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AndκαὶI giveδίδωμιmyopinionγνώμηνinἐνthis matter;τούτῳforγὰρthisτοῦτοis beneficialσυμφέρειfor you,ὑμῖνwhoοἵτινεςwere the first to beginπροενήρξασθεnotοὐonlyμόνονto do itτὸ ποιῆσαιbutἀλλὰalsoκαὶto want it,τὸ θέλεινsinceἀπὸlast year;πέρυσι
2 Corinthians 8:10
Study it in the app“And I give my opinion in this matter; for this is beneficial for you, who were the first to begin not only to do it but also to want it, since last year;”
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 8:10, word by word
- I giveδίδωμιdidōmi
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “didōmi” appears- opinionγνώμηνgnōmēn
opinion
What one thinks about something, advice.
Where else “gnōmēn” appears- is beneficialσυμφέρειsympherei
be useful
To be useful to someone.
Where else “sympherei” appears- were the first to beginπροενήρξασθεproenērxasthe
begin before
Begin before, be the first to start something.
Where else “proenērxasthe” appears- onlyμόνονmonon
only
Nothing beyond that: bread is not enough to live.
Where else “monon” appears- to do itποιῆσαιpoiēsai
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēsai” appears- to want itθέλεινthelein
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelein” appears- last yearπέρυσιperysi
last year
Last year, a year ago.
Where else “perysi” appears
The context
9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, that for your sake he became poor, though he was rich, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
10 · This verse (above)
11So now also finish doing it, so that just as there was the eagerness to want it, so also there may be the completing of it out of what you have.