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sinceἐπεὶyou are seekingζητεῖτεproofδοκιμὴνof the Messiahτοῦ Χριστοῦspeakingλαλοῦντοςinἐνme,ἐμοὶwhoὃςis notοὐκweakἀσθενεῖtowardεἰςyouὑμᾶςbutἀλλὰis powerfulδυνατεῖamongἐνyou.ὑμῖν
2 Corinthians 13:3
Study it in the app“since you are seeking proof of the Messiah speaking in me, who is not weak toward you but is powerful among you.”
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 13:3, word by word
- you are seekingζητεῖτεzēteite
seek
To go after something or someone until it is found.
Where else “zēteite” appears- proofδοκιμὴνdokimēn
proof
What shows what someone truly is.
Where else “dokimēn” appears- of the MessiahΧριστοῦChristou
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appears- speakingλαλοῦντοςlalountos
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lalountos” appears- weakἀσθενεῖasthenei
be weak
To have no strength, falter in faith.
Where else “asthenei” appears- is powerfulδυνατεῖdynatei
be able
Be able, be powerful.
Where else “dynatei” appears
The context
2I have said before and I say in advance —as when present the second time, and now absent— to those who sinned before and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,
3 · This verse (above)
4For indeed he was crucified out of weakness, but he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him by the power of God toward you.