1 John 3:11 in context
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First letter of John 3:11

[The second of the two "this is the message," gr. angelia, found in this letter comes here. The word was first used in 1 John 1:5, where it described that "God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all." Now the theme shifts to love and God being love, see 1 John 4:8, 16. The following paragraph first describes in negative terms what love is not, using the example of Cain, see verses 12-15. This is followed by a description of what selfless, generous, and righteous love is in verses 16-18.]
For this is the message (proclamation, apostolic teaching) that you have heard from the beginning:
That we should love one another [selflessly and generously].
[This is what Jesus taught, see John 13:34–35; 15:12.]
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Nestle-Aland and Textus Receptus

ὅτι   αὕτη   ἐστὶν   ἡ   ἀγγελία   ἣν   ἠκούσατε   ἀπ᾽   ἀρχῆς   ἵνα   ἀγαπῶμεν   ἀλλήλους·  

Manuscript comments

The greek text has 12 words. There is no difference between NA and TR in this verse.


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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G3754
 ὅτι (oti)
 For
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G3778
 αὕτη (ayte)
 this
Demonstrative pron. Demonstrative pronoun
nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine
D-NSF
G1510
 ἐστὶν (estin)
 is
VERB Verb
pres. active ind. present active indicative
sing. third person singular
V-PAI-3S
G3588
 ἡ (e)
 the
Definite article Definite article
nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine
T-NSF
G0031
 ἀγγελία (ngelia)
 message
Noun Noun
nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine
N-NSF
G3739
 ἣν (en)
 that
Relative pron. Relative pronoun
acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine
R-ASF
G0191
 ἠκούσατε (ekoysate)
 you have heard
VERB Verb
aorist active ind. aorist active indicative
pl. second person plural
V-AAI-2P
G0575
 ἀπ᾽ (ap)
 from
Preposition Preposition
 PREP
G0746
 ἀρχῆς (arches)
 [the] beginning,
Noun Noun
gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine
N-GSF
G2443
 ἵνα (ina)
 that
Adverb Adverb
 ADV
G0025
 ἀγαπῶμεν (agapomen)
 we may love
VERB Verb
pres. active subj. present active subjunctive
pl. first person plural
V-PAS-1P
G0240
 ἀλλήλους· (alleloys.)
 one another,
Reciprocal pron. Reciprocal pronoun
acc. pl. ♂ accusative plural masculine
C-APM

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