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ForγὰρI am jealousζηλῶfor youὑμᾶςwith God’sθεοῦjealousy;ζήλῳforγὰρI betrothedἡρμοσάμηνyouὑμᾶςto oneἑνὶhusband,ἀνδρὶto present youπαραστῆσαιasa pureἁγνὴνvirginπαρθένονto the Messiah.τῷ Χριστῷ
2 Corinthians 11:2
Study it in the app“For I am jealous for you with God’s jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to the Messiah.”
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 11:2, word by word
- I am jealousζηλῶzēlō
earnestly desire
To long for something or someone with all your heart.
Where else “zēlō” appears- with God’sθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- jealousyζήλῳzēlōi
zeal
A burning desire for something or someone.
Where else “zēlōi” appears- I betrothedἡρμοσάμηνhērmosamēn
betroth
Betroth, promise in marriage, join someone to a husband.
Where else “hērmosamēn” appears- to oneἑνὶheni
single
Just one, or united as one.
Where else “heni” appears- husbandἀνδρὶandri
husband
The married man, his wife's partner.
Where else “andri” appears- to present youπαραστῆσαιparastēsai
present
To set someone or something before God or another.
Where else “parastēsai” appears- a pureἁγνὴνhagnēn
pure
Pure, clean, without stain in one's conduct.
Where else “hagnēn” appears- virginπαρθένονparthenon
virgin
Virgin: a young woman who has not had relations with a man; also, of men, one who has kept himself pure.
Where else “parthenon” appears- to the MessiahΧριστῷChristōi
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christōi” appears
The context
1I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness; but indeed, bear with me.
2 · This verse (above)
3But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward the Messiah.