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ForγὰρevenΚαὶwhen we cameἐλθόντων ἡμῶνintoεἰςMacedonia,Μακεδονίανour fleshἡ σὰρξ ἡμῶνhadἔσχηκενnoοὐδεμίανrest,ἄνεσινbutἀλλ’we wereafflictedθλιβόμενοιinἐνevery way:παντὶoutsideἔξωθενfights,μάχαιinsideἔσωθενfears.φόβοι
2 Corinthians 7:5
Study it in the app“For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way: outside fights, inside fears.”
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 7:5, word by word
- when we cameἐλθόντωνelthontōn
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “elthontōn” appears- MacedoniaΜακεδονίανMakedonian
Macedonia
See it on the mapWhere else “Makedonian” appears- our fleshσὰρξsarx
flesh
The soft part of the body, of people or animals; also the body itself.
Where else “sarx” appears- hadἔσχηκενeschēken
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “eschēken” appears- restἄνεσινanesin
relief
A breather in the midst of affliction.
Where else “anesin” appears- afflictedθλιβόμενοιthlibomenoi
afflict
To make suffer, or be in trouble.
Where else “thlibomenoi” appears- outsideἔξωθενexōthen
outside
From outside, on the outside.
Where else “exōthen” appears- fightsμάχαιmachai
fight, quarrel
Fight, quarrel, conflict with others.
Where else “machai” appears- insideἔσωθενesōthen
inside
From within, on the inside.
Where else “esōthen” appears- fearsφόβοιphoboi
fear
The fear that seizes one before danger or something terrible.
Where else “phoboi” appears
Places in this verse
Macedonia
Today: northern Greece, plus North Macedonia and Bulgaria
A region of northern Greece, by the north of the Aegean Sea.
Paul saw in a vision a man begging, "Come over to Macedonia and help us" (Acts 16:9). There he started the assemblies in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea (Acts 16–17).
The context
4Great is my boldness toward you, great is my boasting about you; I am filled with comfort, I am overflowing beyond measure with joy in all our affliction.
5 · This verse (above)
6But God, who comforts the lowly, comforted us by the coming of Titus,