1 John
1 John 2:18
18Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children | Παιδία | Paidia | Noun - Vocative Neuter Plural | G3813 a little child, an infant |
| it is | ἐστίν | estin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| last | ἐσχάτη | eschatē | Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular | G2078 last, at the last, finally |
| hour | ὥρα | hōra | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G5610 an hour, season |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| just as | καθὼς | kathōs | Adverb | G2531 just as, as |
| you have heard | ἠκούσατε | ēkousate | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G191 I hear, listen |
| that | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| the antichrist | ἀντίχριστος | antichristos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G500 antichrist |
| is coming | ἔρχεται | erchetai | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G2064 I come, go |
| so | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| now | νῦν | nyn | Adverb | G3568 now, already, at present |
| many | πολλοὶ | polloi | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural | G4183 much, many, often |
| antichrists | ἀντίχριστοι | antichristoi | Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G500 antichrist |
| have appeared | γεγόνασιν | gegonasin | Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G1096 I come into being, am born |
| This is how | ὅθεν | hothen | Conjunction | G3606 whence, wherefore |
| we know | γινώσκομεν | ginōskomen | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural | G1097 I come to know, learn, realize |
| it is | ἐστίν | estin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| last | ἐσχάτη | eschatē | Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular | G2078 last, at the last, finally |
| hour | ὥρα | hōra | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G5610 an hour, season |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 John 4:3 · 2 John 1:7 · Matthew 24:24 · 1 John 2:22 · Matthew 24:5 · 1 John 4:1 · Mark 13:6 · 2 Timothy 4:3–4 · 2 Thessalonians 2:3–12 · Matthew 24:11 · 1 Timothy 4:1–3 · 2 Timothy 3:1–6
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.