1 Timothy 3:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ταῦτά σοι γράφω, ἐλπίζων ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σὲ τάχιον:

Transliteration

Tauta soi graphō, elpizōn elthein pros se tachion:

Grammar Details

*Tauta*: pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - these things
*soi*: pronoun, dative, singular - to you
*graphō*: verb, present, active, indicative, 1st person, singular - I write
*elpizōn*: participle, present, active, nominative, masculine, singular - hoping
*elthein*: verb, aorist, active, infinitive - to come
*pros*: preposition with accusative - to
*se*: pronoun, accusative, singular - you
*tachion*: adverb, comparative - more quickly/soon

Word Meanings

*Tauta*: these things/this
*graphō*: I write/I am writing
*elpizōn*: hoping/expecting
*elthein*: to come/to arrive
*pros*: to/toward/with
*tachion*: more quickly/soon/shortly

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 11:34 : 34 {G1161} If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that your coming together be not unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order whensoever {G302} I come.
1 Cor 16:5-7 : 5 But I will come unto you, when I shall have passed through Macedonia; for I pass through Macedonia; 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. 7 For I do not wish to see you now by the way; for I hope to tarry {G5100} a while with you, if the Lord permit.
2 Cor 1:15-17 : 15 And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit; 16 and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea. 17 When I therefore was thus minded, did {G687} I show fickleness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea yea and the nay nay?
1 Thess 2:18 : 18 because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
1 Tim 4:13 : 13 Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
Phlm 1:22 : 22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I hope that through your prayers I shall be granted unto you.
Heb 13:23 : 23 Know ye that our brother Timothy hath been set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
2 John 1:12 : 12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not [write them] with paper and ink: but I hope to come unto you, and to speak face to face, that your joy may be made full.
3 John 1:14 : 14 but I hope shortly to see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace [be] unto thee. The friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.

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15And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;
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