2 Corinthians 11:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But though [I be] rude in speech, yet [am I] not in knowledge; nay, in every way have we made [this] manifest unto you in all things.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ δὲ καὶ ἰδιώτης τῷ λόγῳ, ἀλλʼ οὐ τῇ γνώσει· ἀλλʼ ἐν παντὶ φανερωθέντες ἐν πᾶσιν εἰς ὑμᾶς.

Transliteration

But if also idiōtēs in the logō, yet not in the gnōsei; but in every [way] having been phanerōthentes in all [things] toward you.

Grammar Details

*idiōtēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - untrained/unskilled/amateur
*logō*: dative, masculine, singular - in word/speech
*gnōsei*: dative, feminine, singular - in knowledge
*phanerōthentes*: aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having been made manifest/revealed

Word Meanings

*idiōtēs*: untrained/unskilled/amateur/common person
*logō*: word/speech/message
*gnōsei*: knowledge/understanding
*phanerōthentes*: having been made manifest/revealed/shown clearly

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Referenced Verses

Eph 3:4 : 4 whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;
1 Cor 1:17 : 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest {G3361} the cross of Christ should be made void.
2 Cor 4:2 : 2 but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
2 Cor 12:12 : 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, by signs and wonders and mighty works.
2 Pet 3:15-16 : 15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you; 16 as also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein {G1722} are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
2 Cor 7:2 : 2 Open your hearts to us: we wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we took advantage of no man.
2 Cor 10:10 : 10 For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.
1 Cor 1:21 : 21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.
1 Cor 2:1-3 : 1 And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know anything among you, save {G3361} Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
1 Cor 2:13 : 13 Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the {G40} Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual [words].

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