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Title: If Anyone Should Serve Me, He Must Follow Me
The text is, “ἐὰν ἐμοί τις διακονῇ, ἐμοὶ ἀκολουθείτω, καὶ ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ἐκεῖ καὶ ὁ διάκονος ὁ ἐμὸς ἔσται· ἐάν τις ἐμοὶ διακονῇ τιμήσει αὐτὸν ὁ πατήρ”.
“ἐὰν”: subordinating conditional conjunction meaning “if”.
“ἐμοί”: first person, personal, singular, dative pronoun meaning “me”.
“τις”: masculine, singular, nominative, indefinite pronoun meaning “anyone”.
“διακονῇ”: third person, singular, present, active, subjunctive verb meaning “should serve”.
“ἐμοὶ”: first person, personal, singular, dative pronoun meaning “me”.
“ἀκολουθείτω”: third person, singular, present, active, imperative verb meaning “he must follow”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.
“ὅπου”: adverb of place meaning “where”.
“εἰμὶ”: first person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “am”.
“ἐγὼ”: first person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun meaning “I”.
“ἐκεῖ”: adverb of place meaning “there”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “also”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“διάκονος”: masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “servant”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“ἐμὸς”: masculine, singular, nominative, possessive adjective meaning “my”.
“ἔσται”: third person, singular, future, indicative verb meaning “will be”.
“ἐάν”: subordinating conditional conjunction meaning “if”.
“τις”: masculine, singular, nominative, indefinite pronoun meaning “anyone”.
“ἐμοὶ”: first person, personal, singular, dative pronoun meaning “me”.
“διακονῇ”: third person, singular, present, active, subjunctive verb meaning “should serve”.
“τιμήσει”: third person, singular, future, active, indicative verb meaning “will honor”.
“αὐτὸν”: third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “him”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.
“πατήρ”: masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “father”.
The meaning of this verse is,
If anyone should serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. If anyone should serve me, the Father will honor him.”
ἐὰν ἐμοί τις διακονῇ, ἐμοὶ ἀκολουθείτω (John 12:26) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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