Ὅτι αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγγελία ἣν ἠκούσατε ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς (I John 3:11)

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Title: For This is the Message that We Understood From the Beginning

The text is, “Ὅτι αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγγελία ἣν ἠκούσατε ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς ἵνα ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους”.

Ὅτι -> subordinating causative conjunction -> for

αὕτη-> feminine, singular, nominative, demonstrative pronoun -> this

ἐστὶν-> third person, singular, present, indicative verb -> is

ἡ -> feminine, singular, nominative article -> the

ἀγγελία -> feminine, singular, nominative noun -> message

ἣν-> feminine, singular, accusative, definite, relative pronoun -> that

ἠκούσατε -> first person, plural, aorist, active, indicative verb -> we understood

ἀπ’-> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> from

ἀρχῆς-> feminine, singular, genitive noun -> the beginning

ἵνα -> subordinating complementary conjunction -> so that

ἀγαπῶμεν-> first person, plural, present, active, subjunctive verb -> we might love

ἀλλήλους -> masculine, plural, accusative, reciprocal pronoun -> each other

The meaning of this verse is,

For this is the message that we understood from the beginning, so that we might love each other.”

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