Study it in the app“For 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.”
For indeedκαὶ γὰρhe was crucifiedἐσταυρώθηout ofἐξweakness,ἀσθενείαςbutἀλλὰhe livesζῇbyἐκthe powerδυνάμεωςof God.θεοῦForγὰρweἡμεῖςalsoκαὶare weakἀσθενοῦμενinἐνhim,αὐτῷbutἀλλὰwe will liveζήσομενwithσὺνhimαὐτῷbyἐκthe powerδυνάμεωςof Godθεοῦtowardεἰςyou.ὑμᾶς
crucify
To nail someone to a cross to kill them.
Where else “estaurōthē” appearsweakness
Lack of strength.
Where else “astheneias” appearslive
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zēi” appearspower
The strength to act, above all that of God and his Spirit.
Where else “dynameōs” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsbe weak
To have no strength, falter in faith.
Where else “asthenoumen” appearswith
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appearsMany manuscripts read “For though he was crucified.”
3since you are seeking proof of the Messiah speaking in me, who is not weak toward you but is powerful among you.
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5Test yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; examine yourselves. Or do you not recognize about yourselves that Jesus the Messiah is in you? —unless you are disqualified!
