1 John 1:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.”
1 John 1:5 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 John 1:524 words
ΚαὶKaiand / also
ἔστινestinam, have been, is I
αὕτηhautēhe (it was that), hereof, it
ἡhēthe
ἀγγελίαangeliamessage
ἣνhēnwho / which
ἀκηκόαμενakēkoamenhear
ἀπ’ap’from
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
καὶkaiand / also
ἀναγγέλλομενanangellomendeclare, rehearse, report
ὑμῖνhyminyou
ὅτιhotithat / because
ὁhothe
θεὸςtheosGod
φῶςphōsfire, light
ἐστινestinam, have been, is I
καὶkaiand / also
σκοτίαskotiadark(-ness)
ἐνenabout, after, against
αὐτῷautōhe / she / it / same
οὐκouknot
ἔστινestinam, have been, is I
οὐδεμίαoudemiano one
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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