1 Corinthians 16:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear; for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐὰν δὲ ἔλθῃ Τιμόθεος, βλέπετε ἵνα ἀφόβως γένηται πρὸς ὑμᾶς: τὸ γὰρ ἔργον Κυρίου ἐργάζεται, ὡς καὶ ἐγώ.

Transliteration

Ean de elthē Timotheos, blepete hina aphobōs genētai pros you: to gar ergon Kyriou ergazetai, hōs kai egō.

Grammar Details

*Ean*: conditional particle - if
*de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
*elthē*: aorist, subjunctive, active, 3rd person, singular - he may come
*Timotheos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Timothy
*blepete*: present, imperative, active, 2nd person, plural - see/look/take care
*hina*: conjunction - that/so that
*aphobōs*: adverb - without fear/fearlessly
*genētai*: aorist, subjunctive, middle, 3rd person, singular - he may be/become
*pros*: preposition + accusative - with/among
*to ergon*: accusative, neuter, singular - the work
*Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of [the] Lord
*ergazetai*: present, indicative, middle, 3rd person, singular - he works/performs
*hōs*: comparative particle - as/like
*kai*: adverb - also/even
*egō*: nominative, 1st person, singular pronoun - I

Word Meanings

*blepete*: see/look/take care/ensure
*aphobōs*: without fear/fearlessly/confidently
*genētai*: be/become/happen
*ergon*: work/deed/task
*ergazetai*: works/performs/does

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
1 Cor 4:17 : 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.
1 Thess 3:2 : 2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort [you] concerning your faith;
Rom 16:21 : 21 Timothy my fellow-worker saluteth you; and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.
Acts 16:1 : 1 And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a {G5100} {G1135} Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek.
Acts 19:22 : 22 And having sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
1 Cor 16:11 : 11 let no man therefore despise him. But set him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come unto me: for I expect him with the brethren.
2 Cor 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints that are in the whole of Achaia:
2 Cor 6:1 : 1 And working together [with him] we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain
Phil 2:19-22 : 19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. 20 For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state. 21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child [serveth] a father, [so] he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.
1 Thess 4:12 : 12 that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.

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