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Greek Lessons
- Declensions of Blessing: Case Usage in Matthew 10:12
- Grammatical Resistance: Pharaoh’s Syntax of Control in Exodus 10:11
- The Accusation in Quotation: Pauline Perception and Koine Rhetoric
- Healing and Heralding: The Grammar of Kingdom Nearness
- The Word Near You: Syntax, Faith, and the Internalization of Truth in Romans 10:8
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Tag Archives: 2 Corinthians 8:7
Abounding in Grace: Subjunctive Purpose and Spiritual Fullness in 2 Corinthians 8:7
Ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ ἐν παντὶ περισσεύετε, πίστει καὶ λόγῳ καὶ γνώσει καὶ πάσῃ σπουδῇ καὶ τῇ ἐξ ὑμῶν ἐν ἡμῖν ἀγάπῃ, ἵνα καὶ ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ χάριτι περισσεύητε. (2 Corinthians 8:7)
But just as you abound in everything: in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in the love from you in us; so also may you abound in this grace.
Overflowing in All Things: Context and ContrastIn 2 Corinthians 8, Paul exhorts the Corinthians to follow through in generosity toward the Jerusalem believers. He frames the appeal not as a command but as an invitation to participate in grace.… Learn Koine Greek