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2 Corinthians 6

2 Cor. 6:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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As
hos (Greek #5613)
which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
KJV usage: about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
Pronounce: hoce
Origin: probably adverb of comparative from 3739
sorrowful
lupeo (Greek #3076)
to distress; reflexively or passively, to be sad
KJV usage: cause grief, grieve, be in heaviness, (be) sorrow(-ful), be (make) sorry.
Pronounce: loo-peh'-o
Origin: from 3077
, yet
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
alway
aei (Greek #104)
from an obsolete primary noun (apparently meaning continued duration); "ever,"by qualification regularly; by implication, earnestly; --always, ever.
Pronounce: ah-eye'
rejoicing
chairo (Greek #5463)
to be "cheer"ful, i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well
KJV usage: farewell, be glad, God speed, greeting, hall, joy(- fully), rejoice.
Pronounce: khah'-ee-ro
Origin: a primary verb
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hos (Greek #5613)
which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
KJV usage: about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
Pronounce: hoce
Origin: probably adverb of comparative from 3739
poor
ptochos (Greek #4434)
akin to 4422 and the alternate of 4098); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas 3993 properly means only straitened circumstances in private), literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed)
KJV usage: beggar(-ly), poor.
Pronounce: pto-khos'
Origin: from πτώσσω (to crouch)
, yet
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
making
ploutizo (Greek #4148)
to make wealthy (figuratively)
KJV usage: en- (make) rich.
Pronounce: ploo-tid'-zo
Origin: from 4149
many
polus (Greek #4183)
(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
KJV usage: abundant, + altogether, common, + far (passed, spent), (+ be of a) great (age, deal, -ly, while), long, many, much, oft(-en (-times)), plenteous, sore, straitly. Compare 4118, 4119.
Pronounce: pol-oos'
Origin: including the forms from the alternate πολλός
rich
ploutizo (Greek #4148)
to make wealthy (figuratively)
KJV usage: en- (make) rich.
Pronounce: ploo-tid'-zo
Origin: from 4149
; as
hos (Greek #5613)
which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
KJV usage: about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
Pronounce: hoce
Origin: probably adverb of comparative from 3739
having
echo (Greek #2192)
(used in certain tenses only) a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
KJV usage: be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
Pronounce: ekh'-o
Origin: σχέω (skheh'-o)
nothing
medeis (Greek #3367)
not even one (man, woman, thing)
KJV usage: any (man, thing), no (man), none, not (at all, any man, a whit), nothing, + without delay.
Pronounce: may-dice'
Origin: μηδεμία (may-dem-ee'-ah), and the neuter μηδέν (may-den') from 3361 and 1520
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
yet possessing
katecho (Greek #2722)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold.
Pronounce: kat-ekh'-o
Origin: from 2596 and 2192
all things
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
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sorrowful.
2 Cor. 2:4• 4For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that ye should be grieved, but that ye may know the love that I have very abundantly unto you. (2 Cor. 2:4)
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2 Cor. 7:3‑10• 3For condemnation I do not speak; for I have said before that ye are in our hearts to die with and to live with.
4Great [is] my openness toward you, great my boasting in respect of you: I am filled with encouragement, I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction.
5For also when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but [we were] afflicted in every way; without fightings, within fears.
6But he that encourageth the lowly, God, encouraged us by the coming of Titus,
7and not by his coming only but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged in your case, declaring to us your longing desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I the more rejoiced.
8Because if even I grieved you in the letter, I do not regret, if even I did regret; for I see that that letter if even for a time grieved you.
9Now I rejoice, not that ye were grieved but that ye were grieved unto repentance, for ye were grieved according to God that in nothing ye might suffer damage from us.
10For grief according to God worketh repentance to salvation not to be regretted: but the grief of the world worketh out death.
(2 Cor. 7:3‑10)
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Matt. 5:4,12• 4Blessed they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.
12Rejoice and exult; for your reward is great in the heavens; for thus persecuted they the prophets that were before you.
(Matt. 5:4,12)
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Luke 6:21• 21{i}Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.{/i} (Luke 6:21)
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John 16:22• 22And ye therefore now have grief, but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh from you. (John 16:22)
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Acts 5:41• 41They therefore went their way from [the] presence of the council rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to be dishonoured for the Name. (Acts 5:41)
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Acts 16:25• 25But about midnight, Paul and Silas in praying were singing praises to God, and the prisoners were listening to them; (Acts 16:25)
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Rom. 5:2‑3• 2through whom also we have had the access into this grace wherein we stand, and boast in hope of the glory of God.
3And not only [so], but we also boast in tribulations, knowing that tribulation worketh out endurance;
(Rom. 5:2‑3)
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Rom. 9:2• 2that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart, (Rom. 9:2)
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Rom. 12:15• 15Rejoice with those that rejoice, and weep with those that weep. (Rom. 12:15)
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Rom. 15:13• 13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope by the power of [the] Holy Spirit. (Rom. 15:13)
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Phil. 4:4• 4Rejoice in [the] Lord always: again I will say, rejoice. (Phil. 4:4)
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1 Thess. 3:7‑10• 7on this account we were comforted by you, brethren, in all our distress and tribulation through your faith;
8because now we live if ye stand fast in [the] Lord.
9For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on your account before our God,
10night and day beseeching exceedingly that we may see your face, and perfect what is lacking in your faith?
(1 Thess. 3:7‑10)
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1 Thess. 5:16• 16Rejoice always; (1 Thess. 5:16)
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Heb. 10:34• 34for ye both sympathised with prisoners and accepted with joy the plunder of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better and abiding substance. (Heb. 10:34)
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James 1:2‑4• 2Count [it] all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,
3knowing that the proving of your faith worketh out endurance;
4but let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
(James 1:2‑4)
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1 Peter 1:6‑8• 6Wherein ye exult, now for a little (if it is needful) put to grief in manifold trials,
7that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perisheth though proved by fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at [the] revelation of Jesus Christ:
8whom, having not seen, ye love; in whom, though not now seeing but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and glorified,
(1 Peter 1:6‑8)
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1 Peter 4:13• 13but inasmuch as ye share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that in the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice exultingly. (1 Peter 4:13)
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making.
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2 Cor. 4:15• 15For all things [are] for your sakes, that the grace having multiplied through the greater number might make the thanksgiving abound to the glory of God. (2 Cor. 4:15)
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Psa. 84:11• 11For a sun and a shield [is] Jehovah God;{HR}Grace and glory will Jehovah give,{HR}No good thing will he withhold from those that walk uprightly. (Psa. 84:11)
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Prov. 16:16• 16{i}How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold,{HR}And the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!{/i} (Prov. 16:16)
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Matt. 6:19‑20• 19Lay not up for you treasures on the earth where moth and rust consume, and where thieves dig through and steal;
20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust corrupteth, and where thieves dig not through nor steal.
(Matt. 6:19‑20)
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Luke 16:11‑12• 11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?
12and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give unto you your own?
(Luke 16:11‑12)
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1 Cor. 3:21‑23• 21Wherefore let none boast in men, for all things are yours:
22whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all are yours,
23and ye Christ's, and Christ God's.
(1 Cor. 3:21‑23)
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1 Tim. 4:8• 8for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for all things, having promise of life that is now and of that which is to come. (1 Tim. 4:8)
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Rev. 21:7• 7He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be God to him, and he shall be a son to me. (Rev. 21:7)
 What suffering did it not involve! What faith and perseverance under discipline and sorrow! Yea, surely, joy in the Holy Ghost was there if in any, and triumph by grace over all seeming disadvantages. (Notes on 2 Corinthians 6:7-10 by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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as grievedm, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "sorrowful."

W. Kelly Translation

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as grieved but always rejoicing, as poor but enriching many, as having nothing and possessing all things.