ὁ ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ λαλῶν τὴν δόξαν τὴν ἰδίαν ζητεῖ (John 7:18)

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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.

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