2 Corinthians 11:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying in the regions of Achaia.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἔστιν ἀλήθεια Χριστοῦ ἐν ἐμοὶ, ὅτι ἡ καύχησις αὕτη οὐ φραγήσεται εἰς ἐμὲ ἐν τοῖς κλίμασι τῆς Ἀχαΐας.

Transliteration

Is [the] alētheia Christou in me, that the kauchēsis hautē not will be phragēsetai against me in the klimasi of Achaias.

Grammar Details

*alētheia*: nominative, feminine, singular - truth
*Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ
*kauchēsis*: nominative, feminine, singular - boasting/glorying
*hautē*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular - this
*phragēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd singular - will be stopped/silenced
*klimasi*: dative, neuter, plural - in the regions/territories
*Achaias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of Achaia

Word Meanings

*alētheia*: truth/reality/veracity
*kauchēsis*: boasting/glorying/exultation
*phragēsetai*: will be stopped/silenced/blocked/muzzled
*klimasi*: regions/territories/districts

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Rom 9:1 : 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
Acts 18:12 : 12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat,
Rom 1:9 : 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers
2 Cor 1:23 : 23 But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
2 Cor 9:2 : 2 for I know your readiness, {G5216} of which I glory on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia hath been prepared for a year past; and {G1537} your zeal hath stirred up very many of them.
2 Cor 10:15 : 15 not glorying {G1519} {G3588} beyond [our] measure, [that is,] in other men's labors; but having hope that, as your faith groweth, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto [further] abundance,
2 Cor 11:12 : 12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion; that wherein {G1722} they glory, they may be found even as we.
2 Cor 11:16-17 : 16 I say again, let no man think me {G1511} foolish; but if [ye do], yet as foolish receive me, that {G2504} I also may glory a little. 17 That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.
2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, {G5547} he who is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not.
2 Cor 12:19 : 19 {G3825} Ye think all this time that we are excusing ourselves unto you. In the sight of God speak we in Christ. But all things, beloved, [are] for your edifying.
Gal 1:20 : 20 Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie {G3754} not.
1 Thess 1:7-8 : 7 so that ye became an ensample to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8 For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but {G2532} in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.
1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;
1 Thess 2:10 : 10 Ye are witnesses, and God [also], how holily and righteously and unblameably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:
1 Tim 2:7 : 7 whereunto {G1519} I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Acts 18:27 : 27 And when he was minded to pass over into Achaia, the brethren encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him: and when he was come, he helped them much that had believed through grace;
Rom 16:5 : 5 and [salute] the church that is in their house. Salute Epaenetus my beloved, who is the firstfruits of Asia unto Christ.
1 Cor 9:15-18 : 15 But I have used none of these things: and I write not these things that it may be so done in my case; for [it were] good for me rather to die, {G2570} than that any man should make my glorifying void. 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel. 17 For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me. 18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel {G5547} without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.
1 Cor 16:15 : 15 Now I beseech you, brethren (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to minister unto the saints),
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:

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Cor 11:7-9
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7Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for nought?
8I robbed other churches, taking wages [of them] that I might minister unto you;
9and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and [so] will I keep [myself].
2 Cor 10:15-17
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15not glorying {G1519} {G3588} beyond [our] measure, [that is,] in other men's labors; but having hope that, as your faith groweth, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto [further] abundance,
16so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, [and] not to glory in another's province in regard of things ready to our hand.
17But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
2 Cor 12:5-6
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5On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save {G3361} in [my] weaknesses.
6For if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth me [to be], or heareth {G5100} from me.
2 Cor 10:8-9
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8For though {G5037} I should glory {G2532} somewhat abundantly concerning our authority (which the Lord gave {G2254} for building you up, and not for casting you down), I shall not be put to shame:
9that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
Phil 1:17-18
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17but the other {G3303} proclaim Christ of faction, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for me in my bonds.
18What then? only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein {G1722} I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Rom 15:17-20
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17I have therefore my glorifying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
18For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ;
20yea, making it my aim so to preach the gospel, not where Christ was [already] named, that I might not build upon another man's foundation;
2 Cor 7:14
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14For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.
2 Cor 11:11-12
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11Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
12But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion; that wherein {G1722} they glory, they may be found even as we.
2 Cor 11:16-18
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16I say again, let no man think me {G1511} foolish; but if [ye do], yet as foolish receive me, that {G2504} I also may glory a little.
17That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.
18Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
Rom 9:1
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1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
2 Cor 11:30
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30If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weakness.
2 Cor 11:5
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5For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
2 Cor 12:10-11
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10Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
11I am become foolish: {G2744} ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though {G2532} I am nothing.
1 Cor 9:15
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2 Cor 9:1-4
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1For as touching {G3303} the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
2for I know your readiness, {G5216} of which I glory on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia hath been prepared for a year past; and {G1537} your zeal hath stirred up very many of them.
3But I have sent the brethren, that our glorying on your behalf may not be made void in this respect; that, even as I said, ye may be prepared:
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1 Cor 9:18
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18What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel {G5547} without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.
2 Cor 7:4
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4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
Gal 1:10-11
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10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? {G1063} if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
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Phil 1:26
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26that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
1 Cor 15:10-11
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10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
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Phlm 1:8
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8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,
2 Cor 10:13
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13But we will not glory {G1519} {G3588} beyond [our] measure, but according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even unto you.
2 Cor 12:1
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1I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
Rom 3:7
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7But if the truth of God through my lie abounded unto his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
Phil 1:20
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Gal 6:14
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14But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
1 Thess 2:6
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6nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority None as apostles of Christ.
2 Cor 12:13
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13For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the churches, except {G3361} [it be] that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this wrong.
2 Cor 11:21
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21I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet {G1722} whereinsoever {G302} any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
Phil 1:14
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14and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.
2 Cor 1:23
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23But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.