ὁ θερίζων μισθὸν λαμβάνει (John 4:36)

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Title: The Ones Reaping Receive Wages

The text is, “ὁ θερίζων μισθὸν λαμβάνει καὶ συνάγει καρπὸν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, ἵνα ὁ σπείρων ὁμοῦ χαίρῃ καὶ ὁ θερίζων

ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the

θερίζων -> , active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb -> one reaping

μισθὸν -> masculine, singular, accusative noun -> reward or wages

λαμβάνει -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> receives

καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and

συνάγει -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> gathers

καρπὸν -> masculine, singular, accusative noun -> fruit

εἰς -> preposition taking the accusative for its object word and -> for

ζωὴν -> feminine, singular, accusative noun -> life

αἰώνιον: feminine, singular, accusative adjective -> eternal

ἵνα -> subordinating conjunction of purpose -> so that

ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the

σπείρων -> present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb -> the one sowing

ὁμοῦ -> adverb -> together

χαίρῃ -> third person, singular, present, active, subjunctive verb -> might rejoice

καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> with

ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the

θερίζων -> present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb -> one reaping

The meaning of this verse is,

The one reaping receives wages and gathers fruit for eternal life so that the one sowing might rejoice together with the reaping.

ὁ θερίζων μισθὸν λαμβάνει (John 4:36) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.