ἐλέγξει (elegxei) in John 16:8: Verb Third Person Singular Future Active Indicative

Verb: the form names an action, state, or verbal idea. The verse determines how strongly the verbal form should be pressed.

Future: the form points forward from the speaker's moment, but context determines the claim's scope.

Active: voice describes how the subject relates to the verbal action in this form.

Indicative: the form's mood helps explain how the verbal idea functions in the clause.

Third Person: the form marks who is involved in the verbal assertion, command, or clause.

Not applicable: this verb form is not using noun case to mark its sentence role.

Singular: the form is marked for grammatical number and should be tied to the subject or clause it serves.

Not applicable: this verb form does not use grammatical gender to make its point.

Jesus' statement about what the coming Helper will do

The future verb in John 16:8

ἐλέγξει is a Verb Third Person Singular Future Active Indicative within "καὶ ἐλθὼν ἐκεῖνος ἐλέγξει τὸν κόσμον περὶ ἁμαρτίας καὶ". The future active indicative states what the Helper will do when he comes.

The verb does not make conviction a vague inner feeling only. The following verses specify sin, righteousness, and judgment.

High: The form matters because it functions as predicate in John 16:8.

Verb Third Person Singular Future Active Indicative. states the Helper's coming work toward the world. Attached to Jesus' statement about what the coming Helper will do. Governed by the future verb in John 16:8. The syntax should be explained from the clause, not isolated from the passage.

What will the Helper do when he comes? The future verb states that he will convict or expose the world.

Direct: The form directly supports will convict or will expose.

The same morphology label can function differently in another verse. The immediate wording should decide the contextual force. Grammar identifies the form's role; the passage supplies the interpretive weight. Grammatical gender is not a separate theological claim.

Grammar alone proves doctrine: The form supports interpretation only as it serves the verse and its context. form label replaces context: Do not define conviction from the verb alone. John 16:9-11 supplies the categories Jesus names. grammatical gender proves theology: Grammatical gender is a language feature and should not be pressed beyond the verse.

The Textus Receptus witness for John 16:8 reads ἐλέγξει with the morphology label Verb Third Person Singular Future Active Indicative.

The lemma is ἐλέγχω. The guide uses the gloss "I rebuke, expose" only to orient this occurrence.

ἐλέγξει appears in the phrase "καὶ ἐλθὼν ἐκεῖνος ἐλέγξει τὸν κόσμον περὶ ἁμαρτίας καὶ". The future active indicative states what the Helper will do when he comes.

John 16:8 introduces the Helper's work of convicting the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment.

The form fits John's farewell discourse by describing the Spirit's witness after Jesus' departure.

When teaching John 16:8, use the future verb to show the promised work, then read the next verses for its defined content.

The verb does not make conviction a vague inner feeling only. The following verses specify sin, righteousness, and judgment.