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It is necessaryδεῖto boast,Καυχᾶσθαιthough it isnotοὐbeneficial;συμφέρονbutδὲI will go onἐλεύσομαιtoεἰςvisionsὀπτασίαςandκαὶrevelationsἀποκαλύψειςof the Lord.κυρίου
2 Corinthians 12:1
Study it in the app“It is necessary to boast, though it is not beneficial; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.”
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 12:1, word by word
- It is necessaryδεῖdei
must
Something that has to be done.
Where else “dei” appears- to boastΚαυχᾶσθαιKauchasthai
boast
Boast, take pride in something; in a good sense, glory or rejoice in it.
Where else “Kauchasthai” appears- beneficialσυμφέρονsympheron
be useful
To be useful to someone.
Where else “sympheron” appears- I will go onἐλεύσομαιeleusomai
go
To set out toward a place.
Where else “eleusomai” appears- visionsὀπτασίαςoptasias
vision
Vision, something seen from God; an appearance.
Where else “optasias” appears- revelationsἀποκαλύψειςapokalypseis
revelation
Revelation: an uncovering, making known what was hidden.
Where else “apokalypseis” appears- of the Lordκυρίουkyriou
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2I know a man in the Messiah fourteen years ago —whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know; God knows— that such a one was caught up to the third heaven.