καὶ ἐάν τίς μου ἀκούσῃ τῶν ῥημάτων καὶ μὴ φυλάξῃ (John 12:47)

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Title:  And If Anyone Should Hear My Words and Should Not Keep,

The text is, “καὶ ἐάν τίς μου ἀκούσῃ τῶν ῥημάτων καὶ μὴ φυλάξῃ ἐγὼ οὐ κρίνω αὐτόν οὐ γὰρ ἦλθον ἵνα κρίνω τὸν κόσμον, ἀλλ’ ἵνα σώσω τὸν κόσμον”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“ἐάν”  subordinating conditional conjunction meaning “if”.

“τίς”:  masculine, singular, nominative, indefinite pronoun meaning “anyone”.

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

“ἀκούσῃ”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “should hear”.

“τῶν”:  neuter, plural, genitive article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“ῥημάτων”:  neuter, plural, genitive noun meaning “words”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“μὴ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“φυλάξῃ”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “should keep”.

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

“οὐ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“κρίνω”:  first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “do judge”.

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

“οὐ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

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

“ἦλθον”:  first person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “I did come”.

“ἵνα”:  subordinating purposive conjunction meaning “so that”.

“κρίνω”:  first person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “I might judge”.

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

“κόσμον”:  masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “world”.

“ἀλλ’”:  coordinating adversative conjunction meaning “but”.

“ἵνα”:  subordinating purposive conjunction meaning “so that”.

“σώσω”:  first person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb meaning “I might save”.

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

“κόσμον”:  masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “world”.

The meaning of this verse is,

And if anyone should hear my words and should not keep, I do not judge him, for I did not come that I might judge the world, but so that I might save the world.”

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