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Title: It is Necessary That One Must Grow, But I Be Made Less
The text is, “ἐκεῖνον δεῖ αὐξάνειν, ἐμὲ δὲ ἐλαττοῦσθαι.”
ἐκεῖνον -> masculine, singular, accusative, demonstrative pronoun -> him
δεῖ -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> it is necessary that
αὐξάνειν -> present, active, infinitive verb -> to grow
ἐμὲ -> first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun -> I
δὲ -> coordinating conjunction -> but
ἐλαττοῦσθαι -> present, passive, infinitive verb -> be made less
The meaning of this verse is,
“It is necessary that one must grow, but I be made less.”
ἐκεῖνον δεῖ αὐξάνειν, ἐμὲ δὲ ἐλαττοῦσθαι (John 3:30) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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