Αγαπητοί, οὐκ ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφω ὑμῖν (I john 2:7)

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Title:  Beloved, I do not Write a New Commandment to You

The text is, “Αγαπητοί, οὐκ ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφω ὑμῖν ἀλλ’ ἐντολὴν παλαιὰν ἣν εἴχετε ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς· ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ παλαιά ἐστιν ὁ λόγος ὃν ἠκούσατε”.

Αγαπητοί -> masculine, plural, vocative, verbal adjective -> beloved

οὐκ -> negative particle -> no

ἐντολὴν -> feminine, singular, accusative noun -> a commandment

καινὴν -> feminine, singular, accusative adjective -> new

γράφω -> first person, singular, present, active -indicative verb -> I do write

ὑμῖν -> second person, personal, plural, dative pronoun -> to you

ἀλλ’ -> coordinating adversative conjunction -> but

ἐντολὴν -> feminine, singular, accusative noun -> commandment

παλαιὰν -> feminine, singular, accusative adjective -> an old

εἴχετε -> second person, plural, imperfect, active, indicative verb -> you have had

ἣν -> feminine, singular, accusative, relative pronoun -> that

ἀπ’ – preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> from

ἀρχῆς -> feminine, singular, genitive noun -> beginning

ἡ -> feminine, singular, nominative article -> the

ἐντολὴ -> feminine, singular, nominative noun -> commandment

ἡ -> feminine, singular, nominative article -> the

παλαιά -> feminine, singular, nominative adjective -> old

ἐστιν -> third person, singular, present, indicative verb -> is

ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the

λόγος -> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> word

ὃν -> masculine, singular, accusative, definite, relative pronoun -> that

ἠκούσατε -> second person, plural, aorist, active, indicative verb -> you heard

The meaning of this verse is,

Beloved, I do not write a new commandment to you, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning.  The old commandment is the word that you heard.

Αγαπητοί, οὐκ ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφω ὑμῖν (I john 2:7) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.