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now the prince of this world will be driven out. <a href="/nlt/john/12.htm">New Living Translation</a> The time for judging this world has come, when Satan, the ruler of this world, will be cast out. <a href="/esv/john/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. <a href="/bsb/john/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out. <a href="/blb/john/12.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Now is the judgment of this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out. <a href="/kjv/john/12.htm">King James Bible</a> Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. <a href="/nkjv/john/12.htm">New King James Version</a> Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. <a href="/nasb_/john/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. <a href="/nasb/john/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. <a href="/nasb77/john/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world shall be cast out. <a href="/lsb/john/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. <a href="/amp/john/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now judgment is upon this world [the sentence is being passed]. Now the ruler of this world (Satan) will be cast out. <a href="/csb/john/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Now is the judgment of this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out. <a href="/hcsb/john/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Now is the judgment of this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out. <a href="/asv/john/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. <a href="/cev/john/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> This world's people are now being judged, and the ruler of this world is already being thrown out! <a href="/erv/john/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. <a href="/gwt/john/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "This world is being judged now. The ruler of this world will be thrown out now. <a href="/gnt/john/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> Now is the time for this world to be judged; now the ruler of this world will be overthrown. <a href="/isv/john/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> Now is the time for the judgment of this world to begin. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out. <a href="/msb/john/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out. <a href="/net/john/12.htm">NET Bible</a> Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. <a href="/nheb/john/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out. <a href="/wbt/john/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. <a href="/wey/john/12.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Now is a judgement of this world: now will the Prince of this world be driven out. <a href="/web/john/12.htm">World English Bible</a> Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> now is a judgment of this world, now will the ruler of this world be cast forth; <a href="/blb/john/12.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Now is the judgment of this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out. <a href="/ylt/john/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> now is a judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast forth; <a href="/slt/john/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the ruler of this world be cast out.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Now is the judgment of the world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. <a href="/cpdv/john/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Now is the judgment of the world. Now will the prince of this world be cast out. <a href="/nabre/john/12.htm">New American Bible</a> Now is the time of judgment on this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. <a href="/nrsvce/john/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Now is the judgment of this world; now the leader of this world will be cast out. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/12.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “Now is the judgment of this world; now The Ruler of this world is hurled outside.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/12.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Now is the judgment of this world: now is the prince of this world cast out. <a href="/godbey/john/12.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>Now is the judgment of this world: now the prince of this world shall be cast out.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/12.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the ruler of this world be ejected out of it. <a href="/mace/john/12.htm">Mace New Testament</a> now is this world condemn'd: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. <a href="/wey/john/12.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Now is a judgement of this world: now will the Prince of this world be driven out. <a href="/worrell/john/12.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>Now is the judgment of this world: now will the Prince of this world be cast out;<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/12.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>Now is the judgement of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/12-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=4591" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/12.htm">Jesus Predicts His Death</a> …30In response, Jesus said, “This voice was not for My benefit, but yours. 31<a href="/greek/3568.htm" title="3568: nyn (Adv) -- A primary particle of present time; now; also as noun or adjective present or immediate.">Now</a> <a href="/greek/2920.htm" title="2920: krisis (N-NFS) -- Decision; by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice.">judgment</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">is</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: toutou (DPro-GMS) -- This; he, she, it. ">upon this</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2889.htm" title="2889: kosmou (N-GMS) -- Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).">world;</a> <a href="/greek/3568.htm" title="3568: nyn (Adv) -- A primary particle of present time; now; also as noun or adjective present or immediate.">now</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/758.htm" title="758: archōn (N-NMS) -- Present participle of archo; a first.">prince</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: toutou (DPro-GMS) -- This; he, she, it. ">of this</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2889.htm" title="2889: kosmou (N-GMS) -- Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).">world</a> <a href="/greek/1544.htm" title="1544: ekblēthēsetai (V-FIP-3S) -- To throw (cast, put) out; I banish; I bring forth, produce. From ek and ballo; to eject.">will be cast</a> <a href="/greek/1854.htm" title="1854: exō (Adv) -- Without, outside. Adverb from ek; out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively.">out.</a> 32And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/16-11.htm">John 16:11</a> and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned. <a href="/john/14-30.htm">John 14:30</a> I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me. <a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19</a> And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. <a href="/john/8-44.htm">John 8:44</a> You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. <a href="/1_john/5-19.htm">1 John 5:19</a> We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one. <a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm">2 Corinthians 4:4</a> The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. <a href="/ephesians/2-2.htm">Ephesians 2:2</a> in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. <a href="/colossians/2-15.htm">Colossians 2:15</a> And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. <a href="/hebrews/2-14.htm">Hebrews 2:14</a> Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, <a href="/revelation/12-9.htm">Revelation 12:9-10</a> And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. / And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God. <a href="/revelation/20-2.htm">Revelation 20:2-3</a> He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. / And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time. <a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Genesis 3:15</a> And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” <a href="/isaiah/14-12.htm">Isaiah 14:12-15</a> How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. / You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. / I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” ... <a href="/ezekiel/28-16.htm">Ezekiel 28:16-17</a> By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. / Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings. <a href="/daniel/7-26.htm">Daniel 7:26-27</a> But the court will convene, and his dominion will be taken away and completely destroyed forever. / Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.’</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.is.<a href="/john/5-22.htm">John 5:22-27</a> For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: … <a href="/john/16-8.htm">John 16:8-10</a> And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: … now.<a href="/john/14-30.htm">John 14:30</a> Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.<a href="/john/16-11.htm">John 16:11</a> Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.<a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Genesis 3:15</a> And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/9-35.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/luke/13-28.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/john/12-24.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/john/7-51.htm">Judged</a> <a href="/john/8-16.htm">Judgement</a> <a href="/john/9-39.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/luke/11-15.htm">Prince</a> <a href="/john/3-1.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/john/12-27.htm">Time</a> <a href="/john/12-25.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/15-6.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/acts/7-58.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/john/13-3.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/john/16-8.htm">Judged</a> <a href="/john/16-8.htm">Judgement</a> <a href="/john/16-8.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/john/14-30.htm">Prince</a> <a href="/john/14-30.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/john/12-36.htm">Time</a> <a href="/john/12-46.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">John 12</div>1. <a href="/john/12-1.htm">Jesus excuses Mary anointing his feet.</a> 9. <a href="/john/12-9.htm">The people flock to see Lazarus.</a> 10. <a href="/john/12-10.htm">The chief priests consult to kill him.</a> 12. <a href="/john/12-12.htm">Jesus rides into Jerusalem.</a> 20. <a href="/john/12-20.htm">Greeks desire to see Jesus.</a> 23. <a href="/john/12-23.htm">He foretells his death.</a> 37. <a href="/john/12-37.htm">The people are generally blinded;</a> 42. <a href="/john/12-42.htm">yet many chief rulers believe, but do not confess him;</a> 44. <a href="/john/12-44.htm">therefore Jesus calls earnestly for confession of faith.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/12.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/12.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Now judgment is upon this world; This phrase indicates a pivotal moment in the narrative of salvation history. The "judgment" refers to the decisive act of God in dealing with sin and evil through the impending crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In the context of John's Gospel, this judgment is not merely future but is already being enacted through Jesus' ministry. The world, often understood as the system opposed to God, is under scrutiny. This echoes themes from the Old Testament, such as in <a href="/isaiah/42.htm">Isaiah 42:1-4</a>, where God's servant brings justice to the nations. The judgment is both a condemnation of sin and an opportunity for redemption through Christ.now the prince of this world will be cast out. The "prince of this world" is a reference to Satan, who is seen as having temporary dominion over the earth due to humanity's sin. This phrase signifies a turning point where Satan's power is decisively broken through Jesus' death and resurrection. The casting out of the prince is a fulfillment of the protoevangelium in <a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Genesis 3:15</a>, where the seed of the woman will crush the serpent's head. This also connects to <a href="/revelation/12-9.htm">Revelation 12:9-11</a>, where Satan is depicted as being thrown down from heaven. The casting out is both a present reality and a future promise, as the ultimate defeat of evil will be realized in the eschaton. Jesus' victory over Satan is a central theme in the New Testament, emphasizing the triumph of God's kingdom over the forces of darkness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this verse, Jesus is addressing the crowd and His disciples, foretelling the impact of His impending crucifixion. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_world.htm">The World</a> Refers to the fallen, sinful state of humanity and the systems opposed to God’s kingdom. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_prince_of_this_world.htm">The Prince of this World</a> A reference to Satan, who holds temporary authority over the world due to humanity's sin. 4. <a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a> The divine decision and action against sin and evil, which Jesus declares is imminent. 5. <a href="/topical/c/casting_out.htm">Casting Out</a> The act of expelling or removing, indicating the defeat of Satan’s power through Jesus’ death and resurrection.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_judgment.htm">Understanding Judgment</a> Judgment is not just future but begins with Jesus’ work on the cross. It is both a present reality and a future certainty. <a href="/topical/v/victory_over_evil.htm">Victory Over Evil</a> Jesus’ death and resurrection signify the defeat of Satan’s power. Believers can live in the victory Christ has secured. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_cross.htm">The Role of the Cross</a> The cross is central to God’s plan of redemption and the means by which the world is judged and Satan is cast out. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_light_of_victory.htm">Living in Light of Victory</a> Christians are called to live as those who are no longer under the dominion of the prince of this world but under the lordship of Christ. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a> Recognize the ongoing spiritual battle but be assured of Christ’s ultimate victory and authority over all evil.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 12</a> <a href="/q/is_satan_the_ruler_of_hell.htm">Is Satan the ruler of hell?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_plot_of_kingdom_of_darkness.htm">What is the plot of Kingdom of Darkness?</a> <a href="/q/how_powerful_is_satan.htm">How powerful is Satan?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_'prince_of_the_air'.htm">In Ephesians 2:2, what evidence supports the existence of a “prince of the power of the air”? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) Now is the judgment of this world.--For the word "judgment" comp. Notes on <a href="/context/john/3-17.htm" title="For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.">John 3:17-19</a>; <a href="/john/16-11.htm" title="Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.">John 16:11</a>. There is here, following on the coming of the Greeks, which He reads as a sign, and upon the voice from heaven, which was a sign for the multitude, the thought of the Messianic kingdom, of which the first members were then present, and which was to comprehend all men. This thought includes--(1) the judgment (condemnatory) of this world; (2) the casting out of the prince of this world; (3) the establishment of His spiritual kingdom (<a href="/john/12-32.htm" title="And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me.">John 12:32</a>).Now shall the prince of this world be cast out.--The title "prince of this world" was the regular Rabbinic title for Satan, whom they regarded as the ruler of the Gentiles, the Jews not being included in his kingdom. The reign of the true Messiah is over the Gentile and Jewish world alike; Gentiles as well as Jews are at this moment in the temple listening to Him; Jews as well as Gentiles have been subjects of the prince of this world (<a href="/john/8-44.htm" title="You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stayed not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.">John 8:44</a>; Romans 2). The world itself, as opposed to Christ, is condemned, for its unbelief crucifies Jesus Christ; but the Resurrection and Ascension are Heaven's witness that He is the Son of God. The world's condemnation is followed by the casting out of its ruler.The whole future is present to the mind of Christ, and in the confidence of victory He uses the emphatic "now" of both the judgment of the world and the dethronement of its prince. It should be noted, however, that the tenses differ. The one is thought of as the immediate result of His death; the other is the gradual victory of truth, and is spoken of in the same future as the drawing all men of the following verse.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 31-36. - 5. The judgment of this world. Verse 31. - Still more emphatically does Christ expound the heavenly voice, and vindicate for himself the most solemn position with reference to the world and its prince. The" world," or humanity evolving itself to the highest form of a complicated civilization, was present to him far more vividly than when the tempter showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them. Instead of holding them in royal fee of the devil, and of compelling them to do his bidding, he declares that his hour, which had come, was an hour of judicial condemnation for the world. The corruption of the world, the radical injury done to human nature, starts out on its beautiful and decorated front like the leprosy did on the face of Naaman. Now is a judgment of the world. Observe, not κρίσις. This is compatible with the statements of <a href="/john/3-17.htm">John 3:17-19</a>, and not inconsistent with the frequent references in <a href="/john/5.htm">John 5</a>. to the "last day." Because John gives prominence to the great principles of judgment, and implies that the books of remembrance and condemnation are written all over indelibly by the hand of the world itself, there is no proof that the Lord (in John) says nothing of the great catastrophic judgments of which the synoptic Gospels preserve the prophecy. Our Lord has rather revealed (according to John) the principles which make the judgment of the great day credible. What a man has become at any epoch of his existence, what a nation is about at any crisis of its history, whatsoever act represents the spirit of the whole world, is in each case the judgment which God, by his providence, passes upon him or it. Still more impressively with a second, Now, he adds, shall the prince of this world be cast out. The phrase, "archon of this world," is a well-known later Hebraic phrase for "the ruler of the darkness of this world," the shir-olam of the rabbinical books, the angel of death, to whom was entrusted the rulership of the world outside of the sacred family. Christ declares that his own hour, in which the world and its prince would seem to be triumphant, would be the hour when he should be cast out of earth as he had been already cast out of heaven. This expulsion and destruction of the power and works of the devil was one great end assigned to the manifestation of the Son of God (<a href="/1_john/3-8.htm">1 John 3:8</a>). It is important, however, to notice the difference of tenses. "Now is the judgment of this world," - this is the immediate result of his death; "Now shall the prince of this world be east out" describes the gradual victory of truth, which is pursued more explicitly in the next verse. <a href="/commentaries/john/12-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Now νῦν (nyn) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3568.htm">Strong's 3568: </a> A primary particle of present time; 'now'; also as noun or adjective present or immediate. judgment κρίσις (krisis) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2920.htm">Strong's 2920: </a> Decision; by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice. is ἐστὶν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. upon this τούτου (toutou) Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> This; he, she, it. world; κόσμου (kosmou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). now νῦν (nyn) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3568.htm">Strong's 3568: </a> A primary particle of present time; 'now'; also as noun or adjective present or immediate. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. prince ἄρχων (archōn) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_758.htm">Strong's 758: </a> Present participle of archo; a first. of this τούτου (toutou) Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> This; he, she, it. world κόσμου (kosmou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). will be cast ἐκβληθήσεται (ekblēthēsetai) Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1544.htm">Strong's 1544: </a> To throw (cast, put) out; I banish; I bring forth, produce. From ek and ballo; to eject. out. ἔξω (exō) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_1854.htm">Strong's 1854: </a> Without, outside. 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