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butἀλλὰI knowἔγνωκαyou,ὑμᾶςthatὅτιyou do not haveοὐκ ἔχετεthe loveτὴν ἀγάπηνof Godτοῦ θεοῦinἐνyourselves.ἑαυτοῖς
John 5:42
Study it in the app“but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.”
With the Greek beneath
John 5:42, word by word
- I knowἔγνωκαegnōka
know
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “egnōka” appears- you do not haveἔχετεechete
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echete” appears- the loveἀγάπηνagapēn
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapēn” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears
The context
41I do not receive glory from people,
42 · This verse (above)
43I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.
To study John 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus ask the man who had been ill for thirty-eight years, and what does he tell him to do? What problem do the Jews see? (vv. 5-16)
2. What it means
Jesus says the works he does bear witness about him (v. 36). What other witnesses does he mention in this chapter? (vv. 31-47)
3. How I live it
Jesus asked the sick man, “Do you want to get well?” (v. 6). What change would you like to ask God for in your life today?