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We knowοἴδαμενthatὅτιGodὁ θεὸςdoes notοὐκlisten toἀκούειsinners,ἁμαρτωλῶνbutἀλλ’ifἐάνanyoneτιςisᾖdevoutθεοσεβὴςandκαὶdoesποιῇhis will,τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦhe listens toἀκούειhim.τούτου
John 9:31
Study it in the app“We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, he listens to him.”
With the Greek beneath
John 9:31, word by word
- We knowοἴδαμενoidamen
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidamen” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- listen toἀκούειakouei
listen
To pay attention and obey.
Where else “akouei” appears- sinnersἁμαρτωλῶνhamartōlōn
sinner
Sinner; in the Pharisees' mouth, someone who did not keep the law.
Where else “hamartōlōn” appears- isᾖēi
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēi” appears- devoutθεοσεβὴςtheosebēs
God-fearing
Fearing God, devout; someone who honors God with his life.
Where else “theosebēs” appears- doesποιῇpoiēi
practice
To put into practice, like God's will.
Where else “poiēi” appears- his willθέλημαthelēma
will
Will: what someone wants and decides.
Where else “thelēma” appears
The context
30The man answered and said to them, “Why, this is an amazing thing, that you do not know where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes!
31 · This verse (above)
32Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind.
To study John 9 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus do to heal the man born blind, and what does he tell him to do? How does the man answer the Pharisees? (vv. 6-7, 24-34)
2. What it means
The disciples asked who had sinned, and Jesus answered something else (vv. 2-3). What does he want to show through this healing? (vv. 3-5, 39)
3. How I live it
The man said, “One thing I know: though I was blind, now I see” (v. 25). What can you say simply about what God has done in you?