John 8:41
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.”
πατήρ
When Jesus teaches His disciples to pray, He begins with the most radical word imaginable — Father. In the ancient world, approaching God as Father was almost unthinkable. Jesus opens the door and says: this is how you come. Not as a subject before a king. As a child before a Father who already knows what you need.
οὖν
therefore
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οὖν
Therefore, then, accordingly. Therefore since we have been justified through faith we have peace with God. The therefore of Scripture always builds on something God has already done.
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θεός
God.
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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γεννάω
have been born;
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γεννάω
To beget, to be born. Gennao. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. New birth is divine not human. You cannot birth yourself into the kingdom. God does it.
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ἔργον
works
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ἔργον
Work, deed, act. Ergon. We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works. Good works are not the root of salvation. They are the fruit of it.
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ἔχω
we have
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ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
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πορνεία
sexual immorality
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πορνεία
harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry
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ποιέω
are doing
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ποιέω
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
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ἔπω
They said
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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