2 Corinthians 8:7

“But 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.”

2 Corinthians 8:7 · direct translation from the Greek
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2 Corinthians 8:7, word by word

just asὥσπερhōsper

just as

Just as, in the same way as.

Where else “hōsper” appears
you aboundπερισσεύετεperisseuete

abound

To have plenty, and more and more.

Where else “perisseuete” appears
in faithπίστειpistei

trust

Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.

Where else “pistei” appears
in wordλόγῳlogōi

word

What someone says or teaches.

Where else “logōi” appears
in knowledgeγνώσειgnōsei

knowledge

Knowledge.

Where else “gnōsei” appears
earnestnessσπουδῇspoudēi

diligence

Putting serious care into something.

Where else “spoudēi” appears
in the loveἀγάπῃagapēi

love

Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.

Where else “agapēi” appears
graceχάριτιchariti

grace

A kindness God gives that no one earns, above all salvation.

Where else “chariti” appears

Translation note· on the manuscripts

Many manuscripts read “your love for us.”

The context

6so that we urged Titus that just as he had begun before, so he would also complete among you this grace as well.

7 · This verse (above)

8I am not speaking as a command, but through the earnestness of others testing also the genuineness of your love.

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