πιστεύων (pisteuon) in John 11:25: Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine

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

Present: tense and aspect describe how the action is presented in this form, but context decides the exact force.

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

Participle: the form's mood or participial shape helps explain how the verbal idea functions in the clause.

Not applicable: this participle does not mark finite verb person.

Nominative: the participle has case because it also functions like a noun-related or adjective-like form in the sentence.

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

Masculine: the participle is marked for grammatical gender as it relates to another word or phrase. Do not turn that marking into a biological or theological claim by itself.

καὶ ἡ ζωή· ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, κἂν ἀποθάνῃ,

Jesus' promise that follows the resurrection and life statement

πιστεύων is a Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine within "καὶ ἡ ζωή· ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, κἂν ἀποθάνῃ,". The present active participle names the one believing in Jesus as the person to whom the promise is spoken, linking faith to Jesus' resurrection-life claim.

The form does not prove that present tense by itself means uninterrupted intensity, and it does not define faith apart from its object, Jesus.

High: The form matters because it functions as participle-relation in John 11:25.

Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine. connects a verbal idea to another clause element. Attached to the believer described after Jesus' I am claim. Governed by Jesus' promise that follows the resurrection and life statement. The syntax should be explained from the clause, not isolated from the passage.

Who receives the promise in Jesus' statement? The participle points to the one believing in Jesus.

Supporting: The form supports how John 11:25 is read, especially its participle-relation function.

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. present participle means continuous intensity: Present participles present the action as in view, but the passage determines how strongly duration should be pressed. grammatical gender proves theology: Grammatical gender is a language feature and should not be pressed beyond the verse.

The Textus Receptus witness for John 11:25 reads πιστεύων with the morphology label Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine.

The lemma is πιστεύω. The guide uses the gloss "I believe, have faith in" only to orient this occurrence.

πιστεύων appears in the phrase "καὶ ἡ ζωή· ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, κἂν ἀποθάνῃ,". The present active participle names the one believing in Jesus as the person to whom the promise is spoken, linking faith to Jesus' resurrection-life claim.

John 11:25 connects Jesus' identity as resurrection and life with the promise that the one believing in him will live.

The form fits John's pattern of belief in Jesus as the response to his revealed identity.

When teaching John 11:25, use this participle to show how the promise is attached to believing in Jesus.

Do not use present participle grammar alone to define the permanence, quality, or psychology of faith. The verse names the believing one in context.