KJV: And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
YLT: and this is the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.
Darby: And this commandment have we from him, That he that loves God love also his brother.
ASV: And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
ταύτην | this |
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: οὗτος Sense: this. |
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ἐντολὴν | commandment |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: ἐντολή Sense: an order, command, charge, precept, injunction. |
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ἔχομεν | we have |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 1st Person Plural Root: ἔχω Sense: to have, i.e. to hold. |
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ἵνα | that |
Parse: Conjunction Root: ἵνα Sense: that, in order that, so that. |
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ὁ | the [one] |
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ἀγαπῶν | loving |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἀγαπάω Sense: of persons. |
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τὸν | - |
Parse: Article, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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Θεὸν | God |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: θεός Sense: a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities. |
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ἀγαπᾷ | should love |
Parse: Verb, Present Subjunctive Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀγαπάω Sense: of persons. |
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καὶ | also |
Parse: Conjunction Root: καί Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but. |
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ἀδελφὸν | brother |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ἀδελφός Sense: a brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother. |
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αὐτοῦ | of him |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
Greek Commentary for 1 John 4:21
Sub-final object clause in apposition with εντολην entolēn as in John 13:34; John 15:13. [source]
Either God or Christ. See Mark 12:29-31 for this old commandment (1 John 2:7.). [source]
Not defining the contents of the commandment, but expressing intent. Compare John 13:34, and see on John 15:13. [source]
“To the persecutor Saul, Christ said, 'Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me? I have ascended into heaven, yet still I lie upon earth. Here I sit at the right hand of the Father; there I still hunger, thirst, and am a stranger'” (Augustine). [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for 1 John 4:21
His fellow-Christian. The singular, brother, is characteristic of this Epistle. See 1 John 2:10, 1 John 2:11; 1 John 3:10, 1 John 3:15, 1 John 3:17; 1 John 4:20, 1 John 4:21; 1 John 5:16. Christians are called in the New Testament, Christians (Acts 11:26; Acts 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16), mainly by those outside of the Christian circle. Disciples, applied to all followers of Christ (John 2:11; John 6:61) and strictly to the twelve (John 13:5sqq.). In Acts 19:1, to those who had received only John's baptism. Not found in John's Epistles nor in Revelation. Brethren. The first title given to the body of believers after the Ascension (Acts 1:15, where the true reading is ἀδελφῶν brethrenfor μαθητῶν disciples). See Acts 9:30; Acts 10:23; Acts 11:29; 1 Thessalonians 4:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:26; 1 John 3:14; 3 John 1:5, 3 John 1:10; John 21:23. Peter has ἡ ἀδελφότης thebrotherhood (1 Peter 2:17; 1 Peter 5:9). The believers. Under three forms: The believers ( οἱ πιστοί ; Acts 10:45; 1 Timothy 4:12); they that believe ( οἱ πιστεύοντες ; 1 Peter 2:7; 1 Thessalonians 1:7; Ephesians 1:19); they that believed ( οἱ πιστεύσαντες ; Acts 2:44; Acts 4:32; Hebrews 4:3). The saints ( οἱ ἅγιοι ); characteristic of Paul and Revelation. Four times in the Acts (Acts 9:13, Acts 9:32, Acts 9:41; Acts 26:10), and once in Jude (Judges 1:3). Also Hebrews 6:10; Hebrews 13:24. In Paul, 1 Corinthians 6:1; 1 Corinthians 14:33; Ephesians 1:1, Ephesians 1:15, etc. In Revelation 5:8; Revelation 8:3, Revelation 8:4; Revelation 11:18, etc.|Until now ( ἕως ἄρτι )|Though the light has been increasing, and though he may claim that he has been in the light from the first. The phrase occurs in John 2:10; John 5:17; John 16:24; and is used by Paul, 1 Corinthians 4:13; 1 Corinthians 8:7; 1 Corinthians 15:6.| [source]