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givingδιδόντεςnoμηδεμίανcause for stumblingπροσκοπήνinἐνanything,μηδενὶso thatἵναthe serviceἡ διακονίαmay notμὴbe faulted,μωμηθῇ
2 Corinthians 6:3
Study it in the app“giving no cause for stumbling in anything, so that the service may not be faulted,”
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 6:3, word by word
- givingδιδόντεςdidontes
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “didontes” appears- noμηδεμίανmēdemian
no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
Where else “mēdemian” appears- cause for stumblingπροσκοπήνproskopēn
cause of stumbling
Cause of stumbling: something that makes others fall or offends them.
Where else “proskopēn” appears- the serviceδιακονίαdiakonia
service
One's task in God's work.
Where else “diakonia” appears- be faultedμωμηθῇmōmēthēi
find fault with
Find fault with, criticize, discredit.
Where else “mōmēthēi” appears
The context
2For he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you, and on a day of salvation I helped you.” Look, now is the very acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation.
3 · This verse (above)
4but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God: in great perseverance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,