2 Corinthians 7:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And his affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ τὰ σπλάγχνα αὐτοῦ περισσοτέρως εἰς ὑμᾶς ἐστιν, ἀναμιμνησκομένου τὴν πάντων ὑμῶν ὑπακοήν, ὡς μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου ἐδέξασθε αὐτόν.

Transliteration

And the splanchna of him perissoterōs unto you estin, anamimnēskomenou the of all you hypakoēn, how with phobou kai tromou you edexasthe him.

Grammar Details

*kai*: conjunction - and
*ta splanchna*: nominative, neuter, plural with article - the affections/emotions
*autou*: genitive, masculine, singular pronoun - of him
*perissoterōs*: comparative adverb - more abundantly
*eis*: preposition + accusative - toward/unto
*hymas*: accusative, 2nd person plural pronoun - you
*estin*: present indicative, 3rd singular - is
*anamimnēskomenou*: present middle participle, genitive, masculine, singular - remembering
*tēn pantōn*: accusative, feminine, singular with article + genitive, masculine, plural - the of all
*hymōn*: genitive, 2nd person plural pronoun - of you
*hypakoēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - obedience
*hōs*: conjunction - how
*meta*: preposition + genitive - with
*phobou*: genitive, masculine, singular - fear
*tromou*: genitive, masculine, singular - trembling
*edexasthe*: aorist middle indicative, 2nd plural - you received
*auton*: accusative, masculine, singular pronoun - him

Word Meanings

*splanchna*: affections/emotions/inward parts/heart
*perissoterōs*: more abundantly/exceedingly/more than usual
*anamimnēskomenou*: remembering/calling to mind/recollecting
*hypakoēn*: obedience/compliance/submission
*phobou*: fear/reverence/respect
*tromou*: trembling/quaking/awe
*edexasthe*: received/welcomed/accepted

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Referenced Verses

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;
2 Cor 2:9 : 9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.
2 Cor 6:12 : 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.
2 Cor 7:10-11 : 10 For {G2596} godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, [a repentance] which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 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.
2 Cor 10:5-6 : 5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ; 6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be made full.
Eph 6:5 : 5 Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
Col 3:12 : 12 Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
2 Thess 3:14 : 14 And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoso {G302} hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?
Gen 43:30 : 30 And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned over his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
1 Kgs 3:26 : 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.
Ezra 9:4 : 4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trespass of them of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the evening oblation.
Ezra 10:9 : 9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
Job 21:6 : 6 Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.
Ps 2:11 : 11 Serve Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.
Song 5:4 : 4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole [of the door], And my heart was moved for him.
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.
Hos 13:1 : 1 When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
Acts 16:29 : 29 And he called for lights and sprang in, and, {G1096} trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,

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