καὶ οὐ θέλετε ἐλθεῖν πρός με ἵνα ζωὴν ἔχητε (John 5:40)

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Title:  And You Will Not Come to Me That You Might Have Life

The text is, “καὶ οὐ θέλετε ἐλθεῖν πρός με ἵνα ζωὴν ἔχητε”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“οὐ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“θέλετε”: second person, plural, present, active, indicative verb meaning “you will”.

“ἐλθεῖν”:  aorist, active, infinitive verb meaning “to come”.

“πρός” taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “to” or “toward”.

“με”:  first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “me”.

“ἵνα”:  subordinating conjunction meaning “so that”.

“ζωὴν”:  feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “life”.

“ἔχητε”:  second person, plural, present, active, subjunctive verb meaning “you might have”.

The meaning of this verse is,

And you will not come to me that you might have life.

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