τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρός (John 6:40)

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Title:  For This is the Will of My Father

The text is, “τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρός μου, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ θεωρῶν τὸν υἱὸν καὶ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον, καὶ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸν ἐγὼ [ἐν] τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ”.

“τοῦτο”:  neuter, singular, nominative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this”.

“γάρ”:  coordinating explanatory conjunction meaning “for”.

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

“τὸ”:  neuter, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.

“θέλημα”:  neuter, singular, nominative noun meaning “will”.

“τοῦ”:  masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“πατρός”:  masculine, singular, genitive noun meaning “Father”.

“μου”:  first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “my”.

“ἵνα”:  subordinating complementary conjunction meaning “that”.

“πᾶς”:  masculine, singular, nominative adjective meaning “all”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“θεωρῶν”:  present, active,participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “seeing”.

“τὸν”:  masculine, singular, accusative article meaning “the”.

“υἱὸν”:  masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “son”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“πιστεύων”:  present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “believing”.

“εἰς”:  preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “in”.

“αὐτὸν”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “him”.

“ἔχῃ”:  third person, singular, present, active, subjunctive verb meaning “would have”.

“ζωὴν”:  feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “life”.

“αἰώνιον”:  feminine, singular, accusative adjective meaning “eternal”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“ἀναστήσω”:  first person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “will raise up”.

“αὐτὸν”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “him”.

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

“ἐν”:  preposition taking the dative for its object word and meaning “in” or “on”.

“τῇ”:  feminine, singular, dative article meaning “the”.

“ἐσχάτῃ”:  feminine, singular, dative adjective meaning “last”.

“ἡμέρᾳ”:  feminine, singular, dative noun meaning “day”

The meaning of this verse is,

For this is the will of my Father, that all seeing the son and believing in him would have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

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