What Does Matthew 5:18 Mean?
For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass, by no means shall one iota or one little horn pass from the instruction, until all has come to be.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.THE KEY
The smallest mark of instruction remains until its purpose reaches fullness.
THE MEANING
The instruction is still present to you, down to its smallest mark, while every part reaches its full expression. Its completion comes through fulfillment, not through any part simply vanishing.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The smallest parts of the instruction can be discarded before their purpose is complete.
THE ROOT
πληρωθῇ
plērōthē
GROWS FROM
πληρ-
plēr-
To fill, make full, or bring to fullness.
“fulfilled” in this verse is plērōthē. The Greek word πληρωθῇ (plērōthē, may be brought to fullness) comes from πληρόω (plēroō, to fill or fulfill). Its word family holds together the process of filling and the state of fullness, so the verse presents completion as the instruction reaching its full expression.
ALSO GROWS
plērēs: Full, complete.
πλήρης
This branch describes the condition the instruction reaches: fullness rather than disappearance.
plērōma: That which fills, or fullness.
πλήρωμα
This branch gives a name to the result of being filled, echoing the verse’s movement toward completion.
THE PATTERN
What God speaks remains intact as its purpose reaches fullness.
The grass dries, the flower withers, but the word of our God stands for the ages.The head of your word is truth, and every judgment of your alignment stands for the ages.Heaven and earth pass by, but my words do not pass by.THE THREAD
And Jesus answered him, Release it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fill up all alignment. Then he released him.Jesus uses the same word family, πληρόω (plēroō, to fill or bring to fullness), when he speaks of fulfilling righteousness. That shared root opens “fulfilled” here as reaching a full expression, rather than leaving the instruction incomplete.
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