2 Corinthians 9:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.”
2 Corinthians 9:5 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 2 Corinthians 9:526 words
ἀναγκαῖονanankaionnear, necessary, necessity
οὖνounand (so, truly), but
ἡγησάμηνhēgēsamēnaccount, (be) chief, count
παρακαλέσαιparakalesaibeseech, call for, (be of good) comfort
τοὺςtousthe
ἀδελφοὺςadelphousbrother
ἵναhinaso that / in order that
προέλθωσινproelthōsingo before (farther, forward), outgo
εἰςeisinto / to
ὑμᾶςhymasyou
καὶkaiand / also
προκαταρτίσωσιprokatartisōsimake up beforehand
τὴνtēnthe
προεπηγγελμένηνproepēngelmenēnpromise before
εὐλογίανeulogianblessing (a matter of) bounty (X -tifully)…
ὑμῶνhymōnyou
ταύτηνtautēnhe (it was that), hereof, it
ἑτοίμηνhetoimēnprepared, (made) ready(-iness, to our hand)
εἶναιeinaiam, have been, is I
οὕτωςhoutōsthus / so
ὡςhōsabout, after (that), (according) as (it ha…
εὐλογίανeulogianblessing (a matter of) bounty (X -tifully)…
καὶkaiand / also
μὴmēnot
ὡςhōsabout, after (that), (according) as (it ha…
πλεονεξίανpleonexiancovetous(-ness) practices, greediness
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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