2 Corinthians 7:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἰδοὺ γὰρ αὐτὸ τοῦτο, τὸ κατὰ Θεὸν λυπηθῆναι ὑμᾶς, πόσην κατειργάσατο ὑμῖν σπουδήν, ἀλλὰ, ἀπολογίαν, ἀλλὰ, ἀγανάκτησιν, ἀλλὰ, φόβον, ἀλλὰ, ἐπιπόθησιν, ἀλλὰ, ζῆλον, ἀλλʼ, ἐκδίκησιν! Ἐν παντὶ συνεστήσατε ἑαυτοὺς ἁγνοὺς εἶναι ἐν τῷ πράγματι.

Transliteration

Idou gar same this, the kata Theon lypēthēnai you, how much kateirgasato in you spoudēn, alla, apologian, alla, aganaktēsin, alla, phobon, alla, epipothēsin, alla, zēlon, all', ekdikēsin! In all synestēsate heautous hagnous einai in the pragmati.

Grammar Details

• *idou*: aorist middle imperative used as interjection - behold/look
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for
• *auto touto*: intensive neuter pronoun + demonstrative - this very thing
• *to kata*: accusative neuter article + preposition - the according to
• *Theon*: accusative, masculine, singular - God
• *lypēthēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to be grieved
• *hymas*: accusative, 2nd person plural pronoun - you
• *posēn*: accusative, feminine, singular interrogative - how much/what great
• *kateirgasato*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular - produced/worked out
• *hymin*: dative, 2nd person plural pronoun - in you
• *spoudēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - earnestness/diligence
• *alla*: strong adversative conjunction - but/moreover
• *apologian*: accusative, feminine, singular - defense/vindication
• *aganaktēsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - indignation
• *phobon*: accusative, masculine, singular - fear
• *epipothēsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - longing
• *zēlon*: accusative, masculine, singular - zeal
• *ekdikēsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - vindication/punishment
• *en panti*: preposition + dative, neuter, singular - in everything
• *synestēsate*: aorist indicative, 2nd plural - you proved/demonstrated
• *heautous*: accusative, reflexive pronoun - yourselves
• *hagnous*: accusative, masculine, plural - pure/innocent
• *einai*: present infinitive - to be
• *en*: preposition + dative - in
• *tō pragmati*: dative, neuter, singular with article - the matter

Word Meanings

• *idou*: behold/look/see
• *kata Theon*: according to God/godly/divine
• *lypēthēnai*: to be grieved/to be made sorrowful
• *kateirgasato*: produced/worked out/accomplished
• *spoudēn*: earnestness/diligence/eagerness
• *apologian*: defense/vindication/clearing of yourselves
• *aganaktēsin*: indignation/anger/displeasure
• *phobon*: fear/reverence/respect
• *epipothēsin*: longing/yearning/desire
• *zēlon*: zeal/ardor/fervor
• *ekdikēsin*: vindication/punishment/avenging
• *synestēsate*: proved/demonstrated/established
• *hagnous*: pure/innocent/blameless
• *pragmati*: matter/affair/issue

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 7:7 : 7 and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort wherewith he was comforted in you, while he told us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced yet more.
• 2 Cor 7:9 : 9 I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing.
• 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 13:7 : 7 Now we pray to God that ye {G3361} do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is honorable, though we be as reprobate.
• Eph 4:26 : 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
• Eph 5:11 : 11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;
• Phil 2:12 : 12 So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
• 1 Tim 5:21-22 : 21 I charge [thee] in the sight of God, and {G2962} Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality. 22 Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
• 2 Tim 2:15 : 15 Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.
• Titus 3:8 : 8 Faithful is the saying, and concerning these things I desire that thou affirm confidently, to the end that they who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men:
• Heb 4:1 : 1 Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.
• Heb 12:15-16 : 15 looking carefully lest [there be] any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby {G1223} the many be defiled; 16 lest [there] [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
• 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:
• 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk {G3050} which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;
• Jude 1:23 : 23 and some save, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
• Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
• Gen 44:6-7 : 6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words. 7 And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.
• 2 Sam 12:5-7 : 5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As Jehovah liveth, the man that hath done this is worthy to die: 6 and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. 7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
• Neh 5:6-9 : 6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. 7 Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them. 8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word. 9 Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies? 10 And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury. 11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. 12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise. 13 Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performeth not this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.
• Neh 13:25 : 25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.
• Job 42:6 : 6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
• Ps 2:11 : 11 Serve Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
• Ps 35:13 : 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
• Ps 38:9 : 9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.
• Ps 42:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
• Ps 69:9 : 9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
• Ps 119:139 : 139 My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
• Ps 130:6 : 6 My soul [waiteth] for the Lord More than watchmen [wait] for the morning; [Yea, more than] watchmen for the morning.
• Ps 145:19 : 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.
• Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.
• Prov 28:14 : 14 Happy is the man that feareth alway; But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
• Song 8:6 : 6 Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.
• Isa 26:8 : 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial [name], is the desire of our soul.
• Isa 66:2 : 2 For all these things hath my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.
• Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus], Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
• Dan 6:14 : 14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored till the going down of the sun to rescue him.
• Zech 12:10-14 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born. 11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. 12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; 13 the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart; 14 all the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
• Matt 5:29-30 : 29 And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. 30 And if thy right hand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body go into hell.
• Mark 3:5 : 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their heart, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and his hand was restored.
• Mark 9:43-48 : 43 And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire. 45 And if thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life halt, rather than having thy two feet to be cast into hell. 47 And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out: it is good for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell; 48 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
• John 2:17 : 17 {G1161} His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shall eat me up.
• Acts 17:16 : 16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.
• Rom 11:20 : 20 Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
• Rom 14:18 : 18 For he that herein {G5125} serveth Christ is well-pleasing to God, and approved of men.
• 1 Cor 5:2 : 2 And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he that had done this deed might be taken away from among you.
• 1 Cor 5:13 : 13 But them that are without God judgeth. {G2532} Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.
• 1 Cor 12:25 : 25 that there should be no schism in the body; but [that] the members should have the same care one for another.
• 2 Cor 2:6 : 6 Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was [inflicted] by the many;
• 2 Cor 6:4 : 4 but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.