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Forγὰρthis isnotοὐso thatἵναthere may bereliefἄνεσιςfor othersἄλλοιςandafflictionθλῖψιςfor you,ὑμῖνbutἀλλ’out ofἐξequality:ἰσότητος
2 Corinthians 8:13
Study it in the app“For this is not so that there may be relief for others and affliction for you, but out of equality:”
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With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 8:13, word by word
- reliefἄνεσιςanesis
relief
A breather in the midst of affliction.
Where else “anesis” appears- for othersἄλλοιςallois
other, another
Other, another.
Where else “allois” appears- afflictionθλῖψιςthlipsis
trouble, affliction
Affliction, distress, pressure.
Where else “thlipsis” appears- equalityἰσότητοςisotētos
equality
That no one has too much or too little.
Where else “isotētos” appears
The context
12For if the eagerness is present, it is acceptable according to what one may have, not according to what one does not have.
13 · This verse (above)
14at the present time your abundance is for their need, so that their abundance also may be for your need, so that there may be equality.