οὐ δύναται ὁ κόσμος μισεῖν ὑμᾶς (John 7:7)

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Title:  The World Can Not Hate You

The text is, “οὐ δύναται ὁ κόσμος μισεῖν ὑμᾶς, ἐμὲ δὲ μισεῖ, ὅτι ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ πονηρά ἐστιν”.

“οὐ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“δύναται”:  third person, singular, present, middle, indicative verb meaning “can”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.

“κόσμος”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “world”.

“μισεῖν”:  present, active, infinitive verb meaning “to hate”.

“ὑμᾶς”:  second person, personal, plural, accusative pronoun meaning “you”.

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

“δὲ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “but”.

“μισεῖ”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “it hates”.

“ὅτι”:  subordinating causative conjunction meaning “because”.

“ἐγὼ”:  first person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun meaning “I”.

“μαρτυρῶ”:  first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “bear witness”.

“περὶ”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “about”.

“αὐτοῦ”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “it”.

“ὅτι”:  subordinating conjunction meaning “that”.

“τὰ”:  neuter, plural, nominative article meaning “the”.

“ἔργα”:  neuter, plural, nominative noun meaning “works”.

“αὐτοῦ”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “its”.

“πονηρά”:  neuter, plural, nominative adjective meaning “evil” or “wicked”.

“ἐστιν”:  third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “is”.

The meaning of this verse is,

The world can not hate you, but it hates me, because I bear witness about it, that its works are wicked.”

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