Study it in the app“And I wrote this very thing so that when I came I would not have sorrow from those in whom I ought to rejoice, being confident about all of you that my joy is the joy of all of you.”
AndκαὶI wroteἔγραψαthis very thingτοῦτο αὐτὸso thatἵναwhen I cameἐλθὼνI would notμὴhaveσχῶsorrowλύπηνfromἀφ’thoseὧνin whomI oughtἔδει μεto rejoice,χαίρεινbeing confidentπεποιθὼςaboutἐπὶallπάνταςof youὑμᾶςthatὅτιmy joyἡ ἐμὴ χαρὰisἐστινthe joyof allπάντωνof you.ὑμῶν
write
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “egrapsa” appearscome
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “elthōn” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “schō” appearsgrief, sorrow
Sorrow, grief.
Where else “lypēn” appearsmust
Something that has to be done.
Where else “edei” appearsrejoice
To feel joy and gladness about something.
Where else “chairein” appearsbe confident
To be sure of something, rely on someone.
Where else “pepoithōs” appearsmy, mine
My, mine.
Where else “emē” appearsjoy
Joy, gladness.
Where else “chara” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears2For if I grieve you, then who is the one who makes glad me except the one who is grieved by me?
3 · This verse (above)
4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not so that you would be grieved but so that you would know the love that I have especially for you.
