2 Corinthians 5:12
For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance and not in heart.This verse in the real world
In what words
- ἀφορμήaphormḗa starting-point, i.e. (figuratively) an opportunity
- καύχημαkaúchēmaa boast (properly, the object; by implication, the act) in a good or a bad sense
- συνιστάωsynistáōto set together, i.e. (by implication) to introduce (favorably), or (figuratively) to exhi
- καυχάομαιkaucháomaito vaunt (in a good or a bad sense)
- πρόσωπονprósōponthe front (as being towards view), i.e. the countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by i
- πάλινpálin(adverbially) anew, i.e. (of place) back, (of time) once more, or (conjunctionally) furthe
- καρδίαkardíathe heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the midd
- ὑπέρhypér"over", i.e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
2Co 3:1, 2Co 1:14, Gal 6:12–14, 2Co 10:18, 2Co 11:12–16, Pro 27:2, 2Co 12:11, 2Co 12:1–9