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so thatεἰς τὸwe urgedπαρακαλέσαι ἡμᾶςTitusΤίτονthatἵναjust asκαθὼςhe had begun before,προενήρξατοsoοὕτωςhe would alsoκαὶcompleteἐπιτελέσῃamongεἰςyouὑμᾶςthisταύτηνgraceτὴν χάρινas well.καὶ
2 Corinthians 8:6
Study it in the app“so that we urged Titus that just as he had begun before, so he would also complete among you this grace as well.”
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 8:6, word by word
- we urgedπαρακαλέσαιparakalesai
urge
To spur someone on with words to do good.
Where else “parakalesai” appears- TitusΤίτονTiton
Titus
Titus: a Greek coworker of Paul.
Where else “Titon” appears- he had begun beforeπροενήρξατοproenērxato
begin before
Begin before, be the first to start something.
Where else “proenērxato” appears- completeἐπιτελέσῃepitelesēi
complete, finish
Complete, finish, carry something out.
Where else “epitelesēi” appears- graceχάρινcharin
grace
A kindness God gives that no one earns, above all salvation.
Where else “charin” appears
Translation note
“Grace”: in this chapter the offering “for the saints” is also called so (8:4, 19); compare 1 Corinthians 16:1-3, “your gift to Jerusalem.”
The context
5and not as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God,
6 · This verse (above)
7But just as you abound in everything, in faith and in word and in knowledge and in all earnestness and in the love from us in you, see that you abound in this grace also.