ἔσται

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἔσται

   ES-tai

   shall be
2. clause🔊 ἀλλʼ ὃς ⸀ἂν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν μέγας γενέσθαι ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος,

   al HOS AN THE-lê en hy-MIN ME-gas ye-NES-thai ES-tai hy-MÔN di-A-ko-nos

   But whoever may want to become great among you shall be your servant
3. sentence🔊 οὐχ οὕτως ⸀ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν· ἀλλʼ ὃς ⸀ἂν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν μέγας γενέσθαι ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος,

   ookh HOO-tôs ES-tai en hy-MIN al HOS AN THE-lê en hy-MIN ME-gas ye-NES-thai ES-tai hy-MÔN di-A-ko-nos

   Not so shall be among you But whoever may want to become great among you shall be your servant

Exegesis

This is followed by the predictive clause estai en hymin {ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν | éstai en hymîn} ‘it will be among you,’ where the future indicative presents the community order as a settled norm, not a mere suggestion.

The concluding main clause estai hymon diakonos {ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος | éstai hymôn diákonos} uses a future copula with a predicate nominative to state the required role, ‘will be your servant.’ The genitive hymon marks those to whom the service is rendered, stressing relational orientation. The repetition of en hymin / hymon encloses the saying with communal focus, indicating that the redefined greatness operates inside the disciple community. In translation, the future forms are preserved to keep the sense of authoritative decree, the generic relative clause is rendered with “whoever” / “anyone,” and the term diakonos is kept as “servant” to preserve its theological resonance of service as true greatness.