G544

• {"n":"John 3:36","s":"He that believeth not. The Greek verb in the second half is disobey, not disbelieve.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=john-3-36","r":"John 3:36","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"The King James reads believeth not. The ESV and NASB read does not obey. The NIV reads rejects."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**He did not agree.** **He did not comply.** Two different failures, and only one of them is about the mind."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"The first clause uses pisteuo, believe. The second uses apeitheo, to refuse to be persuaded, to disobey. The contrast is between trusting and refusing, not between two states of opinion."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English believe has no natural opposite that means refuse to comply, so versions either print does not believe and lose the switch or print does not obey and surprise the reader."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"When a verse sets up a contrast, check whether both halves use the same root. If they do not, the switch is the argument."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Most modern English versions print does not obey; the King James reads believeth not."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u1f00\u03c0\u03b5\u03b9\u03b8\u03ad\u03c9 apeitheo \u00b7 G544"}],"src":["apeitheo at Romans 2:8; Hebrews 3:18; 1 Peter 2:8","pisteuo in the first clause of the same verse","The noun apeitheia at Ephesians 2:2"]}