What Does John 14:31 Mean?

“But”

properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)

“that”

in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)

“may know”

to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the world”

orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))

“that”

demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because

“I love”

to love (in a social or moral sense)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the Father”

a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“as”

just (or inasmuch) as, that

“commandment”

to enjoin

“me”

to me

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the Father”

a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)

“even so”

in this way (referring to what precedes or follows)

“I do”

to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)

“Arise”

to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from

“let us go”

properly, to lead; by implication, to bring, drive, (reflexively) go, (specially) pass (time), or (figuratively) induce

“hence”

hence (literally or figuratively); (repeated) on both sides