1 John 2:12-13

1 John 2:12-13 Prose of Address

12 Γράφω ὑμῖν, τεκνία, ὅτι ἀφέωνται ὑμῖν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι διὰ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ· 13 γράφω ὑμῖν, πατέρες, ὅτι ἐγνώκατε τὸν ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς· γράφω ὑμῖν, νεανίσκοι, ὅτι νενικήκατε τὸν πονηρόν.

 

(12) I write to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through his name; (13) I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning; I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.

 

Parsing

Term	Tense	Voice	Mood	Person	Gender/ Number	Lexical Form
Γράφω	Pres	Act	Ind	1	S	γράφω
ἀφέωνται	Perf	M/P	Ind	3	P	ἀφίημι
γράφω	Pres	Act	Ind	1	S	γράφω
ἐγνώκατε	Perf	Act	Ind	2	P	γινώσκω
γράφω	Pres	Act	Ind	1	S	γράφω
νενικήκατε	Perf	Act	Ind	2	P	νικάω

 

Lexical and Syntactic Notes:

2:12-14 This entire section includes semantic connection between the preceding and proceeding passages with the threefold structure (see NAC, Akin). This structure of the tri-vocatively mirrors the threefold nature of tests.

2:13 τὸν is a substantiver with a prepositional phrase (ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς); (see Wallace, 236).