2 Corinthians 13:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But I hope that ye shall know that we are not reprobate.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐλπίζω δὲ ὅτι γνώσεσθε ὅτι ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμὲν ἀδόκιμοι.

Transliteration

Elpizō de hoti gnōsesthe hoti hēmeis ouk esmen adokimoi.

Grammar Details

*Elpizō*: present, indicative, active, 1st person singular - I hope
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
*hoti*: conjunction - that
*gnōsesthe*: future, indicative, middle, 2nd person plural - you will know
*hēmeis*: personal pronoun, nominative, 1st person plural - we
*ouk*: negative particle - not
*esmen*: present, indicative, active, 1st person plural - we are
*adokimoi*: adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - unapproved/failing the test

Word Meanings

*Elpizō*: hope/expect/trust
*gnōsesthe*: will know/will recognize/will understand
*adokimoi*: unapproved/disqualified/rejected/counterfeit

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means [there should be] strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;
2 Cor 13:3-4 : 3 seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you: 4 for {G2532} he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you.
2 Cor 13:10 : 10 For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.

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