Study it in the app“whenever I go to Spain —for I hope to see you as I pass through and to be sent on there by you, once I have first enjoyed your company for a while—”
wheneverὡς ἂνI goπορεύωμαιtoεἰςSpainτὴν Σπανίαν—forγὰρI hopeἐλπίζωto seeθεάσασθαιyouὑμᾶςas I pass throughδιαπορευόμενοςandκαὶto be sent onπροπεμφθῆναιthereἐκεῖbyὑφ’you,ὑμῶνonceἐὰνI have firstπρῶτονenjoyedἐμπλησθῶyour companyὑμῶνfor a while—ἀπὸ μέρους
go
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “poreuōmai” appearsSpain
Spain: the Iberian peninsula, at the western end of the Roman Empire.
Where else “Spanian” appearshope
Hope, put one's hope in something or someone.
Where else “elpizō” appearssee, behold
See, look at closely, behold.
Where else “theasasthai” appearspass through
Pass through, go through a place.
Where else “diaporeuomenos” appearssend on one's way
To send someone off with what is needed for the journey, to accompany him part of the way.
Where else “propemphthēnai” appearsfirst
The one who comes before all others, in time or in order.
Where else “prōton” appearsenjoy
Delight in being with someone.
Where else “emplēsthō” appearspart
A piece of a whole, or what falls to each one.
Where else “merous” appearsMany manuscripts have “I will come to you”; the base text does not have it.
23But now, no longer having a place in these regions, and having a longing to come to you for many years,
24 · This verse (above)
25But now I am going to Jerusalem serving the saints.
1. What it says
What does Paul ask in v. 7, and what example does he give?
2. What it means
Why does Paul say the Scriptures were written to give us hope? (v. 4)
3. How I live it
"Welcome one another" (v. 7). Whom could you welcome this week who feels out of place?
