ὁ λέγων ὅτι ἔγνωκα αὐτὸν καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ μὴ τηρῶν ψεύστης ἐστίν, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀλήθεια οὐκ ἔστ (I John 2:4)

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Title:  The one saying , “I know him”, but not keeping his commandments, is a liar and the truth is not in him.

The text is, “ὁ λέγων ὅτι ἔγνωκα αὐτὸν καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ μὴ τηρῶν ψεύστης ἐστίν, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀλήθεια οὐκ ἔστι”.

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

λέγων -> present, active,participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb -> one saying

ὅτι -> subordinating conjunction -> that NRIEH

ἔγνωκα -> first person, singular, perfect, active, indicative verb -> I know

αὐτὸν -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun -> him

καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> but

τὰς -> feminine, plural, accusative article -> the NRIEH

ἐντολὰς -> feminine, plural, accusative noun -> commandments

αὐτοῦ -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, genitive pronoun -> his

μὴ -> negative particle -> not

τηρῶν -> present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb -> keeping | guarding

ψεύστης -> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> liar

ἐστίν -> third person, singular, present, indicative verb -> is

καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and

ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in

τούτῳ -> masculine, singular, dative, demonstrative pronoun -> him

ἡ -> feminine, singular, nominative article -> the

ἀλήθεια -> feminine, singular, nominative noun -> truth

οὐκ -> negative particle -> not

ἔστιν -> third person, singular, present, indicative verb -> is

The meaning of this verse is,

The one saying, “I know him,” but not keeping his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

ὁ λέγων ὅτι ἔγνωκα αὐτὸν καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ μὴ τηρῶν ψεύστης ἐστίν, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀλήθεια οὐκ ἔστ (I John 2:4) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.