1 Corinthians 16:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μή τις οὖν αὐτὸν ἐξουθενήσῃ: προπέμψατε δὲ αὐτὸν ἐν εἰρήνῃ, ἵνα ἔλθῃ πρός με: ἐκδέχομαι γὰρ αὐτὸν μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν.

Transliteration

Mē tis oun auton exouthenēsē: propempsate de auton en eirēnē, hina elthē pros me: ekdechomai gar auton meta tōn adelphōn.

Grammar Details

*Mē tis*: negative particle + indefinite pronoun - let no one
*oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then
*auton*: accusative, masculine, singular pronoun - him
*exouthenēsē*: aorist, subjunctive, active, 3rd person, singular - may despise/disregard
*propempsate*: aorist, imperative, active, 2nd person, plural - send forth/send on journey
*de*: postpositive particle - but/and
*en eirēnē*: preposition + dative, feminine, singular - in peace
*hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
*elthē*: aorist, subjunctive, active, 3rd person, singular - he may come
*pros*: preposition + accusative - to
*ekdechomai*: present, indicative, middle, 1st person, singular - I await/expect
*gar*: postpositive particle - for
*meta*: preposition + genitive - with
*tōn adelphōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - the brothers

Word Meanings

*exouthenēsē*: despise/disregard/consider worthless
*propempsate*: send forth/help on journey/provide for journey
*eirēnē*: peace/harmony/safety
*ekdechomai*: await/expect/wait for
*adelphōn*: brothers/siblings/fellow believers

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Acts 15:33 : 33 And after they had spent some time [there], they were dismissed in peace from the brethren unto those that had sent them forth.
1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.
Titus 2:15 : 15 These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
1 Cor 16:6 : 6 but with you it may be that I shall abide, or even winter, that ye may set me forward on my journey whithersoever {G1437} I go.
1 Cor 16:10 : 10 Now if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear; for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do:
1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.
3 John 1:6 : 6 who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:
Luke 10:16 : 16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.

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