2 Corinthians 9:2
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.”
καυχάομαι
To boast, to glory, to exult. Kauchaomai. Let him who boasts boast in the Lord. The only legitimate boasting is about what God has done. Human achievement is a poor foundation.
ὑπέρ
concerning
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ὑπέρ
Above, beyond, more than. Huper. He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think. God does not meet expectations. He exceeds them beyond measurement.
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ζῆλος
zeal
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ζῆλος
properly, heat, i.e. (figuratively) "zeal" (in a favorable sense, ardor; in an unfavorable one, jealousy, as of a husband (figuratively, of God), or an enemy, malice)
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πλείων
greater number.
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πλείων
more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion
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Μακεδών
to Macedonians,
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Μακεδών
a Macedon (Macedonian), i.e. inhabitant of Macedonia
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πέρυσι
a year ago,
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πέρυσι
the by-gone, i.e. (as noun) last year
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ἐρεθίζω
has been provoking
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ἐρεθίζω
to stimulate (especially to anger)
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παρασκευάζω
has prepared itself
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παρασκευάζω
to furnish aside, i.e. get ready
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προθυμία
readiness
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προθυμία
predisposition, i.e. alacrity
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