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Forγὰρinἐνthisτούτῳthe sayingὁ λόγοςisἐστὶνtrue,ἀληθινὸς‘OneἌλλοςsowsὁ σπείρωνandκαὶanotherἄλλοςreaps.’ὁ θερίζων
John 4:37
Study it in the app“For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’”
With the Greek beneath
John 4:37, word by word
- the sayingλόγοςlogos
word
What someone says or teaches.
Where else “logos” appears- isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- trueἀληθινὸςalēthinos
true
True, genuine, real.
Where else “alēthinos” appears- ‘OneἌλλοςAllos
other, another
Other, another.
Where else “Allos” appears- sowsσπείρωνspeirōn
sow
Sow.
Where else “speirōn” appears- reaps.’θερίζωνtherizōn
reap fruit
To receive the fruit of what one has sown.
Where else “therizōn” appears
The context
36the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together.
37 · This verse (above)
38I sent you to reap what you have not labored for; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
To study John 4 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus ask of the Samaritan woman at the well, and what does he offer her? (vv. 7-15)
2. What it means
Jesus says God seeks worshipers who worship “in spirit and truth.” What answer does he give to her question about the place? (vv. 20-24)
3. How I live it
The woman left her water jar and told others what had happened to her (vv. 28-29). Whom could you invite to “come and see” something good?