Μὴ ἀγαπᾶτε τὸν κόσμον μηδὲ τὰ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ (I John 2:15)

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Title:  Do Not Love the World or That in the World.

The text is, “Μὴ ἀγαπᾶτε τὸν κόσμον μηδὲ τὰ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἐάν τις ἀγαπᾷ τὸν κόσμον οὐκ ἔστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ πατρὸς ἐν αὐτῷ”.

Μὴ -> negative particle -> not

ἀγαπᾶτε -> second person, plural, present, active, imperative verb -> do love

τὸν -> masculine, singular, accusative article -> the

κόσμον -> masculine, singular, accusative noun -> world

μηδὲ -> coordinating disjunctive conjunction -> or

τὰ -> neuter, plural, accusative article -> that | the things

ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in

τῷ -> masculine, singular, dative article -> the

κόσμῳ -> masculine, singular, dative noun -> world

ἐάν -> subordinating conditional conjunction -> if

τις -> masculine, singular, nominative, indefinite pronoun -> anyone

ἀγαπᾷ -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> loves

τὸν -> masculine, singular, accusative article -> the

κόσμον -> masculine, singular, accusative noun -> world

οὐκ -> negative particle -> not

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

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

ἀγάπη -> feminine, singular, nominative noun -> love

τοῦ -> masculine, singular, genitive article -> the

πατρὸς -> masculine, singular, genitive noun -> Father

ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in

αὐτῷ -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, dative pronoun -> him

The meaning of this verse is,

Do not love the world, or that in the world.  If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Μὴ ἀγαπᾶτε τὸν κόσμον μηδὲ τὰ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ (I John 2:15) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.