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Title: I in You and You in Me, So That They Might Be Being Made Perfect Into One
The text is, “ἐγὼ ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ σὺ ἐν ἐμοί ἵνα ὦσιν τετελειωμένοι εἰς ἕν ἵνα γινώσκῃ ὁ κόσμος ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας καὶ ἠγάπησας αὐτοὺς καθὼς ἐμὲ ἠγάπησας”.
ἐγὼ -> first person, singular,nominative pronoun -> I
ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in
αὐτοῖς -> second person, personal, singular, dative pronoun -> you
καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and
σὺ -> second person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun -> you
ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in
ἐμοί -> first person, personal, singular, dative pronoun -> me
ἵνα -> subordinating purposive conjunction -> so that
ὦσιν -> third person, plural, present, subjunctive verb -> they might be
τετελειωμένοι -> perfect, passive, participial, masculine, plural, nominative verb -> being made perfect
εἰς -> preposition taking the accusative for its object word -> into
ἕν -> neuter, singular, accusative, cardinal adjective one
ἵνα -> subordinating purposive conjunction -> so that
γινώσκῃ -> third person, singular, present, active, subjunctive verb -> might know
ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the
κόσμος -> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> world
ὅτι -> subordinating complementary conjunction -> that
σύ -> second person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun -> you
με -> first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun -> me
ἀπέστειλας -> second person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> sent
καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and
ἠγάπησας -> second person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> you loved
αὐτοὺς -> third person, personal, masculine, plural, accusative pronoun -> them
καθὼς -> subordinating comparative conjunction -> just as
ἐμὲ -> first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun -> me
ἠγάπησας -> second person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> you loved
The meaning of this verse is,
I in you, and you in me, so that they might be being made perfect into one, so that the world might know that you sent me, and you loved them just as you loved me.”
ἐγὼ ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ σὺ ἐν ἐμοί ἵνα ὦσιν τετελειωμένοι εἰς ἕν (John 17:23) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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