Sunday, September 4, 2011

"Believe" in the continuing action tense


Verses where the Greek word translated "believes" (in our modern translations) occurs in the
tense of continuing action (present tense).

John 3:15, "...in order that everyone believing may have eternal life in him."
John 3:14-15 . . . "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the
Son of Man be lifted up; [15] so that whoever [continues to] believe will in Him have
eternal life.
John 3:16, "...in order that everyone believing in him should not perish but should have eternal
life."
John 3:16 . . . "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever [continues to] believe in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:36, "The one believing on the Son has eternal life."
John 3:36 . . . "He who [continues to] believe in the Son has eternal life; but he who
does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
John 5:24, "The one hearing my word and believing him who sent me has eternal life."
John 5:24 . . . "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and [continues to] believe
Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed
out of death into life.
John 6:35, "the one believing in me shall never thirst."
John 6:35 . . . Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not
hunger, and he who [continues to] believe in Me will never thirst.
John 6:40, "...that everyone beholding the Son and believing in him should have eternal life."
John 6:40 . . . "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son
and [continues to] believe in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up
on the last day."
John 6:47, "The one believing has eternal life."
John 6:47 . . . "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who [continues to] believe has eternal life.
John 11:25-26, "The one believing in me, even though he dies he shall live; and everyone living
and believing in me shall never die."
John 11:25-26 . . . Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who [continues
to] believe in Me will live even if he dies, [26] and everyone who lives and [continues
to] believe in Me will never die. Do you believe this?"
John 20:31, "...in order that by means of believing you may have life in his name."
John 20:30-31 . . . Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence
of the disciples, which are not written in this book; [31] but these have been written sothat you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that [continuing to]
believe you may have life in His name.
Romans 1:16, "it is the power of God to salvation to everyone believing."
Romans 1:16 . . . For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for
salvation to everyone who [continues to] believe, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
I Corinthians 1:21, "it pleased God ... to save the one believing."
I Corinthians 1:21 . . . For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom
did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message
preached to save those who [continue to] believe.
Greek help taken from site:
http://www.ntgreek.org/learn_nt_greek/inter-tense.htm

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