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Title: The One Speaking on His Authority Seeks His Glory
The text is, “ὁ ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ λαλῶν τὴν δόξαν τὴν ἰδίαν ζητεῖ· ὁ δὲ ζητῶν τὴν δόξαν τοῦ πέμψαντος αὐτὸν οὗτος ἀληθής ἐστιν καὶ ἀδικία ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.
“ἀφ’”: preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “on”, “from”, or “by”.
“ἑαυτοῦ”: third person, masculine, singular, genitive, reflexive pronoun meaning “his authority”.
“λαλῶν”: present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “one speaking”.
“τὴν”: feminine, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“δόξαν”: third person, singular, accusative noun meaning “glory”.
“τὴν”: feminine, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“ἰδίαν”: third person, singular, accusative noun meaning “one’s own”.
“ζητεῖ”: third person, singular, present, active,indicative noun meaning “seeks”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.
“δὲ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “but”.
“ζητῶν”: present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “the one seeking”.
“τὴν”: feminine, singular, accusative article meaning “the”.
“δόξαν”: feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “glory”.
“τοῦ”: masculine, singular, genitive article meaning “of the”.
“πέμψαντος”: aorist, active, participial, masculine, singular, genitive verb meaning “one having sent him”.
“αὐτὸν”: third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “him”.
“οὗτος”: masculine, singular, nominative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this one”.
“ἀληθής”: masculine, singular, nominative adjective meaning “true”.
“ἐστιν”: third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “is”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.
“ἀδικία”: feminine, singular, nominative noun meaning “falsehood” or “iniquity”.
“ἐν”: preposition taking the dative for its object word and meaning “in”.
“αὐτῷ”: third person, personal, masculine, singular, dative pronoun meaning “him”.
“οὐκ”: negative particle meaning “is”.
“ἔστιν”: third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “is”.
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The meaning of this verse is,
The one speaking by his authority seeks one’s own glory; but the one seeking the glory of the one having sent him, this one is true and iniquity is not in him.
ὁ ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ λαλῶν τὴν δόξαν τὴν ἰδίαν ζητεῖ (John 7:18) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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