1 YHN 3:18 Interlinear View

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. Τεκνία
2. teknion
3. Little children
4. -
5. 50400
6. N····VNP
7. little_children
8. little_children
9. PS
10. Y90; F153013; F153028; F153033; F153038; F153043; F153048; F153059
11. 153010
1. μού
2. egō
3. -
4. -
5. 14730
6. R···1G·S
7. ˱of˲ me
8. ˱of˲ me
9. -
10. -
11. 153011
1. μή
2. mē
3. not
4. don't
5. 33610
6. C·······
7. not
8. not
9. -
10. Y90
11. 153012
1. ἀγαπῶμεν
2. agapaō
3. may we be loving
4. loving
5. 250
6. VSPA1··P
7. ˱we˲ ˓may_be˒ loving
8. ˱we˲ ˓may_be˒ loving
9. -
10. Y90; R153010; R151775; F153026
11. 153013
1. λόγῳ
2. logos
3. in message
4. -
5. 30560
6. N····DMS
7. ˱in˲ message
8. ˱in˲ word
9. -
10. Y90
11. 153014
1. καί
2. kai
3. -
4. -
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. -
11. 153015
1. μηδέ
2. mēde
3. nor
4. -
5. 33660
6. C·······
7. nor
8. nor
9. -
10. Y90
11. 153016
1. τῇ
2. ho
3. in the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····DFS
7. ˱in˲ the
8. ˱in˲ the
9. -
10. Y90
11. 153017
1. γλώσσῃ
2. glōssa
3. tongue
4. -
5. 11000
6. N····DFS
7. tongue
8. tongue
9. -
10. Y90
11. 153018
1. ἀλλά
2. alla
3. but
4. but
5. 2350
6. C·······
7. but
8. but
9. -
10. Y90
11. 153019
1. ἐν
2. en
3. in
4. -
5. 17220
6. P·······
7. in
8. in
9. -
10. Y90
11. 153020
1. ἔργῳ
2. ergon
3. work
4. -
5. 20410
6. N····DNS
7. work
8. work
9. -
10. Y90
11. 153021
1. καί
2. kai
3. and
4. and
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y90
11. 153022
1. ἀληθείᾳ
2. alētheia
3. in truth
4. -
5. 2250
6. N····DFS
7. ˱in˲ truth
8. ˱in˲ truth
9. -
10. Y90
11. 153023

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 2:28–4:6: We should obey God’s commands in order to avoid being ashamed when we meet Christ

Read 2:28–4:6 carefully.

Section Theme: In this section (after the main theme in 2:28–29), John is saying that in order not to be ashamed when we meet Christ we must do the following:

3:1–10	We should live pure and righteous lives as Christ did.
3:11–18	We should love and help our fellow Christians.
3:19–24	We should obey God’s commands to believe in his Son and to love one another.
4:1–6	We should carefully test what teachers say so that we know whether they are speaking for the Holy Spirit.

Paragraph 3:16–18

Read 3:16–18 in both BSB and GNT. Compare the two versions.

Paragraph Theme: John here emphasizes the theme of love, which he introduced in 3:11. He is showing that love involves helping each other.

3:18 (Logical Relationship)

Since this verse gives the main point of John’s argument, based on 3:16–17, it may be necessary in translation to make this clear. See the Display.

3:18a

Little children, let us love not in word and speech,

My children, since these things are so, we^(incl) should not just say that we love each other.

let us love not in: (Meaning) In translation it is important to avoid implying here that we should never say we love someone. John certainly assumes that we say we love people, but he is here warning that we should not only say we love people, we should also do things to help them.

love: (Lexical Problem) John is referring to loving our brothers or each other, and this can be made explicit in translation if it is necessary for the verb love to have an object.

speech: (Metaphor) The Greek word that the BSB translates as speech is more literally “tongue.” This is a metaphorical way of referring to speech.

3:18b

but in action and truth.

We should really help each other, just as God truly loves us.

and truth: (Meaning) If we actually help one another our love will be true love in accordance with God’s truth.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τεκνία