σύ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 σύ

   SY

   you
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ⸀ἵνα γινώσκῃ ὁ κόσμος ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας καὶ ἠγάπησας αὐτοὺς καθὼς ἐμὲ ἠγάπησας.

   HI-na yi-NO-SKHÊI ho KOS-mos HO-ti SY me a-PE-stei-las KAI ê-GA-pê-sas au-TOUS ka-THÔS e-ME ê-GA-pê-sas

   so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them just as loved me
3. sentence🔊 ἐγὼ ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ σὺ ἐν ἐμοί, ἵνα ὦσιν τετελειωμένοι εἰς ἕν, ⸀ἵνα γινώσκῃ ὁ κόσμος ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας καὶ ἠγάπησας αὐτοὺς καθὼς ἐμὲ ἠγάπησας.

   e-GO en au-TOIS KAI SY en e-MOI HI-na O-SIN te-te-lei-o-ME-noi EIS HEN HI-na yi-NO-SKHÊI ho KOS-mos HO-ti SY me a-PE-stei-las KAI ê-GA-pê-sas au-TOUS ka-THÔS e-ME ê-GA-pê-sas

   I in them and you in me so that may be made perfect into one so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them just as loved me

Exegesis

The verse begins with a balanced reciprocal structure, egō en autois kai sy en emoi {ἐγὼ ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ σὺ ἐν ἐμοί | egṓ en autoîs kaí sý en emoí} ‘I in them and You in Me,’ which frames the whole saying as mutual indwelling.

That awareness is then specified by the hoti-content clause {ὅτι | hóti}, which states the content of the world’s recognition: sy me apesteilas kai ēgapēsas autous {σύ με ἀπέστειλας καὶ ἠγάπησας αὐτούς | sý me apésteilas kaí ēgápēsas autoús} joins sending and loving as inseparable acts, and the comparative kathōs {καθὼς | kathṓs} places the love for the disciples within the same pattern as the love already given to the Son. The syntax therefore moves from communion, to unity, to witness, to revelation.