οὐκ ἐρωτῶ ἵνα ἄρῃς αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου (John 17:15)

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Title:  I Do Not Ask that You Should Take Them Out Of the World

The text is, “οὐκ ἐρωτῶ ἵνα ἄρῃς αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, ἀλλ’ ἵνα τηρήσῃς αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ”.

οὐκ -> negative particle -> not

ἐρωτῶ -> first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> I do ask

ἵνα -> subordinating complementary conjunction -> that

ἄρῃς -> second person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb -> you should take

αὐτοὺς -> third person, personal, plural, masculine, accusative pronoun -> them

ἐκ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> out of | from

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

κόσμου -> masculine, singular, genitive noun -> world

ἀλλ’ -> coordinating adversative conjunction -> but

ἵνα -> subordinating complementary conjunction -> that

τηρήσῃς -> second person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb -> you would keep

αὐτοὺς -> third person, personal, plural, masculine, accusative pronoun -> them

ἐκ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> from | out of

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

πονηροῦ -> masculine, singular, genitive adjective -> evil

The meaning of this verse is,

I do not ask that you should take them out of the world, but that you would keep them from evil.”

οὐκ ἐρωτῶ ἵνα ἄρῃς αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου (John 17:15) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.