πεπίστευκεν (pepisteuken) in John 3:18: Verb Third Person Singular Perfect Active Indicative

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

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

Singular: the form is grammatically singular in this occurrence and should be tied to its sentence role.

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

Perfect: presents the verbal idea in this tense/aspect form, but context decides the exact interpretive force.

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

Indicative: the 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.

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The causal ??? clause explaining ??? ????????

πεπίστευκεν is a perfect active indicative verb in the phrase "ἤδη κέκριται, ὅτι μὴ πεπίστευκεν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ". It states the reason for the judgment statement: the person has not believed in the Son's name.

The perfect tense should not be used apart from the clause to speculate beyond the verse; the passage identifies unbelief in relation to the Son as the stated issue.

High: The perfect active indicative appears in the explanation of why the one not believing is already judged.

Verb Third Person Singular Perfect Active Indicative. states the reason in terms of not believing in the name of the only begotten Son of God. Attached to the causal clause explaining judgment. Governed by the ??? clause after ??? ????????. The syntax should be explained from the clause, not isolated from the passage.

Why is the unbelieving person already judged in the verse? The perfect verb, negated by ??, states that the person has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Direct: The form directly supports wording such as "has not believed."

The negative ?? belongs with the verb and must be included in the explanation. The perfect form supports the English has not believed, but the judgment claim comes from the whole clause. The phrase ??? ?? ????? ??? ?????????? ???? ??? ???? identifies the object of unbelief.

Perfect tense proves a doctrine by itself: The perfect form supports the clause, but the doctrine must be drawn from the entire sentence and context. belief is discussed without its object: The phrase names the Son's name as the object in view, so do not detach belief from Christ.

The Textus Receptus witness for John 3:18 reads πεπίστευκεν with the morphology label Verb Third Person Singular Perfect Active Indicative.

The lemma is πιστεύω. The gloss "I believe, have faith in" orients this occurrence without replacing the sentence context.

πεπίστευκεν is a perfect active indicative verb in the phrase "ἤδη κέκριται, ὅτι μὴ πεπίστευκεν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ". It states the reason for the judgment statement: the person has not believed in the Son's name.

John 3:18 contrasts the one believing in the Son with the one not believing, grounding judgment in unbelief toward the only begotten Son of God.

The form fits John's belief/unbelief contrast, while this guide limits the claim to the causal explanation in John 3:18.

When teaching John 3:18, use the perfect verb to show the stated condition in the clause without turning tense into an isolated doctrinal proof.

Do not claim that perfect tense alone proves every aspect of judgment or perseverance; the clause explains judgment in relation to not believing in the Son's name.