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Title: We Know that God Does Not Hear Sinners
The text is, “οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἀκούει, ἀλλ’ ἐάν τις θεοσεβὴς ᾖ καὶ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιῇ τούτου ἀκούει”.
“οἴδαμεν”: first person, plural, perfect, active, indicative verb meaning “we know”.
“ὅτι”: subordinating complementary conjunction meaning “that”.
“ἁμαρτωλῶν”: masculine, plural, genitive adjective meaning “sinners”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“θεὸς”: masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “God”.
“οὐκ”: negative particle meaning “not”.
“ἀκούει”: third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “does hear”.
“ἀλλ’”: coordinating adversative conjunction meaning “but”.
“ἐάν”: subordinating conditional conjunction meaning “if”.
“τις”: masculine, singular, nominative, indefinite pronoun meaning “anyone”.
“θεοσεβὴς”: masculine, singular, nominative adjective meaning “godly”.
“ᾖ”: third person, singular, present, subjunctive verb meaning “should be”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.
“τὸ”: neuter, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“θέλημα”: neuter, singular, accusative noun meaning “will”.
“αὐτοῦ”: third person, personal, masculine, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “his”.
“ποιῇ”: third person, singular, present, active, subjunctive verb meaning “should do”.
“τούτου”: masculine, singular, genitive, demonstrative pronoun meaning “him”.
“ἀκούει”: third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “he hears”.
The meaning of this verse is,
We know that God does not hear sinners, but if anyone should be godly and should do his will, he hears him.”
οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἀκούει (John 9:31) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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