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butἀλλ’so thatἵναthe worldὁ κόσμοςmay knowγνῷthatὅτιI loveἀγαπῶthe Father,τὸν πατέραandκαὶthat just asκαθὼςthe Fatherὁ πατὴρcommandedἐνετείλατοme,μοιsoοὕτωςI do.ποιῶGet up,Ἐγείρεσθεlet us goἄγωμενfrom here.”ἐντεῦθεν
John 14:31
Study it in the app“but so that the world may know that I love the Father, and that just as the Father commanded me, so I do. Get up, let us go from here.””
With the Greek beneath
John 14:31, word by word
- the worldκόσμοςkosmos
world of people
People everywhere, whom God loves.
Where else “kosmos” appears- may knowγνῷgnōi
find out
To find out something, to realize.
Where else “gnōi” appears- I loveἀγαπῶagapō
love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “agapō” appears- the Fatherπατέραpatera
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patera” appears- commandedἐνετείλατοeneteilato
command
Command, give orders.
Where else “eneteilato” appears- I doποιῶpoiō
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiō” appears- Get upἘγείρεσθεEgeiresthe
get up
To help someone stand, or to stand up.
Where else “Egeiresthe” appears- let us goἄγωμενagōmen
let us go
An invitation to set out together.
Where else “agōmen” appears- from hereἐντεῦθενenteuthen
from here
From this place.
Where else “enteuthen” appears
Translation note
After these words Jesus goes on speaking (chapters 15-17); the departure is told in 18:1.
The context
30I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in me;
31 · This verse (above)
To study John 14 in a group
1. What it says
Thomas asks how to know the way, and Philip asks to see the Father. What does Jesus answer each of them? (vv. 5-11)
2. What it means
Jesus promises another Advocate, the Spirit of truth, and leaves his peace (vv. 16-17, 26-27). What does he say the Advocate will do?
3. How I live it
Jesus says, “Do not let your heart be troubled or afraid” (v. 27). What troubles you today, and how could you place it in his hands?