1 John 3:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.”

1 John 3:11 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 John 3:1112 words

ὍτιHotithat / because

αὕτηhautēhe (it was that), hereof, it

ἐστὶνestinam, have been, is I

ἡhēthe

ἀγγελίαangeliamessage

ἣνhēnwho / which

ἠκούσατεēkousatehear

ἀπ’ap’from

ἀρχῆςarchēsbeginning, corner, (at the

ἵναhinaso that / in order that

ἀγαπῶμενagapōmen(be-)love(-ed)

ἀλλήλουςallēlouseach other, mutual, one another

ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Word-by-word meanings

ὍτιHotithat / because

αὕτηhautēhe (it was that), hereof, it

ἐστὶνestinam, have been, is I

ἡhēthe

ἀγγελίαangeliamessage

ἣνhēnwho / which

ἠκούσατεēkousatehear

ἀπ’ap’from

ἀρχῆςarchēsbeginning, corner, (at the

ἵναhinaso that / in order that

ἀγαπῶμενagapōmen(be-)love(-ed)

ἀλλήλουςallēlouseach other, mutual, one another

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