears
The context
10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are evident: no one who does not do righteousness is of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
11 · This verse (above)
12not as Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
To study 1 John 3 in a group
1. What it says
What does verse 1 say the Father has given us, and what does it say we will be when he appears (v. 1-2)?
2. What it means
John says not to love "in word or with the tongue, but in deed and truth" (v. 18). What does that contrast show?
3. How I live it
What concrete act of love could you do today for someone in need (v. 17-18)?