New Testament Greek for Beginners

(Based on the book with the same title by Gresham Machen, The MacMillan Company, 1923)

References

256. The Negatives οὐ and μή

οὐ is the negative of the indicative, μή is the negative of the other moods, including the infinitive and the participle.

Example: ὁ μὴ πιστεύων οὐ σώζεται, the not-believing one is not saved, or he who does not believe is not saved. Here μή negatives the participle πιστεύων, and οὐ negatives the indicative σώζεται.