πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων (Pas ho pisteuōn)

MEANINGEveryone who is believing. John 3:16's 'whoever believes.' The present active participle describes ongoing trust --- the person who is currently and persistently in the state of trusting in him. The only entry condition for eternal life.

GRAMMARPas (all, every, whoever) + ho (the definite article) + pisteuōn (present active participle of pisteuō --- to believe, trust). The present tense of the participle: not 'whoever was elected to believe' but 'everyone who is currently in the condition of ongoing trust.' The articular participle is a substantive: 'the believing one.' This exact phrase or close variants appear throughout John's Gospel.

SIGNIFICANCEPas ho pisteuōn is Thread 7's most concentrated NT expression. The invitation is genuinely open to everyone in the condition of ongoing trust. The condition is universally accessible --- it requires genuine, continuing faith-trust. John 3:16's kosmon (world) + pas ho pisteuōn (everyone who believes) = universal scope + genuine individual response = Threads 1 and 7 converging.

KEY VERSE / SCRIPTURESJohn 3:16; 3:36; 6:35, 40, 47; 11:25-26; 12:46; Acts 10:43; Romans 1:16; 10:4, 11.

CROSS-REFERENCESJohn 3:16 · κόσμος kosmos (the scope) · πίστις pistis (the faith) · Isaiah 55:1 (kol-tsame --- OT parallel)