Study it in the app“We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an occasion of boasting about us, so that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart.”
We are notοὐcommendingσυνιστάνομενourselvesἑαυτοὺςto youὑμῖνagain,πάλινbutἀλλὰgivingδιδόντεςyouὑμῖνan occasionἀφορμὴνof boastingκαυχήματοςaboutὑπὲρus,ἡμῶνso thatἵναyou may have an answerἔχητεforπρὸςthoseτοὺςwho boastκαυχωμένουςinἐνappearanceπροσώπῳandκαὶnotμὴinἐνheart.καρδίᾳ
commend
To present someone as trustworthy.
Where else “synistanomen” appearsagain
Once more, repeating what came before.
Where else “palin” appearsgive
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “didontes” appearsopportunity
Opportunity, occasion: a starting point or base from which to act.
Where else “aphormēn” appearsboast, reason for boasting
Boast: a reason for pride or glorying.
Where else “kauchēmatos” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echēte” appearsboast
Boast, take pride in something; in a good sense, glory or rejoice in it.
Where else “kauchōmenous” appearsappearance
What is seen on the outside, which may not show what someone is like inside.
Where else “prosōpōi” appearsheart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “kardiai” appears11Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade people, but to God we have been made manifest; and I hope that we have been made manifest also in your consciences.
12 · This verse (above)
13For if we were out of our mind, it was for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
