2 Corinthians 8:9
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
πτωχός
Poor
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πτωχός
Not just financially poor — ptochos is the one who crouches, who has nothing to stand on. Blessed are those who know they have nothing in themselves before God. That emptiness is not a problem. It is the very space into which the kingdom enters.
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ἵνα
so that
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ἵνα
That, in order that, so that. Hina. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son in order that whoever believes in Him should not perish. The purpose of the cross is clear.
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χάρις
Grace
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χάρις
Grace, favour, gift, charm. Charis. By grace you have been saved through faith. Grace is God giving what we do not deserve. It is His nature expressed toward those who need Him.
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus. Iesous. The Greek form of Yeshua meaning the LORD saves. The name given before His birth. In His name is salvation healing and authority over every power of darkness.
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κύριος
Lord
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κύριος
Lord, master, owner. Kurios. Jesus is Lord. The foundational confession of Christianity. Lord means owner. To confess Jesus as Lord is to surrender ownership of your life.
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γινώσκω
You know
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γινώσκω
To know, to understand, to perceive. Ginosko. This is eternal life that they may know You. The deepest knowing is relational not informational. God wants to be known.
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πτωχεύω
He became poor
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πτωχεύω
to be a beggar, i.e. (by implication) to become indigent (figuratively)
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ἐκεῖνος
through that
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ἐκεῖνος
that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed
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διά
for the sake of
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διά
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
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πλουτέω
Rich
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πλουτέω
to be (or become) wealthy (literally or figuratively)
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πτωχεία
poverty
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πτωχεία
beggary, i.e. indigence (literally or figuratively)
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πλούσιος
rich
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πλούσιος
wealthy; figuratively, abounding with
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εἰμί
being,
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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