μὴ κρίνετε κατ’ ὄψιν (John 7:24)

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Title:  Do Not Judge According to External Appearance

The text is, “μὴ κρίνετε κατ’ ὄψιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν δικαίαν κρίσιν κρίνετε”.

“μὴ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“κρίνετε”:  second person, plural, present, active, imperative verb meaning “do judge”.

“κατ’”:  preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “according to”.

“ὄψιν”:  feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “external appearance”.

“ἀλλὰ”:  coordinating adversative conjunction meaning “but”.

“τὴν”:  feminine, singular, accusative article meaning “the”.

“δικαίαν”:  feminine, singular, accusative adjective meaning “right”, “righteous”, “just”, or “fair”.

“κρίσιν”:  feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “judgment”.

“κρίνετε”:  second person, plural, present, active, indicative verb meaning “judge”.

The meaning of this verse is,

Do not judge according to external appearance, but do judge with righteous judgment.”

μὴ κρίνετε κατ’ ὄψιν (John 7:24) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.