John

John 10:17

¹⁷The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The reason	Διὰ	Dia	Preposition	G1223 through, on account of
the	ὁ	ho	Article - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
Father	Πατὴρ	Patēr	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3962 father, Father, ancestor
loves	ἀγαπᾷ	agapa	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G25 I love
Me	με	me	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
that	ὅτι	hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
I	ἐγὼ	egō	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
lay down	τίθημι	tithēmi	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G5087 I put, place
My	μου	mou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
life	ψυχήν	psychēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G5590 the soul, life, self
in order	ἵνα	hina	Conjunction	G2443 in order that, so that
to take it up	λάβω	labō	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular	G2983 I receive, take
again	πάλιν	palin	Adverb	G3825 again, further, on the other hand

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.